Scandal in the US State Department: “Ah, so you are from Russia ?!”
A scandal occurred at a briefing at the US State Department. Department of State spokesman Heather Nauert not only refused to answer questions from Russian journalists, but also lied to them.
It all started with a question from a representative of Rossiya 1 channel, who tried to find out if the United States plans to continue negotiations with Russia on global security and nuclear weapons after Russian President Vladimir Putin told the Federal Assembly about the development of new weapons.
Nauert said she was worried when "you see in the video how the Russian government is attacking the United States."
An employee of Channel One pulled herself into the discussion, noting that there was no attack on the United States at the video presentation shown. For some reason, this remark outraged the lady from the State Department. She answered:
This boorish statement provoked a protest from a number of American journalists who were present in the hall. A CNN employee said:
In response, Nauert once again erupted in a speech about the fact that RT and other Russian media are “funded by the government”:
She continued, but was interrupted by cries of representatives of various American media who did not agree with the attempt to humiliate their Russian colleagues.
A verbal skirmish began in the hall, after which one of the most respected American journalists, Matt Lee of the Associated Press, repeated the question of a Russian colleague. He noted that the frames do not show missiles hit precisely in the United States.
- noted the representative of the State Department.
The American journalist Matt Lee was also present in the hall, known for his “uncomfortable” questions asked by American officials. He joined the words of the Russian journalist and also pointed out that there was no missile attack on the United States in the video under discussion. It would seem that Nauert's objections ended: this time it was not the Russian who asked her the question. All that remained for her was to advise to revise the video, which was shown during the speech of Vladimir Putin before the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.
The Russian Foreign Ministry reacted to the scandal at the US State Department. At her briefing, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, called such behavior Nauert unacceptable, saying that it is impossible to divide journalists by nationality and country and deny them access to information.
- said Zakharova.
In addition, she thanked the American journalists who expressed solidarity with the Russians in that situation.
It all started with a question from a representative of Rossiya 1 channel, who tried to find out if the United States plans to continue negotiations with Russia on global security and nuclear weapons after Russian President Vladimir Putin told the Federal Assembly about the development of new weapons.
Nauert said she was worried when "you see in the video how the Russian government is attacking the United States."
An employee of Channel One pulled herself into the discussion, noting that there was no attack on the United States at the video presentation shown. For some reason, this remark outraged the lady from the State Department. She answered:
Are you from Russia? Then that’s it! I continue on!
This boorish statement provoked a protest from a number of American journalists who were present in the hall. A CNN employee said:
They are not Russian officials, they only ask questions, questions concerning Russia
In response, Nauert once again erupted in a speech about the fact that RT and other Russian media are “funded by the government”:
Therefore, if I do not have much tolerance for ...
She continued, but was interrupted by cries of representatives of various American media who did not agree with the attempt to humiliate their Russian colleagues.
A verbal skirmish began in the hall, after which one of the most respected American journalists, Matt Lee of the Associated Press, repeated the question of a Russian colleague. He noted that the frames do not show missiles hit precisely in the United States.
It definitely looks like this. You can look again. Clear what their purpose is
- noted the representative of the State Department.
The American journalist Matt Lee was also present in the hall, known for his “uncomfortable” questions asked by American officials. He joined the words of the Russian journalist and also pointed out that there was no missile attack on the United States in the video under discussion. It would seem that Nauert's objections ended: this time it was not the Russian who asked her the question. All that remained for her was to advise to revise the video, which was shown during the speech of Vladimir Putin before the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.
The Russian Foreign Ministry reacted to the scandal at the US State Department. At her briefing, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, called such behavior Nauert unacceptable, saying that it is impossible to divide journalists by nationality and country and deny them access to information.
If the State Department once again dares to call our journalists who attend the briefing, journalists from Russia and for this reason stop communicating with them, we will realize what we promised: we will make special places for journalists from the USA ... Special places for your journalists to feel , what it is
- said Zakharova.
In addition, she thanked the American journalists who expressed solidarity with the Russians in that situation.
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