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Russian
ambassador shuts down Tories, Turkey AND Labour rebels in single
tweet
Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to the United Kingdom
Alexander Yakovenko. © Sputnik
RT,
3
December, 2015
Russia’s
ambassador to the UK has tweeted a takedown of the Tories and Turkey
while simultaneously showing support for anti-war Labour leader
Jeremy Corbyn – not bad for 140 characters.
Alexander Yakovenko
.@jeremycorbyn Sending you by courier Russian data you requested yesterday in Parliament on who benefits from ISIL oil trade
Alexander
Yakovenko tweeted Corbyn after the Labour leader asked Prime Minister
David Cameron about who buys oil from Islamic State (IS, formerly
ISIS/ISIL).
Corbyn
asked the question during Parliament’s marathon 10-hour debate on
Wednesday night over whether to extend British airstrikes against IS
from Iraq into Syria.
The
period before Corbyn’s twitter handle means the tweet was intended
to appear on the feeds of all Yakovenko’s followers, not merely
those who follow both Yakovenko and Corbyn.
In
just 140 characters, the Russian ambassador hit three birds with one
tweet.
He
professed his support for Corbyn – who opposed extending airstrikes
into Syria – while simultaneously taking a dig at the Tories for
supporting the war and Turkey for allegedly buying oil from IS and
downing a Russian fighter jet.
The
Twitter-savvy ambassador also tweeted this take down of Britain’s
strategy in Syria.
UK Government motion: why strikes limited to ISIS. What about other terrorist groups, incl Al-Nusra?
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