this goes back to soviet days. any time they are criticized for any abuse of human rights at home, any violation of norms, they simply try to play the, you know, both sides card or what about. what about the americans? you gus did this, you guys did that. we heard it in moscow for four years repeatedly. it is classic way of trying to deflect and nevermind that theal nalgies are almost never comparable. arresting 400 people who violently assault the capitol is not the same thing as putting in prison a nonviolent dissident who simply embarrasses you and calls for your opposition. these are not the same things. they're not comparable. in the russian scheme of thing, this is always the answer to any criticism of their domestic suppression of decent. >> after comparisons to house mask mandates to the way people were treated in the holocaust.