Anatoly Antonov told Newsweek: 'We have seen the disastrous consequences of the attempts to forcibly export American democracy to Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan.'
was reportedly still scheduled to speak at the event despite domestic unrest sparked by a proposed law that would give parliament more influence over the judiciary system.
And while he confirmed that Israel was one of 121 countries invited to the upcoming Summit for Democracy, he said the details of the agenda would be communicated in the following days. And he defended the tenets of the summit at what he saw as a fraught time for democracies around the world. "There is also a clear problem with the freedom of speech, evidenced eloquently by the 'cancel culture' cutting out people from the public sphere for dissenting views. Many admit that the U.S. electoral law also has certain flaws, lacking an institute of direct presidential elections."
Antonov also criticized attempts by the U.S. to actively influence or completely rework the systems of other nations. Ukrainian servicemen fire with a TRF-1 155mm at Russian positions on March 27, 2023, amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.Relations between Moscow and Washington have only further deteriorated since the last summit, especially after Russia launched a war against neighboring Ukraine on February 24, 2022. The U.S. has increasingly backed Ukraine in the conflict, and Antonov argued that Washington and other Western powers were using issues of human rights as a weapon to cast Moscow as the aggressor.
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