MOSCOW — Russian media have devoted extensive coverage to police violence that marred a referendum in the Spanish region of Catalonia, painting a picture of double standards in a European Union rattled by referendums and fighting for survival.
RFE/RL: Violence, ‘hypocrisy’ in Catalonia – Russia reacts to Spanish turmoil
Spanish police officers drag a man as they try to disperse voters arriving to a polling station in Barcelona, on Oct. 1 during a referendum on independence for Catalonia banned by Madrid.
