MOSCOW. Sept 2 (Interfax) - The Russian Foreign Ministry has called 'dubious' the remarks made by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius who likened the economic sanctions against Russia with those imposed on South Africa during the apartheid period.
"The historical parallels drawn by Fabius in the context of the economic sanctions between the effect on the apartheid regime in South Africa and today's Russia, with its unique experience in building equal relations between the many nations inhabiting our country, look more than dubious," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a commentary on Monday.
"Also bewildering is the condescension shown by Fabius towards the utterly provocative question of a journalist who put Russia and the so-called Islamic State in the same league as the main violators of international law," the commentary said.