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2014-03-16 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russia vetoes UN resolution on Crimea; China abstains

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Posted by Fred 2014-03-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 .."alone" Ms. Power? Someone may not be in consideration of a not-so-deeply concealed meaning of a Chi(formerly com)nese abstention.?

Posted by Uncle Phester 2014-03-16 00:59|| 2014-03-16 00:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Russia, isolated, alone and wrong, blocked the resolution's passage

Are these people for real?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-03-16 03:37|| 2014-03-16 03:37|| Front Page Top

#3 China often backs Russia at the council, especially on Syria-related votes, and Western powers presented its abstention as the best possible outcome from the seventh UN emergency session since the crisis began.

Something akin to voting 'present', then boarding a flight at National Airport for Chicago.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-03-16 03:41|| 2014-03-16 03:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Something akin to voting 'present', then boarding a flight at National Airport for Chicago.

"I got a first class ticket on Malaysian Air, landed in Sri Lanka none the worse for wear..."

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-03-16 10:53|| 2014-03-16 10:53|| Front Page Top

#5 So, Russia says 'mind your own business', and China goes "I might want a come back on this'.
So, possibility: the creation of 'The Crimean Republic', with a big treaty tie to Moscow. (Sort of pretends to satisfy everybody.)

Posted by ed in texas 2014-03-16 11:03|| 2014-03-16 11:03|| Front Page Top

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