“We are deeply outraged that the U.S. authorities … spread a set of irresponsible Russophobic statements. In particular, Ned Price, State Department spokesperson, took the liberty to draw a similarity between what had happened and some ‘false flag operations’ that the Russian Federation had allegedly carried out many times.”

On August 23, the Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C., accused U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price of “Russophobia” regarding the car bombing that killed nationalist provocateur Darya Dugina.

The embassy said in a Telegram post that the U.S. “took advantage” of the assassination to “give the public an impression that the Russian authorities are responsible for the death of their own citizen and the true patriot of Russia.”

The post went on:

“We are deeply outraged that the US authorities took advantage of this terrible tragedy to once again spread a set of irresponsible Russophobic statements.

“In particular, Ned Price, State Department spokesperson, took the liberty to draw a similarity between what had happened and some ‘false flag operations’ that the Russian Federation had allegedly carried out many times.”

That is false. In fact, the embassy’s post came in response to an August 22 State Department press briefing at which Price said the United States “unequivocally condemn[s] the targeting of civilians” anywhere. Price never suggested the bombing was a “false flag” operation.

Darya Dugina, 29, was an ultra-nationalist activist and TV host...

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