Russian government spokesman Dmitry Peskov slammed the Obama Administration today, after a Treasury Department undersecretary made claims of widespread corruption by Russian President Vladimir Putin on a BBC program.
Peskov warned that such comments coming from a US official amounted to an “official accusation,” and warned that this might further worsen already shaky bilateral ties between the two nations. Peskov also faulted the reporters for “irresponsible journalism” and demanded the Treasury Department provide proof of what it is claiming.
Putin has long denied allegations that he is secretly the “richest man in Europe,” and historically the US has avoided making direct comments on the question. Yesterday’s comments by the undersecretary were seen as a dramatic shift because of this.
Russia’s Security Council head was also harshly critical of the US comments, saying the US has been trying to weaken the Russian government in hopes of gaining access to their mineral resources, adding that “the US leadership has set a goal of global dominance.”
Uh’murican lies… their No1 export…
The USG is the biggest criminal organization on the planet.
This corrupt regime controls the illegal drug trade, and is
#1 arms dealer, and money laundering machine in the world.
For a regime that deals in state-sponsored terrorism, and
the trafficking of children to call Putin a criminal is not
only absurd, it’s hypocritical – when it has a criminal like
George W. Bush, whose bogus illegal invasion of Iraq murdered
1 million humans and destroyed an entire country.
It’s those effin Zionists embedded in our Treasury Dept.
If the Treasury Department is concerned about corruption, perhaps someone at the Treasury Department should look into what happened to the $2.3 trillion dollars that Donald Rumsfeld announced was “missing” from Pentagon coffers the day before 9/11/2001.
US treasury dept “Well, they would say that wouldn’t they?” The immortal words of Mandy Rice Davies.
Well if Bill and Biilary can may 140 million giving speeches, maybe Vlad can make a few billion selling turnips from the Kremlin vegetable garden. All seems perfectly above board to me. All sorts of “ordinary” people pay $5000 to eat rubber chicken and listen to an old hag spew her bile.