Russia now says two Russian diplomats were also injured by Qatari security forces, when Russian Ambassador to Qatar, Vladimir Titorenko, was assaulted upon his return from Jordan.  Titorenko is currently in the hospital.

On November 30, Russia “…demanded that the Qatari side immediately offer a formal apology and take all necessary measures to establish and strictly punish those responsible for what happened and to prevent such incidents from occurring in the future.”

There was no response from Qatar, and on December 4 “…the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Sergey Lavrov held a telephone conversation with Qatar’s Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hamad Bin Jassim and informed him of the decision to downgrade relations with Qatar until the complete satisfaction of our demands.”

So far still no response from the leaders of Qatar.  Qatar is a pro-U.S./U.K. Arabian Peninsula country.  In fact many companies in Qatar are controlled by the Commonwealth (British Empire).  Harrods of London is owned by a Qatari company.