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dipsydoodle

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Sun May 18, 2014, 02:39 PM May 2014

Spain accused of hypocrisy after allowing three Russian ships to dock in Ceuta , North Africa.

Spain lets Russian navy use its port: Madrid accused of hypocrisy after allowing three ships to dock at territories in North Africa

Spain has been accused of ‘absurdity and hypocrisy’ after allowing three Russian navy ships to dock in its territories in north Africa.

British MPs said Madrid’s decision to allow the vessels - including a heavily-armed destroyer - to take on fuel, food and other supplies offered ‘succour’ to Moscow.

Incredibly, the vessels docked in Ceuta as tensions between Nato - of which Spain is a member - and Russia mounted over the crisis in Ukraine.

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Two weeks ago, three Russian navy ships - the 6,900-tonne destroyer Vice Admiral Kulakov and tankers Duban and Sergey Osipov - docked at Ceuta, less than 50miles across the Mediterranean from Gibraltar.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2628683/Spain-lets-Russian-navy-use-port-Madrid-accused-hypocrisy-allowing-three-ships-dock-territories-North-Africa.html#ixzz325rzY8S1

Given that Spain was one of the first EU member states to completely reject the notion of EU economic sanctions against Russia its not exactly "incredible, more "hardly surprising" , other than to someone with an IQ less than their shoe size.


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Spain accused of hypocrisy after allowing three Russian ships to dock in Ceuta , North Africa. (Original Post) dipsydoodle May 2014 OP
And I will add, Spain has always been a tad... conflicted... about NATO nadinbrzezinski May 2014 #1
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