No sooner do we write about the conspiracy theories flourishing on Russian social media
about the meteor, which sailed over central Russia on Friday, than an
actual member of the Russian government weighs in with his own. Or so
the Moscow-sponsored outlet Voice of Russia says. Here’s its report: Russia’s controversial Liberal leader, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, has
blamed Americans for today’s meteorite scare, local media report.
“Those were not meteorites, it was Americans testing their new weapons,” Mr. Zhirinovsky confessed to journalists. Zhirinovsky further posited, according to the story, that new U.S.
Secretary of State John Kerry had attempted to tell Russian Foreign
Minister Sergei Lavrov about the “test” in advance. Lavrov has
reportedly been dodging Kerry’s phone calls for a few days now. “He was looking for Lavrov, and Lavrov was on a trip,” Zhirinovsky
reportedly said of Kerry’s motivation. “He meant to warn Lavrov about a
provocation against Russia.”
Washington Post
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