Russia's UN ambassador furious: 'Look at me when I speak '

new york - It went violently to it at the United Nations yesterday. The Russian envoy shot completely out of his shoe against his British colleague at a meeting of the UN Security Council on the attack with chemical weapons in Syria.

'Look at me when I speak,' Vladimir Safronkov shouted as he pointed his finger towards the British UN Ambassador Matthew Rycroft. 'Not looking away, why not look away?'

'This is exactly why you have not said anything so far about the political process. You do not even listen to what Mr. De Mistura (UN special envoy to Syria, ed.) Said. '

Shortly before Rycroft had the Russians accused of consorting with 'the murderous, barbaric criminal. 'The British were angry because Russia had vetoed a condemnation of the poison gas attack in Syria. Moscow refuses to speak of poison gas and said Syrian President Assad has no chemical weapons.\n  \n   \n    \n    \n   \n   \n   \n      \n   \n     The British envoy Rycroft: 'Russia league with a murderous, barbaric criminal. '\n    \n   \n     Photo: Dutch Height

'I can not accept that offends Russia,' Safronkov said.

China, which is already six times chose the side of Assad, himself time abstaining, as well as Ethiopia and Kazakhstan. Ten countries agreed on the text, which was drafted by the US, Britain and France. Bolivia joined Russia and voted against.