Russian activists vs. US diplomats
Published: 13 September, 2009, 16:09
Edited: 14 September, 2009, 08:34
Russian activists want the US Ambassador to Russia to account for a hit-and-run incident involving an American diplomat, which happened eleven years ago.
300 youth activists from the Young Russia movement have gathered near the US Embassy in Moscow in support of Aleksandr Kashin, who was hit by a former Consul General in Vladivostok, Douglas Kent, back in 1998.
Activists said that earlier they had left several dozen questions concerning Kashin’s destiny on current US Ambassador John Beyrle’s blog. However, in response, the diplomat deleted all the questions.
Serving in Russia's Far East, Douglas Kent's SUV collided with Aleksandr Kashin’s car. According to police and eyewitness reports, the diplomat was drunk.
Kent was not arrested due to his diplomatic immunity and left the country soon afterwards.
The car crash left Aleksandr Kashin partially paralyzed and struggling to pay his health bills. Denied compensation by the US department of State, and by Douglas Kent, he filed and won a lawsuit in America, but the ruling was later overturned by a Federal Appeals Court.
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The answer to this is simple. Don't buy US goods. Hit them where it hurts, and maybe they'll be more considerate in their dealings with other countries, including accepting responsibility for their behaviour, and the consequences of that. If everyone does this, and hits their exports hard, the US corporate sector will put pressure on the US government to find a solution, for fear of a reduction in profits. Remember that unlike Russia, and the community spirit in this country, the US is driven by one thing. Money. All else is secondary, and their continued arrogant assumption that they can behave as they wish, to the detriment of the rest of the planet, will be their undoing, if we don't support their corporate sector through purchases. To the US public, all other nations are collateral damage, to be ignored, at their whim. Be bold, and keep Russians safe. You just might do the rest of Europe, and the wider world a favour, as a result.