俄罗斯和中国呼吁美国停止推动两国爆发的抗议活动，认为这侵犯了两国主权。

华盛顿驻莫斯科大使馆一直警告美国公民不要参加俄罗斯的“未经授权”的抗议活动，但上周包括了一张地图，显示计划的示威路线，作为莫斯科未登记反对派候选人预定集会的开始时间。

声明称，“美国公民应该避开抗议路线”，但俄罗斯外交部认为，以英语和俄语发布此类具体信息的决定是此次集会的隐性广告，最终导致数十人被捕。

外交部周五称，就此事召见了美国高级外交官蒂姆·理查森(Tim Richardson)，其间“强调，我们认为组织者策划的举行非法活动的计划是支持参与该活动的煽动和行动呼吁，是对我国内政的干涉”

华盛顿经常批评莫斯科对示威的处理，有时还支持俄罗斯抗议者的要求。在周末镇压集会后，国务院发言人讲述新闻周刊美国官员对此次逮捕和“警方过度使用武力的报道”感到“担忧”

这位发言人当时补充道:“俄罗斯人民和世界各地的人民一样，应该获得自由公正的选举、透明和负责任的治理、法律面前的平等待遇，以及行使权利而不必担心遭到报复的能力。”。

俄罗斯外交部周四还与德国代办贝蒂·格尔茨基就德国韦勒媒体机构的“不可接受的行为”进行了谈话，该机构“在社交网络上直接呼吁莫斯科居民参与未经授权的大规模行动”德国之声此前否认了这些指控，声称这些指控与上月反对派集会上该店一名记者被捕有关。

不仅仅是俄罗斯面临西方鼓励的动荡，中国也被香港特别行政区持续数月的抗议所震惊。示威活动始于今年早些时候，此前有消息称，一项拟议中的法案可能会导致半自治的香港居民被引渡到法院受审，或者由北京的中央政府做出判决。

集会在3月下旬开始获得势头，此后一直如此扩展成一个主要问题随着抗议者和警察之间的暴力升级，这个人口稠密、经济发达的城市面临着巨大的压力。北京利用美国国旗出现在副总统迈克·彭斯、国务卿迈克庞贝和白宫国家安全顾问约翰博尔顿与媒体企业家赖志英和政治家马丁李等反对派人物举行的抗议和会议上，作为华盛顿参与的证据。

周四，亲共产主义的香港报纸大公报发表了一张照片，照片中一名被认定为美国政治顾问朱莉·埃代赫的妇女在酒店大堂与学生活动人士交谈，其中包括支持自决的民主党领袖约书亚·王(Joshua Wong)。中国外交部香港特派员公署随后“紧急召见美国总领事馆的一名高级官员，提出严正交涉，表示强烈反对和坚决反对，并要求澄清。”

美国国务院发言人摩根·奥尔塔格斯对这些事件的回应是，她告诉记者，“泄露一名美国外交官的私人信息、照片、他们孩子的名字”是“一个残暴的政权会做的事情”，尽管她没有解释中方发布的其他信息。

中国外交部发言人华春莹星期五回击这些言论时说，“美国频繁干涉香港事务，必将遭到包括香港人在内的全体中国人民的坚决反对和强烈愤慨。”

“美国国务院发言人首先应该反省自己的话，而不是以媒体报道为借口批评和诽谤中国政府。她只是试图通过故意曲解事实来转移指责，并把这作为掩盖美国干涉中国内政的笨拙借口，”华说。

“这位发言人甚至把干涉他国内政作为他们在世界各地外交官的日常工作，并赞扬这种做法。当美国这样做的时候，世界怎么能享受和平呢？"她补充道。"香港是中国的香港。中国人民不能被侮辱或欺凌。我们敦促美国遵守国际法和国际关系基本准则，立即停止干涉中国内政。"

华盛顿将莫斯科和北京视为其在世界舞台上的两大竞争对手，并试图将它们描绘成不负责任的世界演员。另一方面，俄罗斯和中国近年来越来越紧密，试图对抗美国扩大其国际军事和经济优势的企图。

 

RUSSIA AND CHINA CALL ON U.S. TO STOP PROMOTING PROTESTS: STAY OUT OF OUR 'INTERNAL AFFAIRS'

 

Russia and China have called on the United States to stop promoting protests that have sprung up in both countries, considering it a violation of their sovereignty.

