Anna Nemtsova: Russia slides back to the Middle Ages
Vitaly Churkin, Russian Ambassador, to the United Nations votes to veto on a draft resolution for establishing a tribunal to prosecute those responsible for the MH17 flight during a Security council meeting at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on July 29.
MOSCOW - After Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council draft resolution last week, many Russians started to panic. Their beloved country, famous for groundbreaking novels and poetry, for fabulous nature, perfect ballet - for sending the first man into space! - looked like the odd man out on the global scene.
