"Who asked you to investigate the case?"
"These days, you wouldn't believe how many people die or disappear for various reasons each year."
"Who knows how many cases have been piling up at the police station for years, with no one showing any interest."
"Unless the criminal is caught red-handed, that essentially declares the case closed, and Mike died in vain."
"Aside from the United States and Yushchenko, no one else seems to consider the incident as ever having occurred..."
The police's conclusion infuriated the American ambassador in Kiev; he publicly criticized the Kiev Police's investigative procedures for being imprecise and also pressed the Ukraine Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
To his surprise, the usually cooperative Ministry of Foreign Affairs stood its ground in front of him this time, pushing back with neither servility nor arrogance.
