Introduction

The russian authorities tried to pass the whole thing off as a regular horrible accident of war. They shipped in te clapped out american actor, someone who hangs out with vladimir puttin now and then,. And he made a little propaganda film with his analysis of events. Russia blamed the ukranians for everything. It felt deliberately routine. The message was, nothing to see here, nothing out of the ordinary. A medium sized storm blew up. People who didn't want to buy the idea that it can be normal for 50 people to burn to death because that's what happened were shouting for an investigation. Some good people did great work with satellite pictures and combing through