" I've seen lots of misunderstandings (to say the least) in this discussion. To avoid one in the interpreting my pointing to the example of the incorrect way of evading criticism known as ""And you are lynching Negroes"", I'll add a direct link to an article on a logical fallacy: Tu quoque. Pointing to human rights problems in Russia is not a valid way to justify ignoring Russia-provided information on human rights problems in Estonia   "