Archivo etiqueta «Rusia»
Par Georges Nivat, spécialiste du monde russe (LE TEMPS, 21/12/10):
Difficile mémoire russe… Les violences du samedi 11 décembre sur la place du Manège, au centre historique de Moscou, sont venues rappeler que la Russie d’aujourd’hui a ses problèmes d’immigrés, comme le reste de l’Europe, en partie hérités de son empire, et qu’elle est loin d’être un pays à l’encéphalogramme social plat. C’est peut-être du problème national que partira l’étincelle qu’on peut prévoir.
«La Russie aux Russes» est un slogan impossible dans un pays qui est multiracial depuis son berceau: peuples de la steppe intégrés dans le creuset moscovite, Tatares … Seguir leyendo
Por Monika Zgustova es escritora. Su última novela es Jardín de invierno (EL PAÍS, 18/12/10):
Dostoievski, en Los hermanos Karamazov, describe un proceso judicial que tiene en vilo a toda Rusia: ¿qué hará el juez: dejará a Dmitri Karamazov en libertad, o lo enviará a Siberia? Con parecidas ansias el pueblo ruso está esperando el veredicto que debía pronunciarse el pasado día 15 y, por causas sin especificar, se pospuso para el 27.
Cuando en octubre de 2003 arrestaron a Mijaíl Jodorkovski, el dueño de la empresa petrolera Yukos, los rusos soltaron un suspiro de satisfacción: ¡por fin se … Seguir leyendo
Par Guy Mettan, président romand des Joint Chambers of Commerce Suisse – Russie – Ukraine – Kazakhstan – Belarus – Kirghizistan – Moldavie (LE TEMPS, 17/12/10):
Enfin le bout du tunnel! A la suite de ce qui sera la négociation d’adhésion la plus longue de l’histoire, la Russie entrevoit enfin la lumière. Même Pascal Lamy, le directeur général de l’OMC, d’habitude très prudent sur ce dossier, a convenu dans un communiqué de presse que l’adhésion de la Russie à l’organisation devenait «un objectif possible» et qu’on avait assisté à une nette accélération du processus depuis six mois. Moscou a … Seguir leyendo
Por Carmen Claudín, directora de investigación, Centro de Estudios y Documentación Internacionales de Barcelona, CIDOB (EL PAÍS, 14/12/10):
El Kremlin, seguramente, duerme tranquilo, al menos de momento. Satisfecho incluso de que “esto” le pase a Estados Unidos, aunque le inquietará la idea de que les pueda ocurrir algún día a ellos. En todo caso, el presidente Medvédev acaba de reconocer, con pragmatismo y bastante fair play, que no es para tanto y que los cables de las Embajadas rusas no serían muy distintos.
Lo importante, sin embargo, es el marco que ha escogido para hacer sus primeras declaraciones sobre … Seguir leyendo
By Oleg Kashin, a reporter for the Russian newspaper Kommersant. This article was translated from the Russian by Steven Seymour (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 12/12/10):
On the night of Nov. 6, I was attacked by two young men armed with steel rods. The assault occurred a few feet from the entrance to my house, which is just a 10-minute walk from the Kremlin.
A month later, I am still in the hospital. One of my fingers has been amputated, one of my legs and both halves of my jaw have been broken, and I have several cranial wounds. … Seguir leyendo
By Harry Ferguson, a former SIS officer and the author of Operation Kronstadt (THE GUARDIAN, 07/12/10):
It is highly unusual to expel a single foreign national for espionage activities. These incidents tend to involve the expulsion of a number of suspected agents all at the same time. The classic example is Operation Foot in 1971, when 105 Soviet diplomats were sent packing, or the departure of most of the KGB’s London station in 1985 following the defection of the station chief, Oleg Gordievsky.
The reason for this approach is that if a security service is lucky enough to … Seguir leyendo
Por Radoslaw Sikorski, ministro Asuntos Exteriores de Polonia Copyright: Project Syndicate, 2010. Traducción: Carlos Manzano (LA VANGUARDIA, 29/11/10):
Como observador que soy desde hace mucho de la política americana, sé que los senadores de Estados Unidos decidirán si ratificar o no el nuevo Start, el tratado sobre la reducción y la limitación de las armas negociado con Rusia este año, a partir de una evaluación exhaustiva de los intereses nacionales de su país. Como representantes democráticamente elegidos del pueblo americano, sólo ellos pueden dilucidar cuáles son dichos intereses.