Washington's embassy in Moscow has been warning U.S. citizens not to attend "unauthorized" protests in Russia, but last week included a map showing the planned demonstration route as the start time of a scheduled rally among unregistered opposition candidates in Moscow.

The statement said "U.S. citizens should avoid the protest route," but the decision to include such specific information in English and Russian was viewed by the Russian Foreign Ministry as a tacit advertisement for the gathering, where scores were ultimately arrested.

The ministry said Friday it summoned senior U.S. diplomat Tim Richardson over the affair, during which it was "emphasized that we regard the placement of the scheme for holding an illegal event drawn up by the organizers as agitation in favor of participating in it and a call to action, which is an attempt to intervene in the internal affairs of our country."

Washington has frequently criticized the Moscow's handling of demonstrations and has at times endorsed the demands of Russian protesters. Following the crackdown on the rally over the weekend, a State Department spokesperson told Newsweek U.S. officials were "concerned" about the arrest and "reports of excessive force by police."

"The people of Russia, like people everywhere, deserve free and fair elections, transparent and accountable governance, equal treatment under the law, and the ability to exercise their rights without fear of retribution," the spokesperson added at the time.

The Russian Foreign Ministry also spoke Thursday with German chargé d'affaires Beate Grzeski over the "inadmissibility of the actions" of the Deutsche Welle media outlet, which "expressed themselves in a direct appeal on social networks to Moscow residents to participate in unauthorized mass actions." Deutsche Welle has previously rejected the allegations, claiming they were connected to the arrest of one of the outlet's correspondents during a previous opposition rally last month.

It wasn't just Russia facing unrest encouraged by the West, China has been rocked by months of mounting protests in the special administrative region of Hong Kong. The demonstrations began earlier this year after news broke of a proposed bill that could see residents of semi-autonomous Hong Kong extradited to face courts or sentencing handed down by the central government in Beijing.

Rallies began gaining momentum in late March and have since expanded into a major issue for the densely-populated, economic powerhouse as violence between protesters and police escalated. Beijing has used the appearance of U.S. flags at protests and meetings held by Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and White House national security adviser John Bolton with opposition figures like media entrepreneur Lai Chee-Ying and politician Martin Lee as evidence of Washington's involvement.

On Thursday, pro-communist Hong Kong newspaper Ta Kung Pao published a photograph of a woman identified as U.S. political counselor Julie Eadeh speaking with student activists including pro-self-determination Demosisto party leader Joshua Wong in a hotel lobby. The Chinese Foreign Ministry's Hong Kong Commissioner's Office then "urgently summoned a senior official at the U.S. Consulate General to lodge stern representations, expressing strong disapproval and firm opposition, and requiring clarification."

State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus responded to these events by saying telling reports that "leaking an American diplomat's private information, pictures, names of their children" was something that "a thuggish regime would do," though she did not explain what other information was released by the Chinese side.

Firing back at these remarks Friday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said that "the frequent U.S. interference in Hong Kong affairs will surely be met with firm opposition and strong indignation from all Chinese people including those in Hong Kong."

"The spokesperson of the U.S. Department of State should, first of all, reflect on her words rather than criticize and smear the Chinese government using the media reports as an excuse. She is just trying to shift blames by deliberately misinterpreting the truth, and taking this as a clumsy pretext to cover for the US interference in China's internal affairs," Hua said.

"This spokesperson has gone so far as to take interference in others' internal affairs as routine work for their diplomats around the globe and applaud such practice. How could the world enjoy peace when the U.S. is doing so?" she added. "Hong Kong is China's Hong Kong. The Chinese people cannot be insulted or bullied. We urge the U.S. to abide by international law and basic norms governing international relations and immediately stop interfering in China's internal affairs."

Washington views Moscow and Beijing as its two top competitors on the world stage and has attempted to portray them as irresponsible world actors. Russia and China, on the other hand, have grown closer in recent years as they attempted to counter U.S. attempts to expand its international military and economic dominance.