It's all becoming very Russian
I tend to cut the Russians more slack than a lot of westerners do. I mean, as a nation, they've been through crap that'd turn us white...er, whiter. It's not all that surprising that they've become Europe's Bad Boy.
Impeding the crash investigation isn't right, but it sure is Russian. And Putin is a child of the 50s after all. A renewed Cold War might feel like going home to him.