Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has condemned the increasingly fractious nature of the US presidential election.
According to her, the American political system is in severe decline.
Speaking on Wednesday, Zakharova described the election season in the US as rife with "incendiary rhetoric" in place of constructive policy discussions.
In an interview with Radio Sputnik and as reported by RT, Zakharova said, "This is just one unending quarrel, a squabble, one continuous process of inflaming passions in people, which has been lasting [in the US] for many years."
She argued that this shift toward divisive rhetoric marks a troubling departure from traditional democratic discourse.
The campaign saw heated exchanges between the Republican candidate Donald Trump and the Democratic incumbent, Vice President Kamala Harris, each labeling the other as a threat to the nation's future.
Zakharova described the U.S. electoral system as "archaic," adding that new technologies are merely being used to gloss "over the gaping wounds of American democracy" instead of driving real reform.
While most countries strive to improve their political systems, she added, the U.S. still insists on lecturing others.
"The U.S., with all its political commentators, civic activists, and democracy experts, should stay quiet for years and avoid judging the quality of democracy in other nations... until they address their own pressing issues," Zakharova said.
She traced the core problem to American elites, whom she accused of abandoning any moral compass.
"The country is ruled by clans whose only guiding philosophy is money. For wealth-no matter its source-they will do anything," she claimed.
"These clans have seized control in the U.S., sidelining the partisan structure," she said.
"They prevent genuine discussion, replace debates with a pseudo-scientific agenda, and impose a new ethical order."
According to Zakharova, this leaves the American people disoriented, while the powerful elites operate freely to serve their own interests.
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