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‘What are you so afraid of?’ ABC correspondent challenges Putin on why his opponents end up dead or in jail
Jun 16, 2021 53 secs

Russian President Vladimir Putin was asked to defend his handling of political adversaries by a US journalist on Wednesday following the joint summit with Joe Biden.

Rachel Scott, a congressional correspondent for ABC News, asked Putin “what are you so afraid of?” regarding his opposition to protests in Moscow and the persecution of Alexei Navalny, who is currently in prison.

which in his answer to the question, Mr Putin said they were calling for “mass disorder” in Russia.

Continuing to answer Ms Scott’s question, Putin said, “The organisation you mentioned have publicly called for mass disorder.

But here’s what I do want to say: what we saw was disorder, destruction, abolitions of the law,” Mr Putin said of the protests that largely sought to bring justice for the murder of George Floyd, who died after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kelt on his neck for more than nine minutes, causing him to suffocate.

Mr Putin took questions following the summit in Geneva, the first meeting of theirs since Mr Biden took up residence in the White House.

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