MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin (news - web sites) on Wednesday denounced human rights groups critical of his record and accused some of serving the interests of dubious organizations.
He made no specific mention of any single group in his annual state of the nation address, in which he devoted 15 minutes to the importance of democracy.
"For some of these organizations the priority has become a different goal -- in particular receiving funds from influential foreign and domestic foundations -- and for others serving dubious groups and commercial interests," he said.
He said the groups in question often failed to speak up about actual abuses.
"There is nothing surprising about this -- they cannot bite the hand that feeds them," he told 800 parliamentarians, ministers and public figures in the Kremlin.
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=586&ncid=586&e=10&u=/nm/20040526/wl_nm/russia_putin_dc:crazy: surprised we haven't heard this outta bush* mouth.
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