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Hillary Clinton: Russia Must Embrace Basic Human Rights
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses students of MGU (Moscow State University)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says it is important for Russia to embrace basic human rights and freedoms, including the right of openly participating in the political process.
Clinton told a group of students at Moscow State University Wednesday that "citizens must be empowered" to determine what laws they will live under.
She said the freedom to take unpopular positions and "disagree with conventional wisdom" are the hallmarks of "an innovative society."
Clinton said it is those values that make the recent attacks on journalists and human rights activists in Russia a "great concern" for Washington. During an interview on a local radio station earlier Wednesday, Clinton discussed the death of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was murdered back in 2006.
The top U.S. diplomat also said her country was ready to move past the bitter rivalry of the Cold War years.
Clinton is ending a two-day trip to Russia with the town hall meeting, followed by a visit to Tatarstan, an ethnically diverse republic east of Moscow with a large Muslim population.
She said the freedom to take unpopular positions and "disagree with conventional wisdom" are the hallmarks of "an innovative society."
Clinton said it is those values that make the recent attacks on journalists and human rights activists in Russia a "great concern" for Washington. During an interview on a local radio station earlier Wednesday, Clinton discussed the death of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was murdered back in 2006.
The top U.S. diplomat also said her country was ready to move past the bitter rivalry of the Cold War years.
Clinton is ending a two-day trip to Russia with the town hall meeting, followed by a visit to Tatarstan, an ethnically diverse republic east of Moscow with a large Muslim population.
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