AS DELIVERED

Deny, distract, and lie. We have heard this same song many times before. Whether it was aiding the Assad regime with chemical weapons. Whether it was the attempted murder of the Skripals with the dangerous nerve agent in the United Kingdom. Whether it was election meddling in the United States – which didn’t work, by the way. And now you’ve been cheating on sanctions agreements and have gotten caught. Lying, cheating, and rogue behavior have become the new norm of the Russian culture. The Russian Ambassador said, “No one is denying the Panel of Experts.” Well then I take that to assume that you will allow the original report of the Panel of Experts to be released.

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