Fri Aug 17, 2012, 08:25 AM

maddezmom (130,797 posts)

Russia embassy in UK says attacked by Syria activists

Source: Reuters

LONDON | Fri Aug 17, 2012 8:01am EDT
(Reuters) - Russia's embassy in London accused British police on Friday of taking no action to prevent an attack on its building by a group of activists protesting Moscow's support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

It made the accusation as about 40 protesters clad in balaclavas demonstrated outside the embassy, located in an upscale part of London, against the verdict in a trial of the Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot in Moscow.

An embassy spokesman said a group of protesters chanting anti-Assad slogans attacked the building overnight, throwing stones and smashing windows.

"The police who arrived at the scene regretfully did not take any measures to stop the unsanctioned protest and detain the attackers," said the spokesman. No one was hurt.

"We view the incident as a new case of violation of the principle of inviolability of diplomatic missions in London."

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/17/us-britain-russia-embassy-idUSBRE87G0DB20120817

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Russia embassy in UK says attacked by Syria activists (Original post)	maddezmom	Aug 2012	OP
No doubt also in retaliation for guilty verdict in Moscow "Pussy Riot" trial... okay, I kid...	johnfunk	Aug 2012	#1
wtf has Assad got to do with the Pussy Riot verdict ?	dipsydoodle	Aug 2012	#2
Russia needs to go back to the ice age where they belong.	William769	Aug 2012	#3
Xenophobia is alive and well.	David__77	Aug 2012	#5
And their dislike for LGBT, women, Jews, take your pick.	William769	Aug 2012	#6
The Brits seem to be having problems honoring their diplomatic obligations these days.	Comrade Grumpy	Aug 2012	#4
All one needs to know is that the	carla	Aug 2012	#7

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Fri Aug 17, 2012, 08:51 AM

johnfunk (6,006 posts)

1. No doubt also in retaliation for guilty verdict in Moscow "Pussy Riot" trial... okay, I kid...

... that is all.

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Fri Aug 17, 2012, 09:03 AM

dipsydoodle (32,575 posts)

2. wtf has Assad got to do with the Pussy Riot verdict ?

The Embassy is in Kensington Palace Gardens - more or less opposite the Princess Diana Memorial.

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Fri Aug 17, 2012, 01:54 PM

William769 (30,415 posts)

3. Russia needs to go back to the ice age where they belong.

They are nowhere near being a world leader but they are in the running for being part of the worlds problems with human rights.

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Fri Aug 17, 2012, 10:35 PM

David__77 (14,110 posts)

5. Xenophobia is alive and well.

Indeed...

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Fri Aug 17, 2012, 10:51 PM

William769 (30,415 posts)

6. And their dislike for LGBT, women, Jews, take your pick.

It's all in the news right now.

Now if you want to speak of fear, there's something to fear.

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Fri Aug 17, 2012, 02:07 PM

Comrade Grumpy (3,346 posts)

4. The Brits seem to be having problems honoring their diplomatic obligations these days.

Threatening to storm the Ecuadoran embassy, failing to protect the Russian embassy. I doubt they will be so cavalier when it's their embassies and diplomats who are threatened.

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Sat Aug 18, 2012, 08:30 AM

carla (383 posts)

7. All one needs to know is that the

Russian state sees such as "unsanctioned protest". So we are supposed to get permission to confront the cretins and Putins and assholes of the world? I say revolution tastes better than slavery. LONG LIVE PUSSY RIOT! DOWN WITH PUTINS AUTHORITARIAN REGIME! PUSSY RIOT SAVE THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE!!!!

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