Maria Zakharova. Photo: A frame from the video.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented on the statement by the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative on sexual violence in conflict Pramila Patten that Russian servicemen are allegedly given Viagra for rape in Ukraine.
“It is impossible to comment seriously on the essence of what Patten said,” Zakharova said, adding that the official’s words go beyond the reasonable.
The Russian diplomat also noted that Patten referred to fragmentary data from the “independent international commission of inquiry on Ukraine”, which is not recognized by Russia and which, according to the UN official herself, is difficult to verify.
“Again, the classic “highly like”, only this time at the level of a perverted fantasy,” Zakharova believes.
She also recalled that the former Ukrainian ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova, who was dismissed from her post, admitted that she invented many facts of her statements in order to get Western funding and weapons. She also recalled how in 2011 Reuters journalists claimed that troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi were stocking up on viagra to practice rape.
“As we see, the West is again using the same patterns in its hybrid war,” Zakharova said in a statement.