Posted on 10/16/2013 2:20:17 AM PDT by TexGrill
The Netherlands is seeking answers from Russia after a Dutch diplomat was beaten by unidentified assailants in his apartment in Moscow.
The diplomat — identified by Russian media as Onno Elderenbosch, deputy chief of the Dutch embassy in Moscow — was returning home on Tuesday when he saw that the elevator in his building was out of order, Life News reported. After walking up to his fourth-floor apartment, he spotted two men dressed as electricians who were working on a fuse box.
The men told him that the electricity seemed to be out in the whole building and said that they wanted to check if lights were on in his apartment. Once the diplomat opened the door, the men pushed him inside and proceeded to beat him, ransack the apartment, and draw a heart symbol pierced with an arrow and the letters "LGBT" in lipstick on a mirror in the hallway.
Elderenbosch was lightly injured in the attack, Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans said.
The Dutch Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned Roman Kolodkin, the Russian ambassador to the Netherlands, to answer questions about the attack.
"Our people must be able to work there safely and I want the assurance that the Russian authorities also take their responsibility on that point," Timmermans wrote on his Facebook page Tuesday.
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At least somebody is taking care of their own.
To be Elderenbosched in Russia.
Of course, this wouldn’t have any connection to the assault on a Russian diplomat by police in the Netherlands a week ago . . .
Be it canard or outing, that parting shot was an interesting touch. "FAH-bulous," as it were.
Mr. niteowl77
Didn’t the Dutch just complain about the Russians treatment of the “Greenpeace” pirates?
Not only they complained, Russian diplomat was beaten and arrested by police a week ago there.
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