A Western-Arab U.N. Security Council resolution backing an Arab League plan for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step aside, was double vetoed by Russia and China. Sources indicate that China was simply tagging along with China.
Russia's veto cam after a series of its proposals for the draft resultion were rejected by U.S. and European officials. Many of the proposals were written in favor of the Syrian government, which U.S. and European countries find unacceptable.
Russia vetoed the proprosal because it didn't want to cause "rejime change" in Syria, a close ally and a key Russian weapons export destination.
This double veto has outraged the Western countries, who have condemned it as "A sad day for this council, a sad day for all Syrians, and a sad day for democracy." Moscow and Beijing are now "complicit in the policy of repression" of Damascus.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/04/syria-un-resolution_n_1254441.html
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