Russia Wants US to Explain Report CIA Chief Visited Kiev

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called for Washington to explain Russian media reports that CIA director John Brennan visited the Ukrainian capital on Monday.

"We can remember when violence on Maidan (Independence Square in Kiev) that ended with dozens and dozens of deaths was called democracy, while peaceful protests that are ongoing now in southeastern Ukraine are called terrorism," Lavrov said.

He also accused the West of "off the scale" hypocrisy over the crisis in Ukraine.

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