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"The criticisms made in this motion for a resolution of the results of the presidential elections in Russia merely demonstrate, once again, that the EU has double standards. It is a fact that, when there were suspicions of electoral fraud in the presidential elections of 1996, neither the EU nor the US refrained from praising Russian democracy and the election of the candidate who suited them: Boris Yeltsin. The Russian Government has been demonstrating a certain economic and political independence, as well as defending its national resources, particularly in terms of energy, and advocating the role of the state in certain strategic sectors. More recently, Russia’s veto in the UN Security Council of military intervention in Syria meant that the US and the EU saw their expansionist aims blocked. The issue worrying the EU and the US, therefore, is not the defence of democracy, but their desire for Russia to have a government that better serves their interests. We would like the EU to pronounce on other issues too, such as the defence of strikers’ rights, and of social and labour rights, but this is an issue that appears to be of little concern to the European Union."@en1
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