Russia, Called ‘Mafia State,’ Regrets U.S. ‘Cynicism’
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Russia denounced the “cynicism” of leaked U.S. diplomatic cables published by the Guardian newspaper in which a Spanish prosecutor described the country as a “virtual mafia state” and oil experts suggested Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had amassed illegal wealth.
The memos show the “degree of cynicism of those evaluations and often those judgments that prevail in the foreign policy of various states,” President Dmitry Medvedev said today. “In this case I am talking about the United States.”