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Russia vetoes U.N. tribunal to investigate MH17 crash in Ukraine

As if the UN veto were not self-damaging enough, Moscow also uses the economic card in an attempt to coerce the Dutch into dropping the MH17 investigation...

Russia Burns Dutch Flowers Amid Netherlands' Inquiry Into Malaysia Airlines Crash

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Every important step in a Malaysia Airlines inquiry has been met with enhanced inspections of Dutch flower exports by Russia
 
Simpleχity;1064940349 said:
As if the UN veto were not self-damaging enough, Moscow also uses the economic card in an attempt to coerce the Dutch into dropping the MH17 investigation...
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Well if I were the Dutch I wouldn't be too worried about the economic hit of their burning of Dutch flowers after all last year they were burning Dutch bodies :cool:
 
Russia Burns Dutch Flowers Amid Netherlands' Inquiry Into Malaysia Airlines Crash
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How stupid do have to be to burn something you already bought....I'm sure the Dutch are crying as they drive to the bank.
 
tecoyah said:
How stupid do have to be to burn something you already bought....I'm sure the Dutch are crying as they drive to the bank.
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Well there is a precedent. The US got similarly piqued with the French once upon a time pouring their wine down the drain. Remember 'freedom fries' and 'cheese eating surrender monkeys' ?

From this side of the pond that looked pretty pathetic too given the French were ultimately proven right on Iraq ! :(
 
Before that, there were the Beatles "more popular than Jesus" record-burnings.
 
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