Sin embargo, EE. UU. sigue siendo el Estado más poderoso del … Seguir leyendo
By James F. Collins, Arthur A. Hartman, Jack F. Matlock, Jr., Thomas R. Pickering, Alexander A. Bessmertnykh, Yuri Dubinin, Victor G. Kompletov and Vladimir P. Lukin (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 24/11/10):
When we, former American ambassadors to Moscow and Russian or Soviet ambassadors to Washington, last came together in September 2008, the U.S.-Russia relationship had reached a post-Cold War low point. We urged immediate attention to setting a new course that would restore effective cooperation.
At a recent meeting, we concluded that the two-year reset of policy undertaken by the American and Russian governments … Seguir leyendo
By Victor Erofeyev, a Russian writer and television host. Translated from the Russian by the International Herald Tribune (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 20/11/10):
Leo Tolstoy died 100 years ago, on Nov. 20, 1910, and his name has become synonymous around the world with the greatness of Russian literature. But in Russia, Tolstoy’s philosophy — “Tolstovstvo” — with its calls for nonviolence and its free interpretations of the Gospels, still provokes fierce debate. In 1901, the Russian Orthodox Church excommunicated the writer; on the eve of this 100th anniversary of his death, the church declined appeals to reconsider.
Actually, it’s … Seguir leyendo
By Oksana Antonenko, a senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London and Igor Yurgens, chairman of the Institute for Contemporary Development in Moscow (THE WASHINGTON POST, 19/11/10):
NATO and Russia share more security concerns today than at any point since the Cold War. These include instability in Afghanistan and the neighboring region, escalation of regional conflicts, proliferation of WMD and missile technology, and the threats posed by terrorist networks, organized crime and other non-state actors.
In these and other areas Russia and NATO may not always have identical interests, but invariably their cooperation makes … Seguir leyendo
By Sam Nunn, co-chairman of the Nuclear Threat Initiative and a former U.S. Senator from Georgia (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 16/11/10):
Over the past two decades, no geopolitical space has undergone as dramatic a transformation as that between the Atlantic and the Urals. During the Cold War, a devastating conventional and nuclear war on the European continent was a very real possibility; today, no state faces this type of deliberate existential threat.
Despite these positive developments, the two largest powers in the region — the United States and Russia — still possess thousands of nuclear weapons each, and over … Seguir leyendo
By Hillary Rodham Clinton and Robert M. Gates, respectively, the U.S. secretary of state and secretary of defense (THE WASHINGTON POST, 15/11/10):
For decades, American inspectors have monitored Russian nuclear forces, putting into practice President Ronald Reagan’s favorite maxim, “Trust, but verify.” But since the old START Treaty expired last December, we have relied on trust alone. Until a new treaty comes into force, our inspectors will not have access to Russian missile silos and the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals will lack the stability that comes with a rigorous inspection regime.
Before this session of Congress ends, we … Seguir leyendo
Por André Glucksmann, filósofo francés. Traducción de M. Sampons (EL PAÍS, 06/11/10):
Últimos requerimientos del fiscal, últimas alegaciones de la defensa: el proceso del “criminal” Jodorkovski y de su “cómplice” Platon Lébedev toca a su fin. La sentencia se dictará dentro de un mes, o dos, o tres…, el tiempo necesario para que las autoridades del Kremlin se pongan de acuerdo y tomen una decisión. Los rusos no se dejan engañar: un 40% (contra un 19%) saben que la sentencia ha sido cocinada en los “pasillos del poder”.
El ex propietario del gigante petrolero Yukos, acusado de manera surrealista … Seguir leyendo
By Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former chairman of Yukos Oil Co. who has been in prison since being arrested in 2003 (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 02/11/10):
Excerpts from the final statement by the former chairman of the Yukos oil company at the conclusion on Monday of his 20-month trial in Moscow on charges of embezzling oil from his own company. Translated by Stephan Lang.
Looking back, I can recall October 2003, my last day of freedom. A few weeks after my arrest, I was informed that President Putin had decided I would “slurp gruel” for eight years. Then it was … Seguir leyendo
By Maxim Trudolyubov, editorial page editor of Vedomosti and currently a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 29/10/10):
The official Russian calendar lists Oct. 30 as the day to commemorate political prisoners, but the day is not yet “ours.” The notion of acknowledging the crimes of the Soviet state has not been fully accepted by Russian society, let alone the current political establishment.
Many Russians still believe that the entire issue is “foreign,” that it is being imposed on us by the West, that to confront the past would be divisive. Divisive not because they are … Seguir leyendo