The Kiev regime has been given free rein to do no matter it desires by the West and “is even allowed to torture and kill Americans,” Russian International Minister Sergei Lavrov charged, referring to the loss of life of US YouTuber Gonzalo Lira in Ukrainian Jail. International Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova charged the USA with “consigning an inconvenient journalist to execution.”
“Kiev has unbridled freedom, and this permissiveness is manifested in everything it does. This free rein only leads to disaster. And this disaster has already reached the minds of the current Ukrainian regime, and they are leading their entire country there,” the Russian Foreign Minister said at an annual information convention dedicated to reviewing Moscow’s international coverage in 2023.
Referring to the loss of life of American journalist and blogger Gonzalo Lira in Ukrainian jail, Lavrov stated the Kiev regime “is even allowed to torture and kill Americans. And everyone keeps their mouths shut. (The Ukrainians) are allowed to do anything. Look at the fuss they make when their citizens are arrested. Here, not a word, not even a whisper. Draw your own conclusions,” Lavrov stated.
Chatting with the media on Jan. 15, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova charged that Gonzalo Lira’s loss of life “vividly revealed the face of the collective West.”
Reporter: On January 12, the world media reported the loss of life of Gonzalo Angel Quintilio Lira López in a Ukrainian jail. He was an American journalist, movie director, and video blogger and had Chilean citizenship as properly. What are you able to say about this tragedy?
Maria Zakharova: First, I wish to draw your consideration to this really unprecedented state of affairs. Gonzalo Lira was a nationwide of each the US and Chile, however these international locations most popular to depart him with out consideration and help from the second of his arrest by the Safety Service of Ukraine.
They basically consigned this “inconvenient” journalist to execution. Santiago (de Chile) has accomplished all it might to hush up this challenge even when his tragic loss of life grew to become public. For a lot of months earlier than, the Chilean authorities ignored the repeated appeals of worldwide and native human rights activists to not abandon him by shifting accountability for his destiny to the US Division of State.
What have been American officers and related organizations doing the entire time? After they discover it advantageous, they instantly rush to defend supposedly oppressed journalists. That is what occurred with Evan Gershkovich who was caught red-handed whereas gathering categorised info on instruction from the US authorities, and the American reporter Stavros Niarchos detained in July 2022 within the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Within the meantime, the explanations for the blatant disregard for the journalist by the US and Chilean authorities that refused to defend him and didn’t even word his loss of life in a Ukrainian jail are apparent to all people who adopted with out bias the destiny of this brave man.
In Might 2023, it grew to become identified that the blogger was detained and accused underneath the article “Justification, defence as legal and/or denial of Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine and glorification of its participants.” After posting bail, he was put underneath home arrest. However quickly thereafter, in July 2023, the Safety Service of Ukraine positioned him in a pre-trial detention centre, ostensibly for “violating the law and attempting to evade justice.”
He stayed there till his loss of life after eight months of torture and lack of correct medical care. Clearly, the journalist’s refusal to comply with the American mainstream and Washington’s line couldn’t go unpunished. However in his case, the punishment was really inhuman and actually murderous.
The tragedy of Gonzalo Lira, who dared have his personal opinion, has vividly revealed once more the face of the collective West. A zealous advocate of speech and press freedom in phrase, it defends them in deed solely when handy to its pursuits.
We’re urging Gonzalo Lira’s colleagues to lift their voice in protection of the prisoners of the Kiev regime. That is obligatory for these which are nonetheless alive and may nonetheless struggle for the reality. It is usually a tribute to the reminiscence of people who died as martyrs for the reason for freedom.
We wish to convey our most honest condolences to Gonzalo Lira’s household and associates.
