“This is a known issue, a long-standing problem in the United States. We always, both in the Soviet Union and in modern Russia, were very sympathetic to the struggle of African-Americans for their natural rights. Always, ”the head of state said in an interview with Russia 1, recalling Martin Luther King and Angela Davis.
Putin added that when such a struggle acquires an element of radical nationalism and extremism, "nothing good can be expected here."
“If the struggle for natural rights, for legal rights takes on the character of rampant and pogroms, then I don’t see anything good for the state. This we have never supported. I hope that the fundamental foundations of American democracy - it must be recognized that it is a powerful democratic state - will enable this country to get out of the strip of crisis phenomena in which it is located, ”the president summed up.
Earlier, Vladimir Putin commented on the events in the United States related to coronavirus and protests.
According to the Russian leader, what is happening speaks of deep crises in the country, which the authorities must deal with themselves.