Re: Oh those Russians!
>But that doesn't diminish the interest in knowing who it was that took advantage of it.
Absolutely, and this should be investigated and the results duly presented to the public. But this interest does not give anyone rights to defame, libel or put unfounded blame on others. If Russia were an evil country, Microsoft president accusing it of criminal conduct would find himself and the company under criminal investigation and sure, Microsoft has a lot to lose in Russia.
The funny aspect is that Russia does not mind punches from other countries and does not really respond to them, in other words, has a horrible PR department. Unlike China, where the official WHO delegation investigating coronavirus origins were denied access to the first 174 coronavirus patients and their medical history, had to accept China's assurances that no traces of _this_ coronavirus were found inside Wuhan Institute of Virology (which afaik has the world's largest collection of live coronaviruses and was in the past singled out for poor safety practices) and had to agree to stopping investigation into whether the virus could leak from the Institute's lab. That's what strongmen do.
Anyway, as long as accusations of Russia do not result in bombing it as other countries were bombed following accusations before and Russia not retaliating with nuclear bombs, we all should be safe.
