Putin invited McCain to Valdai

President Vladimir Putin said that the American Republican Senator John McCain The Information Deficiency of Russia and he should have come to the discussion with the members of the Valdai club. According to RIA Novosti, thus the head of state, speaking at the conference of this club, reacted to the Senator article, which appeared on Thursday morning on the Prochrevsky website of Pravda.ru.

The insufficient awareness of McCain about Russia, Putin noted, is confirmed by the fact that he decided to publish his article in Pravda.ru, which is far from the most readable publication, and therefore will not allow the senator’s point of view to a wide audience.

The head of state added that leading Russian television channels invited McCain to come to the Valdai conference and participate in discussion. “Here's a freedom of speech, here's an openness. Please, he can state his point of view throughout the country, attach with political scientists, with politicians, with members of the State Duma,” Putin concluded.

On Thursday afternoon, Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the head of state had not yet read the article by McCain , and when he reads, he is unlikely to answer her. "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," Peskov said.

“As for what the Russians deserve, they themselves are able to answer this question, and they themselves answer it when the elections are taking place,” the spokesman added. “I don’t think that the point of view of anyone around the ocean plays a role against the backdrop of the will of Russians.”

McCain article is a response to Putin's recent column in The New York Times. In an appeal to Russian citizens, the senator criticized Putin’s “political system, which is supported by corruption and repression and is not strong enough to allow disagreement.” He 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 control 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.