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Russian Foreign Ministry Perplexed by US's Preoccupation With Russian Presidential Election
Russian Foreign Ministry Perplexed by US's Preoccupation With Russian Presidential Election
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The extent to which US media has become fixated on the Russian presidential election is bizarre given the distance between the two countries... 16.03.2024, Sputnik Africa
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Zakharova pointed out the attention with which US television channels are following the election in Russia, adding that the US media appeared unable to wean themselves from the old narratives that Moscow allegedly influences presidential elections in the US.Virtually every US broadcaster has slotted time to cover the Russian presidential election daily for several months, according to the spokeswoman.The three-day voting in the Russian presidential election started on Friday morning. In addition to incumbent President Vladimir Putin, the candidates include lower house international affairs committee chair Leonid Slutsky, lower house Far East and Arctic development committee chair Nikolai Kharitonov, and lower house Deputy Speaker Vladislav Davankov.
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Russian Foreign Ministry Perplexed by US's Preoccupation With Russian Presidential Election
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The extent to which US media has become fixated on the Russian presidential election is bizarre given the distance between the two countries and the differences in their historical trajectories, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Sputnik.
Zakharova pointed out the attention with which US television channels are following the election in Russia, adding that the US media appeared unable to wean themselves from the old narratives that Moscow allegedly influences presidential elections in the
US.
"They really treat our elections as if we are electing both our president and a person who will also be governing the US, just a little. That is how they present it, anyway," she said.
Virtually every US broadcaster has slotted time to cover the
Russian presidential election daily for several months, according to the spokeswoman.
"I have not a single example of this happening to countries that are located on different continents and do not have common [land] borders or any obvious mutual influence of electoral cycles. There are countries that were previously united by a common state space or some historical space, and indeed, there may be some connections there. But nothing like that connects us with the US," Zakharova said.
The three-day voting in the Russian presidential election started on Friday morning. In addition to incumbent President
Vladimir Putin, the candidates include lower house international affairs committee chair Leonid Slutsky, lower house Far East and Arctic development committee chair Nikolai Kharitonov, and lower house Deputy Speaker Vladislav Davankov.
