By STEVE GUTTERMAN, Associated Press Writer
MOSCOW – Year after year, the U.S. issues a troubling assessment of human rights in Russia.
Year after year, Russia lashes back, accusing the U.S. State Department’s annual report on human rights practices around the world of twisting reality and warning that Washington has no right to preach.
With relations at what could be a post-Cold War low, it is no different this time around.
In a sometimes bitter, sometimes sarcastic statement Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry said the portrayal of Russia in the 2007 report was prejudiced, mistaken, poorly sourced and counterproductive.
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