American Freedom of Speech: US State Department spokesman refused to answer questions from a Russian journalist
Andrei Sitov, representing the TASS news agency, asked Kirby, who during the briefing repeatedly called Bashar al-Assad the main culprit of what is happening in Syria:
John Kirby stated that he was not going to comment on this statement. Then, after Kirby answered other questions, the Russian journalist again turned to the official representative of the US State Department, asking:
Kirby's answer:
Andrey Sitov:
To this, Kibri replied that the Russian journalist was making "false statements", and therefore he, Kirby, "no longer intends to answer such questions."
It is understandable - democracy, freedom of speech ...
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