Russia demands explanation

Putin has demanded an explanation from holland after his diplomat was beaten and detained by uninformed men who bombarded his flat and attacked him. Putin said "we are waiting for an explanation, an apology and also punishment for those responsible." The Hague police force spokeswoman released a statement "the man is fine. He is not in hospital." She also said "they [police] said they had received a call from the neighbours regarding mistreatment of the children in the apartment" however this has not been proven, and the diplomat was not treated with the respect any human should receive. The diplomat also stated that they had no warrant for his arrest and it was unlawful, many people agree with this statement.

In Russia, foreign minister Lavrov demanded the Dutch ambassador to account for the incident, however on Tuesday the ambassador left the ministry without commenting. This has created even more tension between both countries especially after the detention of green peace protesters had already ignited fire within both countries. However Russia slammed this saying “Over the last year-and-a-half the Russian side made repeated attempts to contact their Dutch counterparts to intervene in the vessel’s illegal activities"Russian Foreign Ministry deputy head Aleksey Meshkov told RIA Novosti on Saturday. 

Putin has demanded an apology today by 6:00 Russian time. It will be interesting to see if the apology will be issued or not. And whether tensions will diffuse or destroy the relationship of these two countries.

Lisa.