A Russian citizen dressed in the T-shirt of the Mataderos club appeared at the breathalyzer control to mediate between the diplomats and the Transit agents.
An unexpected intervention occurred in the incident of two Russian diplomats who refused a breathalyzer test this Christmas Tuesday. In the middle of the dispute between foreign officials and the Buenos Aires police, a Russian citizen wearing a New Chicago shirt showed up to help find a solution. It didn’t turn out how I expected.
The incident occurred at the Avenida Libertador and Avenida Callao checkpoint. There traffic agents stopped a white Volkswagen car containing two Russian citizens and asked them to take breathalyzer tests, which they refused.
When they refused, the citizens, who were Russian diplomats, were delayed by Transit agents. While an argument was going on, a fellow Russian appeared, dressed in the New Chicago t-shirt, who tried to help, but it didn’t have good results.
“They say I am not Russian. They say I am a traitor”the Russian Chicago fan told the journalists who were there, who, surprised by his clothing, asked him why he was wearing that shirt. “For my friend who is a Nueva Chicago fan. Visit Mataderos,” he explained in his Spanish.
The incident went viral on social media and the Mataderos club He didn’t miss the opportunity. On the platform profiles he shared the video with a curious message, somewhere between funny and proud: “How boring to be a fan of a normal club! I’m from Chicago and I like vodka.”
The Russian Embassy considers alcohol testing a “serious violation of international law”
After two Russian diplomats were detained for refusing to take a breathalyzer test, the Russian Embassy in Argentina spoke about the fact. From the headquarters, they considered that these events are a “serious violation of international law“, especially regarding his diplomatic immunity.
Delayed Russian officials are called Sergei Baldin and Cardmath Solomatin. Baldin was intervened after refusing to take a breathalyzer test and barricading himself in his car. He was then escorted to the Embassy of the Russian Federation.
From the Ministry of Security indicated that, together with the Chancellerysent to the department of Diplomatic Security of the Federal Police to take charge and comply with the Vienna Convention and the laws governing diplomatic relations.
Source: Ambito
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