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Margarita Simonyan retorts to German journalist surprised that Russians are also humans

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Margarita Simonyan retorts to German journalist surprised that Russians are also humans


20.07.2018

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Editors of Russian mass media are indignant at statement of the German journalist that Russians are also humans.

A German journalist Andreas Ruttenauer allowed himself making a statement of the Nazi nature in his article in the weekly newspaper of Germany, which evoked a wave of protests among the Russian mass media representatives. The author of the article in Die Tageszeitung, dwelling on the FIFA World Cup – 2018, wrote that “Russians are also humans” and it caught him by surprise.

A sharp statement was commented by the RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan indignant at the statement of the German journalist.

The RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan has noted in Telegram that there is a Nazi sense in the phrase of the German journalist and the author, editors’ office and readers who agree with this opinion should be treated as real Nazis. Simonyan has sarcastically proposed to change the word Russians for the word Jews and publish the corrected variant in the Jewish mass media sources.

Blogger Maxim Kononeko supported his colleague from Russia concerning the ambiguity of the phrase by the German journalist. He was also outraged by the behavior of Andreas Ruttenauer. Blogger has noted that it seems that Russians became humans for a period of FIFA World Cup only and then they turned into pumpkins again.

The materials of the German journalist contains many moments deserving the interest of the Russians. For example, he was surprised at the generosity of his companions he was travelling by train with, especially, when they shared a piece of bread with him. Another reason for surprise was a good quality of mobile connection in all the Russian cities. The fact that the Russians as well as the rest of the planet’s population use the Internet without anybody asking where to connect to the Internet was also surprising for the journalist.

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