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These are disturbances that are, in fact, already bordering on chaos,\u201d Peskov told reporters. \u201cThere is, of course, a clear sign of a crisis here, but, in any case, this is an internal matter for these countries.\u201d\nHe\u00a0dismissed accusations that Russia was involved in the protests, saying: \u201cNo one anywhere takes such absurd accusations seriously anymore. Not even in Europe itself.\u201d\nElsewhere, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Sunday lambasted Europe\u2019s \u201cdouble standard\u201d when it comes to dealing with protests.\u00a0\nZakharova quoted Macron as saying that he would be \u201cunyielding\u201d in dealing with rioters who resorted to violence before asking where \u201chuman rights\u201d and \u201cfreedom of expression\u201d figured in the equation.\u00a0\n\u201cIn other words, when the French are ransacking Paris, it calls for uncompromising condemnation and tough measures, but when protesters in other countries are ransacking cities, we\u2019re supposed to watch silently, re-reading the \u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace\u2019s angry press releases about the unacceptability of suppressing protests,\u201d she wrote on Telegram.\n\u201cWe need consistent standards, not the West\u2019s endless double standards when it comes to human rights issues and interference in the internal affairs of sovereign nations,\u201d she finished, alluding to Western condemnation of Russia\u2019s crackdown on peaceful protests.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Responding to a question about the student protests on Friday, Zakharova accused the French government of stealing money from their own people to fund the \u201cterrorist regime\u201d in Kyiv.\u00a0\n\u201cGuns and shells instead of school supplies and textbooks \u2014 these are the priorities of France\u2019s political leadership today. While billions of euros are being channeled to support the neo-Nazi regime in Kyiv,\u201d she said, repeating a debunked Kremlin talking point that claims Ukraine\u2019s leadership has been co-opted by neo-Nazis.\nKremlin special envoy Kirill Dmitriev took to X over the weekend to call the unrest \u201cThe Suicidal Fall of Europe\u201d and blame it on Europe\u2019s migration policies.\u00a0\n\u201cThe West has fallen because of an inability to discuss and correct consequential mistakes on migration, energy, and warmongering,\u201d Dmitriev wrote.\nAlong with his anti-migration rhetoric, Dmitriev reposted several videos showing burning buildings, clashes with police and general unrest.\nSenator Alexei Pushkov, head of the Federation Council\u2019s Information Policy and Media Relations Commission, called the scenes from France a \u201ccivil war.\u201d\n\u201cThere\u2019s a civil war in France,\u201d he wrote on Telegram. \u201cThey\u2019ve played themselves into a corner with free migration. The country\u2019s president \u2014 an irresponsible windbag \u2014 sees \u2018Russians at the gates of Paris\u2019 everywhere. But the Russians aren\u2019t the French people\u2019s enemies. They should look elsewhere for their enemies.\u201d\nState media reacts\nRT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan posted three side-by-side videos of the protests in France, Italy and Albania on X with the caption, \u201cThese are, of course, flourishing countries \u2014 France, Italy, Albania \u2014 where people live in prosperity, happily hand over their money to Kiev [sic], and enjoy every democratic freedom imaginable to make their wishes known to the government.\u201d\nSimonyan also criticized those accusing Russia of meddling in the protests: \u201cFormer President of Estonia apparently believes Western Europe needs our help to make a mess out of their own countries. I think they can manage on their own.\u201d \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t The Kommersant newspaper published a report titled \u201cRobberies on every floor: Oct. 17 was a day of street violence in France.\u201d\n\u201cBy evening, the demonstrations of discontented protesters had broken up into bewildered activists and roving groups of looters who wandered the streets and attacked anything they could get their hands on,\u201d Kommersant correspondent Alexei Tarkhanov wrote.\n\u201cThe police can disperse a crowd, detain suspects, and clear the streets,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt is much harder to convince people that the president is listening to their everyday problems. Until such a response is provided, the next demonstration may once again begin with slogans about the high cost of living and end with fires in the streets.\u201d\nVedomosti took a similar line, claiming that the French far-right was taking a \u201cwin-win\u201d position by opposing the riots.\u00a0\n\u201cAll of this can be described as a manifestation of the death throes of Macronism. Macron will leave office in seven months, but not before then. And in the meantime, a lot can still happen in France, including a recurrence of large-scale protests and unrest,\u201d they wrote, quoting Arnaud Dubien, the director of Franco-Russian think tank Observo.\nIn an interview with the state-run TASS news agency, political analyst Ilya Graschenkov said the protests are a response to \u201cvery real\u201d social and economic problems facing European countries.\u00a0\n\u201cThey have been building up for years, and the current protests may signal the beginning of a profound restructuring of the European political system,\u201d he said.\nHe added that the protests could be viewed as an opportunity to influence Europe\u2019s future, as there are \u201cserious ideological differences between Donald Trump\u2019s conservative administration and a significant portion of the European political establishment.\u201d\nThe pro-Kremlin daily Izvestia focused on French Prime Minister S\u00e9bastien Lecornu\u2019s announcement of a curfew in select cities, as well as the alleged theft of a Lionel Messi jersey and captain\u2019s armband from a museum in Paris.\nState-run outlets also published video showing protesters blocking the entrance to the Louvre.\u00a0\nOn the Vesti news program, journalist Yelena Kondratyeva-Salgero also blamed the unrest on migration.\n\u201cWhere people are marching with French flags, there won\u2019t be smashed storefronts, burning trash piles, torched cars, or looting,\u201d she said. \u201cThose with their faces covered, wrapped in Palestinian keffiyehs, carrying Palestinian, Moroccan, or Algerian flags\u2026 [on their part] you\u2019ll see riots, attacks on the police and attacks on journalists.\u201d \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\tA Message from The Moscow Times:\n\tDear readers,\n\tWe are facing unprecedented challenges. 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