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Russia fails at U.N. to get Nord Stream blast inquiry

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By Michelle Nichols

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Brazil, a major world economy is now openly siding with Russia.

No, it is not siding with Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Brazil simply thought an independent investigation was warranted at this time while the 12 abstentions believe it best to wait until the investigations already in progress have been completed.

So desperate to get other nations on your side you twist facts to feel a little better. Brazil has not backed Russia in any of the general assembly votes on Russia's invasion. That is the fact.

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Can confirm wrt Brazil:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_ES-11/1#:~:text=The%20resolution%20was%20sponsored%20by,5%20against%2C%20and%2035%20abstentions.

Brazil was one of the 141 nations that voted in favor of ES-11/1 (which deplored Russia's invasion of Ukraine and demanded a full withdrawal of Russian forces and a reversal of its decision to recognize the self-declared People's Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk.)

Vote[5]QuantityStates% of votes% of total

UN membersApprove141Afghanistan, Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, South Korea, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Tuvalu, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia

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Bet the security council would have approved an independent inquiry if Russia hadn't invaded Ukraine or Belarus and wasn't going to station tactical nukes in Belarus.

Plus hitting a drone flying in international airspace isn't exactly being a good neighbor.

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UN is in the US. Us blew the pipelines up. Does Russia really expect the UN to be impartial?

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transparency is only allowed for the "just" and the media and the West decides who the "just" are in any such narratives.

Why cant there be an impartial and transparent inquiry?

Because its inconvenient who will be found to have done it.

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and wasn't going to station tactical nukes in Belarus.

USA has had tactical Nuclear weapons in Germany, Italy, Turkiye, Netherlands and Belgium and planning to place them in Poland. They also have nukes on Russia’s Eastern border in Japan. So…

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Why cant there be an impartial and transparent inquiry?

Because its inconvenient who will be found to have done it.

Yes. Its pathetic hypocrisy.

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Hahahahaha

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How about this, Russia. You get to investigate Nordstream 2, and the West gets to investigate the thousands of missing children from Ukraine. Access will be required to Germany and Russia. Should be fair, right?

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It was Seymore Hersh, a famous Pulitzer-winning journalist, who pointed out a possibility that the United States was the culprit that had blasted the Nord Stream pipeline.

We are looking forward to knowing the credibility of Hersh's story despite the UN Security Council resolution.

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