Russia's Ambassador to Australia clashed with an ABC presenter after she asked how he could represent a 'repressive' and 'dictatorial' state, before the two then traded accusations of propaganda over the war in Ukraine.
It took mere seconds for the interview on Monday's episode of 7:30 to turn tense, with Ms Ferguson starting the chat by asking Mr Pavlovsky how he could bring himself to represent a nation she described as"repressive" and"dictatorial.""You find that funny?" she shot at him.
"I never had the impression that I lived in an authoritarian – how did you put it?" he continued, prompting Ms Ferguson to repeat her earlier remarks. "[It is] important for the audience to understand who the ambassador is and who he is representing," she said. Bringing up past comments from Mr Pavlovsky that Australian's had been"brainwashed" into supporting Ukraine's resistance, Ms Ferguson asked the ambassador whether he acknowledged his country had committed an illegal act.
The ABC interview was tense throughout as both participants traded accusations over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Picture: ABC 7:30 The interview was recorded before the announcement of an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin by the International Criminal Court which accused him of playing a role in the forced re-settlement of Ukrainian children in Russia.
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