Troubled situation in the U.S. is an internal affair of that country, in the Kremlin, want their American colleagues, and Americans to restore calm and harmony, said press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov.
"I will refrain from making any comments on here as you said, "unrest" and manifestations of anxiety that occur in the United States. This is an internal matter of the United States, and we sincerely wish our American colleagues and Americans restore their peace and harmony as possible" – said Peskov told reporters.
The cities of the U.S. and Europe, a wave of protests and unrest after the death in Minneapolis at the hands of police of African-American George Floyd. In the Internet appeared the video, which police put the handcuffs Floyd, knocked him down and piled on top of him, the three of us, and one of them stepped on his knee on the neck. Floyd on video several times says that he can not breathe, then fades. He died in intensive care. After the riots, fired four police officers and one of them was accused of murder.
In all States amid protests after the death of Floyd began a spontaneous demolition of the monuments of the southerners during the Civil war. It also touched upon the statues of the discoverer of America Christopher Columbus, whose left-wing activists accused of genocide of the indigenous population of America.