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Maria Zakharova, Russia's Foreign Affairs spokesperson, lets loose on a Western journalist after she is asked "Why is Russia supporting Assad, who is killing civilians?" The problem with Western mainstream media is that it relies on ignorance to create a worldview that consists of a series of RANDOM and DISCONNECTED events taken out of context. I think she made her points pretty clear - but who are the two countries blocking progress, at the UN Security Council level?

As you know, there are 5 permanent members, and 10 rotating members. In 2016, they are: Angola (2016), Egypt (2017), Japan (2017), Malaysia (2016), New Zealand (2016), Senegal (2017), Spain (2016), Ukraine (2017), Uruguay (2017), Venezuela (2016).

Who has the US paid off this time, to carry out their dirty deeds? What are your thoughts? But Maria Zakharova is definitely the definition of those thug life memes.

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"This is the crux of the issue - let's sit down and agree which groups are terrorists, and which ones are not. Let's begin to work together! What other way is there - tell me! You want us to just exit Syria? Pack up and leave the terrorists there? That is not a way out. I am not going to repeat just how many UN Security Council documents and resolutions there are that call to fight against terrorism. And Al-Nusra is a terrorist group [as per UN list].


"Leaving is not an option for us because everyone now understands that something has to be done in order to curb this terror threat - this is the crux of the issue! Do you understand? And of course we understand that armed conflict is taking place and we see that the civilian population is suffering, there is no question about that. But this is why we created the center for cooperation with the US โ€” so that we could work and decide together.

"There are parties that continually stop US and Russia from working together on this matter. Despite arrangements in place for this to happen, they still got their way to ensure this did not happen. This does not mean that positions can't change tomorrow โ€” but today it is advantageous for these parties to have interrupted this dialogue between US and Russia. This is the crux of the issue!

"And one more thing โ€” the main message that [Western] mainstream media is delivering is that 'Russian air-force is killing Syrian civilians.' OR the Syrian army is doing that, with the help of the Russian air force. Alright. Four years ago, who was killing the civilian population? Who was it? Russia's air-force was nowhere in sight. But somebody was exterminating the civilian population? Who was chopping off their heads?

"There was a lot of terrorist activity โ€” go have a look at the footage of our correspondents, who were there โ€” unlike Western journalists! Popova was there, Podubny was there - give me names of Western journalists who were in Aleppo [4 years ago]? There weren't any! Not one American, not one European! None of your people working there! Our guys were. And they brought their footage with them to disseminate at the UN! In Geneva, they showed them โ€” 'look at what is happening to the civilian population in Syria.' The Russian air-force was nowhere near at the time!

"One more question - 2 years ago, what on earth did the American coalition proceed to do there? You know, if the civilians were not in danger... What were you doing there? Well, they were in danger, and the Americans went there, in their words, to help them. Do you understand that you can't be selective and look at things in isolation? We have to agree that the civilian population is suffering; the blockade, the hostages, and they are surrounded by Al-Nusra! So let's sit down and agree together โ€” where are the civilians and where are the terror groups? And work together! This is the work that we are being stopped from doing!

"The talks on Syria are about to begin again โ€”but everyone understands that the two rotating member countries (UNSC) have a decisive capability โ€” and they are blocking our progress. This is because we have finally approached the crux of the problem...Al Nusra. Al-Nusra are the new 'mujahideen'. Do you understand this concept? Go ahead and read some history โ€” research how Al-Qaeda came to be! It's exactly the same thing [Al-Nusra]. Point by point, it is exactly the same; the financing, the moral and ideological support. And what did your relationship with the Mujahideen cause? It created Al-Qaeda. And Al-Qaeda, you all know what that is.

"So you can't simplify [isolate events] like this, you have to understand [what caused it]. You can't [logically] follow mainstream [garbage] 'Russia is killing everyone, and everyone is trying to stop Russia.' This is rubbish. I'm very sorry for my expression but โ€” such simplification means that [Western] stupidity is more dangerous than the threat itself. And when simplification to this scale happens in [Western] mainstream media โ€” I think this is more scary than terrorism itself. Simplify everything to the extreme, and only show it from the one angle it might work in... Sorry, but yeah."