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Vladimir Putin has not yet read a column of US Senator John McCain, in which the American politician criticized the Russian authorities again: he will get acquainted with the article, but is unlikely to answer. According to the Russian News Service, this was stated by the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov.
"McCain is well known that he is not a fan of Putin. To enter into some kind of controversy? It is unlikely. This is the point of view of a person who lives behind the ocean. As for the Russians deserve, they themselves are able to answer this question, and they themselves answer him when the elections are taking place. I do not think that the point of view of someone behind the ocean plays some kind of role against the background of the will of Russians," Peskov said Peskov On the air of the radio station.
On Thursday, McCain answered the column of Russian President Vladimir Putin in The New York Times, publishing his text on Pravrevsky resource "Pravda.ru".
In an appeal to Russian citizens, McCain criticized Putin’s “political system, which is supported by corruption and repression and is not strong enough to allow disagreement.” The senator emphasized that contrary to the image that the Russian media created for him, he is not tuned against Russia. “I am not an anti -Russian politician. I am a pro -Russian, more pro -Russian than the regime that does not manage you today,” McCain wrote.
Separately, the senator touched the Syrian question, which was dedicated to Putin's column in The New York Times. According to McCain, refusing to approve the UN Security Council resolution on Syria, the Russian president "made Russia a friend of tyrants and the enemy of the oppressed." “She is not trusted by the peoples who try to make our planet more safe, peaceful and prosperous,” the senator added.
According to McCain, Putin and his environment do not believe in basic values such as the rights to life, freedom and desire to happiness. "They do not respect your dignity and do not recognize your power over them. They punish and arrest your opponents. They manipulate your elections. They control your media. They pursue, threaten, and prohibit organizations that protect your right to self -government. In order to maintain their power, they encourage the prosperity of corruption in your ships and in the economy, and even terrorize and even terrorize and even terrorize They kill journalists trying to expose their corruption, ”the senator wrote.
The McCain column in Pravda.ru is accompanied by a reference to the statement of the founder of the publication Vadim Gorshenin, in which he states that on the basis of the court decisions, Pravda.ru is the same successor to the Soviet multi -circulation newspaper Pravda, as well as Pravda, published by the Communist Party of the Communist Party.
The fact that McCain intends to answer Putin's article with a column in Pravda became known on September 14. According to Reuters, the representative of the congressman Brian Rogers stated this. "Senator McCain is happy to accept the proposal of" Pravda ", he will write a column on this subject," Rogers said. Prior to this, in an interview with CNN, the senator expressed his opinion about freedom of speech in Russia and joked that he would like to write something for Pravda. Then, according to Rogers, the publication answered the senator that he would be happy to publish an article "such a prominent politician as John McCain."
After the spread of this information, the Chief editor of the Pravda of the Communist Party Boris Komotsky said that his publication was not conducting any negotiations with McCain. And the party leader Gennady Zyuganov emphasized that the bands of the party publication can be provided to McCain only if he changes his position on Syria.
In his article, Putin outlined the position of Russia on the Syrian issue, criticizing "attempts by power interference in various internal conflicts" from the United States. In addition, the president expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that Barack Obama in his appeal to the Americans called them "exceptional." “I consider it very dangerous to lay the idea of their exclusivity into the heads of people, no matter what it is motivated,” Putin noted. “We are different, but when we ask the Lord to bless us, we must not forget that God created us equal.”
McCain is one of the ten participants in the foreign policy commission who voted for military intervention. The Senate in full force has not yet voted on this issue, since Moscow and Washington made a joint decision to try to resolve the crisis with diplomatic methods.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov suggested that the Syria authorities transfer the chemical weapons that they have under international control, and then destroy it. The Syrian leadership agreed with the proposal.