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Russia Looks Undemocratic to McCain
Republican candidate for U.S. president John McCain has again criticized Russia, telling Washington Post reporter David Broder that democracy is in even more trouble in Russia than in China. “I don't think China is regressing the way that Russia is,” McCain said. Broder writes that McCain “used strong language to condemn recent Russian actions at home and abroad, ranging from threats of economic sanctions against former Soviet satellites to the harassment of independent firms.”
“I see a steady progression in Russia of more and more repression of rights and the disappearance of semblances of democracy,” McCain said. “We have to deal with them [Russians], negotiate with them, especially in light of their hoard of petrodollars. But we can't sit by and watch a country murder people in England.” That was a reference to Alexander Litvinenko.
The journalist noted that, should McCain find himself the next resident of the White House, he will take different approaches to Russia and China.
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