Russia threatened countries ahead of U.N. vote

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#1  Edited By deeliman
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Russia threatened several Eastern European and Central Asian states with retaliation if they voted in favor of a United Nations General Assembly resolution this week declaring invalid Crimea's referendum on seceding from Ukraine, U.N. diplomats said.

The disclosures about Russian threats came after Moscow accused Western countries of using "shameless pressure, up to the point of political blackmail and economic threats," in an attempt to coerce the United Nations' 193 member states to join it in supporting the non-binding resolution on the Ukraine crisis.

According to interviews with U.N. diplomats, most of whom preferred to speak on condition of anonymity for fear of angering Moscow, the targets of Russian threats included Moldova, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan as well as a number of African countries.

A spokesman for Russia's Mission to the U.N. denied that Moscow threatened any country with retaliation if it supported the resolution, saying: "We never threaten anyone. We just explain the situation."

According to the diplomats, the Russian threats were not specific. But they said it was clear to the recipients of the warnings not to support the resolution that retaliatory measures could include steps such as expelling migrant workers from Russia, halting natural gas supplies or banning certain imports to Russia to cause economic harm.

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So Russia needs to bully countries into supporting them. Another sign of Russia becoming more politically isolated.

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#2 Master_Live
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At first I could joke about it, now I'm just tire.

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#3 deeliman
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@Master_Live said:

At first I could joke about it, now I'm just tire.

What kind of tire?

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#4 uninspiredcup
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Putin the fear into them.

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#5 Master_Live
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Fatigue. I just wish the story would just go away, also I'm a little annoyed at the thought Putin would even dare thinking about crossing into eastern Ukraine. Like dude, stop it, you got Crimea and pretty much nobody is gonna do nothing except sanctions, so take your winnings and go back to your palace. Perhaps he needs to be reminded about who won the Cold War.

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#6 Chaos_HL21
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Please Russia isn't bullying anyone, they just explained that "It would be a shame is some armed 'pro-Russian' defense force poped up in their country, and peacefully took over their country with weapons."

You know that was meant to be a joke; however some of the people on this board who blindly follow the Russian State run news might see it that way.

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#7 ferrari2001
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@deeliman said:

@Master_Live said:

At first I could joke about it, now I'm just tire.

What kind of tire?

This kind?

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@ferrari2001 said:
@deeliman said:

@Master_Live said:

At first I could joke about it, now I'm just tire.

What kind of tire?

This kind?

I remember seeing the trailer for that movie at the theater, it was so WTF?

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Is that the one where the tire blows everyone it comes into contact or something like that?