A senior Russian lawmaker told RIA news agency that a campaign to capture pro-Russian activists by Ukrainian authorities was launched at the behest of the United States.
"The same reward was offered in the US in times of McCarthyism, during the witch hunt and as the US controls the Maidan, they expanded this practice to Ukraine, where it was gladly picked up," said Igor Morozov, referring to $10,000 cash rewards offered by authorities in Dnipropetrovsk Region for each pro-Russian activist detained.
