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DISINFO: The West practices double standards when dealing with Russia: it...
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: Rossia 24 (archived)*
  • Date of publication: July 02, 2017
  • Outlet language(s): Russian
  • Reported in: Issue 76
  • Countries / regions discussed: US, Russia
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West Chechnya LGBT Sanctions

DISINFO: The West practices double standards when dealing with Russia: it...

SUMMARY

The West practices double standards when dealing with Russia: it is protesting against the ‘sufferings of gays in Chechnya’ and at the same time doesn’t impose any sanctions on the US, where the police shot and killed around 500 people last year.

RESPONSE

The connection is unclear. Sanctions against Russia are due to its aggression towards Ukraine and illegal annexation of Crimea. Human rights groups have catalogued summary executions and torture of civilians in Chechnya. bit.ly/19wwzP3, , bit.ly/2uif0Nm, .

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