Moscow has angrily demanded the Dutch EU presidency explain comments it made in the wake of the school siege in the Russian town of Beslan.
The demand follows comments from Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot in which Mr Bot apparently asked the Russian authorities to account for the bloody end to the siege.
"We would like to know from the Russian authorities how this tragedy could have happened", said Mr Bot in a statement on behalf of the EU.
The Russian authorities reacted...
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