So Russian President Vladimir Putin immediately demanded an official apology from the Dutch government for ignoring Borodin’s diplomatic immunity. The rabble-rousing Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky called on his followers to smash the windows of the Dutch embassy in Moscow.
维也纳外交关系公约规定，不能依据东道国法律对外交官提起诉讼。因此，俄罗斯总统普京立即要求荷兰政府就无视鲍罗廷的外交豁免权做出正式道歉。蛊惑人心的俄罗斯政客弗拉基米尔·日里诺夫斯基呼吁其追随者砸碎荷兰驻莫斯科使馆的玻璃窗。一周后，一名驻莫斯科的荷兰外交官在家中遭到武装暴徒的殴打（没有证据证明这两起案件有关）。