Russia rejects sanctions against Iran.

Condoleeza Rice was in Moscow for her one day visit and the main purpose of her visit was to get Russia on board for UN Security Council sanctions resolution which was flatly refused by Russian Foreign Minster Sergey Lavrov.

Yet even before Rice arrived in the Russian capital, her Russian counterpart said Moscow will not allow the Security Council to be used for punitive measures against Iran. Russia, however, was ready to discuss ways to pressure Iran into accepting broader international oversight of its nuclear program, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

“Any measures of influence should encourage creating conditions for talks,” Lavrov said in an interview with the Kuwaiti News Agency KUNA that was posted on the Russian Foreign Ministry Web site Saturday.

“We won’t be able to support and will oppose any attempts to use the Security Council to punish Iran or use Iran’s program in order to promote the ideas of regime change there,” according to the interview Friday.

This is a very strong message from Russian Foreign Minister and China will go along with Russia. This clearly means that Bush regime will not succeed on punishing Iran with any sanctions.

Condoleezza Rice also speak in support of press freedom. She met with the editors and journalists of Novaya Gazeta, the newspaper where a reporter critical of Russian policy in neighboring Chechnya murder this month.

Rice’s decision to meet with Novaya Gazeta editors and reporters was a reminder to Putin of the widening rift between Russia and the U.S. over what the Bush administration sees as a rollback of democratic gains under the Russian president.

The whole Bush regime consists of the worst hypocrites on earth. The US only give freedom to press which goes in their own interests. Bush regime raised any objection on CNN and all the News Networks showing Iraqis sitting down on dirt with their hands tied at their back head covered with a mask. Bush regime never raised objection to CNN and other News Networks by showing the pictures of caputured alleged Talebans again hands tied with their heads covered with mask. Bush regime very proudly showed the pictures of Saddam Hussein sons dead bodies with reporters examining each and every wound in detail. Bush regime again very proudly let the CNN and all the news networks show the dead body of socalled leader of Al Qaeda Abu Musab Al Zarqawi. These all images were very disturbing.

Bush regime protested when Al Jazeera showed the pictures of their dead soldiers when the war started. The US even bombed Al Jazeera office in Afghanistan and Iraq for reporting the reporting the truth.

Its a joke that Condoleezza Rice is giving sermon to Russians on freedom of press and democracy when they don’t give the same freedom to press in USA.