Robert Amsterdam

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For those who believe that the re-emergence of realpolitik in the Brown cabinet through the personage of Lord Mandelson is a regrettable turn for British politics, Foreign Secretary David Miliband's pending visit to Moscow will be a great test.

In recent weeks, Miliband has denounced those who he believes have not properly recognised historical facts and fundamental principles relating to episodes of genocide and gross violations of human rights.

His visit to Moscow this week, the first by a British minister since the still unresolved poisoning death of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko in London, presents an excellent opportunity to further his defence of human rights as well as to improve Russia-UK relations.…  Seguir leyendo »

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The administrations of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela and Vladimir Putin in Russia are enjoying a robust, burgeoning friendship. Though they are separated by 6,000 miles, the two leaders' bond is sealed not only by their similar tastes for repressive authoritarianism, oil expropriations and large arms deals but also by parallel trends of increasing violence and murder on the streets of their cities.

The most high-profile political murder since the 2006 slaying of Anna Politkovskaya took place in Russia on Monday, when 34-year-old human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov was shot, point-blank, in the head. The student journalist accompanying him was also killed.…  Seguir leyendo »

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Según Lilia Shevtsova, del Centro Carnegie de Moscú, "el modelo en el que Rusia imita la democracia y Occidente responde promoviendo una asociación se ha extinguido". Hasta ahora los líderes políticos y empresariales europeos han persistido en su descoordinada política de caos, de todos contra todos,en Rusia, silenciando sus críticas al creciente autoritarismo del Kremlin, mientras al mismo tiempo se pelean para acceder a los suministros energéticos rusos. Mientras tanto, el mundo es testigo de los dramáticos acontecimientos en Rusia, desde la ejecución por motivaciones políticas de Anna Politkovskaya, pasando por la redada y deportación xenófoba de ciudadanos georgianos o el plante a las firmas occidentales en el desarrollo del proyecto petrolífero y gasístico de Sajalin, hasta la extraña muerte de Alexander Litvinenko.…  Seguir leyendo »