Vladimir Putin in Israel, visiting a memorial dedicated to the Red Army’s victory over Nazi Germany. June 25, 2012. Kremlin press service, public domain.
There were two headline-grabbing events on Thursday, July 17: the downing of Malaysian Flight MH17, presumably by separatists in eastern Ukraine, and the beginning of Israel’s ground assault into the Gaza Strip. While the former received immense attention on the Russian Internet, the latter incident went decidedly less noticed. There are obvious reasons for this. MH17 crashed in Russia’s backyard, and the fact that Moscow might have provided the missile makes the story front-page news. Also, the …read more
Source: Global Voices
