MOSCOW, Dec 7 Western human rights organizations were not created as a tool protection of human rights, but as an instrument of influence on other countries, they were professionally engaged in this work on the post-Soviet track, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. struggle for human rights, and above all as an instrument of influence on the domestic policy of Russia and, above all, other countries of the former Soviet Union. Yes, there are various human rights organizations in the West, of course, but they were mainly created precisely for these purposes,» he said Putin at a meeting with members of the Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights.
«And in order to look neutral, how from time to time they casually mentioned human rights issues in their own other countries, but this is rather an exception. They were mainly engaged in professional work on the Russian and post-Soviet track. That's what they were created for, it was already obvious,» the president added.
Putin's traditional meeting with members of the Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights is held annually on the eve of Human Rights Day, which is celebrated in Russia December 10.