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2019-11-03 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Maria Butina blames ‘racism against Russians’ for her legal problems

[NYPOST] Admitted Russian agent Maria Butina learned one major lesson during her years in the United States: when in trouble, play the race card.

In her first post-prison American interview, the 30-year-old gun enthusiast and suspected spy blamed "racism against the Russians" for her legal woes.

"Let me take you back to 2016 ... around the election time," she told Lesley Stahl of CBS’s "60 Minutes." "Do you remember at that time how American media treated Russia? Everything was toxic. Tell me that there is no racism here against the Russians."

Posted by Fred 2019-11-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 She's right too.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-11-03 05:01|| 2019-11-03 05:01|| Front Page Top

#2 Exactly so.
The Russians think Americans have lost their minds. Hard to disagree.

Posted by Lex 2019-11-03 05:04|| 2019-11-03 05:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Another measure of how unbelievably lost we are as a nation is this mindless, reflexive, universal resort to Russian-bashing (see the NYPost's stupid slur, "play the race card," against Butina).

What a wasted opportunity. Two whole decades slipped by, and now China has grown into a monster-- entirely of our own making, and we could have neutraluzed and confined the ChiComs had we just found a way to work together with Russia.

As opposed to childishly trashing Russia and Russians at every opportunity, real or imagined....

Posted by Lex 2019-11-03 05:10|| 2019-11-03 05:10|| Front Page Top

#4 By all means let us cuddle up to Vlad, 'cause, 'cause ...um he's misunderstood.... and.. cultural differences, yeah that's it.

Posted by Mercutio 2019-11-03 07:56|| 2019-11-03 07:56|| Front Page Top

#5 Vlad is a monster too but at the moment he's relatively toothless compared to Xi.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-11-03 14:47|| 2019-11-03 14:47|| Front Page Top

#6 ...well, he's sort of stuck on his border, not into global influence projection on the same scale as Pooh.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-11-03 15:01|| 2019-11-03 15:01|| Front Page Top

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