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| Buk missile cot design raises eyebrows in Russia | Buk missile cot design raises eyebrows in Russia |
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| A Russian children's cot in the form of a Buk missile launcher - the weapon that downed a plane over east Ukraine in 2014 - has raised eyebrows. | |
| "Is this some kind of joke?" outspoken Russian journalist Oleg Kashin asked while others suggested it was a PR stunt to sell more furniture. | "Is this some kind of joke?" outspoken Russian journalist Oleg Kashin asked while others suggested it was a PR stunt to sell more furniture. |
| The cot's makers said they had sold "around 10" of the items, but argued the design was "nothing unusual". | The cot's makers said they had sold "around 10" of the items, but argued the design was "nothing unusual". |
| All 298 people aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 died in the attack. | All 298 people aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 died in the attack. |
| International prosecutors say the missile was brought into Ukraine from Russia and launched from a field in territory controlled by Russian-backed rebels, who were fighting Ukrainian government forces at the time. | International prosecutors say the missile was brought into Ukraine from Russia and launched from a field in territory controlled by Russian-backed rebels, who were fighting Ukrainian government forces at the time. |
| Russia says it cannot accept the findings as the final truth. | Russia says it cannot accept the findings as the final truth. |
| Whose idea was the cot? | Whose idea was the cot? |
| The Buk cot is produced by a family firm, CARoBUS, in the Russian city of St Petersburg and is part of a special series that also features a tank and a plane. | The Buk cot is produced by a family firm, CARoBUS, in the Russian city of St Petersburg and is part of a special series that also features a tank and a plane. |
| Normally, the firm makes cots shaped like cars, ships and planes. | Normally, the firm makes cots shaped like cars, ships and planes. |
| "I see nothing unusual in a cot like this," CARoBUS director Anton Koppel told local news website Fontanka (in Russian). | "I see nothing unusual in a cot like this," CARoBUS director Anton Koppel told local news website Fontanka (in Russian). |
| "Some grow up to be doctors, others bakers and some soldiers." | "Some grow up to be doctors, others bakers and some soldiers." |
| What are people saying? | What are people saying? |
| Apart from Kashin, comments by users of leading Russian news site Lenta (in Russian) include the following: | Apart from Kashin, comments by users of leading Russian news site Lenta (in Russian) include the following: |
| "Free PR, market demand - the guy's a genius," wrote another user to which someone replied, "Calling him a genius may be going too far." | "Free PR, market demand - the guy's a genius," wrote another user to which someone replied, "Calling him a genius may be going too far." |