The daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov blasted the sanctions taken by the US in opposition to her household as “madness” — claiming they stemmed from “excessive hatred towards every part Russian.”
Elizaveta Peskova, 24, lashed out on Telegram after she and her household had their belongings frozen for what the Treasury Division referred to as “enabling Putin’s unjustified and unprovoked battle.”
“For my part, sanctioning grownup kids, who’ve already for a very long time lead their very own private lives (particularly a younger lady!) and professional lives – it’s madness,” she wrote within the wake of the sanctions introduced on March 11. “In charge household for ‘enabling battle’ is madness.”
Peskova had initially been amongst these within the Russian elite to talk out in opposition to the battle.
She posted “No to battle” in Russian to her 237,000 Instagram followers within the early hours of the invasion, earlier than deleting the publish.
In an interview with Enterprise Insider final week, nevertheless, Peskova mentioned she wasn’t talking in regards to the battle in Ukraine particularly.
“After I say it, I imply that I'm for peace, not solely in Ukraine however all around the globe,” she mentioned, including that she would “not speak in regards to the scenario occurring — I can solely converse in regards to the sanctions and I can solely say what I really feel and what I take into consideration the sanctions.”
Putin has outlawed dissent in opposition to his so-called “particular operation” in Ukraine, threatening motion in opposition to even those that name it a battle.
In her Telegram publish, Peskova referred to as the sanctions a “witch hunt” of “excessive hatred towards every part Russian.”
Peskova accused the US of holding Russia to a double customary, citing a litany of previous American navy actions.
“I wish to suggest that American politicians take note of the youngsters of those that fought in Vietnam, who bombed Yugoslavia, and, after all, to not overlook in regards to the [nuclear bombs] ‘Little Boy’ and ‘Fats Man,’ [as well as] Korea, Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan,” she wrote. “I visited American for the primary, and certain the final, time after I was 9 years outdated, and I can say as we speak that there's nothing good, or dangerous, over there, that we don’t have right here.”
“I wish to add that I'm pleased with being Russian,” she added.
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