Aleksey Zhuravlyov, a Russian politician and ally of President Vladimir Putin, said on state television that it would have been "good" for Russia if China shot down the plane carrying U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi because of her visit to Taiwan.
Zhuravlyov is a member of Russia's State Duma and leads the nationalist Rodina political party that supports Putin. During an appearance on the 60 Minutes show on the Russian state-owned television channel Rossiya-1, he said that an attack on Pelosi's plane from China would open up a "second front" in Putin's conflict with the West, the Daily Mirror reported Thursday.
They still want to bury us.