Editing Diplomatic immunity (section)

=====Russian driver in Canada=====

In 2001, a Russian diplomat, Andrei Knyazev, hit and killed a woman while driving drunk in Ottawa. Knyazev refused to take a breathalyzer at the scene of the crash, citing diplomatic immunity.<ref name="CBC News">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/former-russian-diplomat-guilty-of-involuntary-manslaughter-1.313443|title=Former Russian diplomat guilty of involuntary manslaughter|date=19 March 2002|publisher=CBC News}}</ref> Russia refused Canadian requests to waive his immunity, and Knyazev was expelled from Canada. Though the Russian Foreign Ministry fired him and charged him with involuntary manslaughter, and Russian and Canadian authorities cooperated in the investigation,<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 19, 2002 |title=Former Russian diplomat guilty of involuntary manslaughter |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/former-russian-diplomat-guilty-of-involuntary-manslaughter-1.313443 |website=CBC}}</ref> the case caused a political storm in Canada. Many accused the Foreign Ministry of incompetence after it emerged that Knyazev had twice been previously investigated for drunk driving. The Canadian Foreign Minister had fought unsuccessfully to have Knyazev tried in Ottawa.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-feb-17-mn-26623-story.html|title=Russia Says Diplomat Will Be Tried in Drunk-Driving Case|date=17 February 2001|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> In 2002, Knyazev was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in Russia.<ref name="CBC News"/>