I will tell you, quite frankly, that what I'm telling you is not the instructions from Moscow, but my reading of different international conventions. If you follow suit, you will definitely come to pretty well the same conclusions. A fact is a fact, as I've said many times. If there is a particular provision of the international law, convention, or treaty, whether you like it or not, it is what it is. According to international law, the Russian side and the Russian aircraft did not do anything that was against the existing international law. We might not be happy that it does not cover all the spheres it should theoretically, probably, but that's a different matter.
On March 23rd, 2009. See this statement in context.