MOSCOW. March 17 (Interfax) - The Russian Foreign Ministry is bewildered by the statements made by the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ivan Simonovic, over the situation in Ukraine, and has accused him of using double standards.
"We are stunned and cannot comprehend the biased and unobjective assessment by Simonovic of the human rights situation in this country," the ministry said on its website on Monday.
"Simonovic's ranting about some activists and journalists allegedly searched by individuals in uniforms and his silence over the fact that extremists put bounties on journalists' heads, and that the self-proclaimed government follows orders to shut down foreign television channels, massively closes entry for foreign correspondents, and even makes attempts to inhibit re-transmission of satellite signals can be called nothing other than double standards," the ministry said.