Showing posts with label Pravda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pravda. Show all posts

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Senator John McCain: Russians Deserve Better Than Putin

PRAVDA: When Pravda.ru editor, Dmitry Sudakov, offered to publish my commentary, he referred to me as "an active anti-Russian politician for many years." I'm sure that isn't the first time Russians have heard me characterized as their antagonist. Since my purpose here is to dispel falsehoods used by Russia's rulers to perpetuate their power and excuse their corruption, let me begin with that untruth. I am not anti-Russian. I am pro-Russian, more pro-Russian than the regime that misrules you today.

I make that claim because I respect your dignity and your right to self-determination. I believe you should live according to the dictates of your conscience, not your government. I believe you deserve the opportunity to improve your lives in an economy that is built to last and benefits the many, not just the powerful few. You should be governed by a rule of law that is clear, consistently and impartially enforced and just. I make that claim because I believe the Russian people, no less than Americans, are endowed by our Creator with inalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

A Russian citizen could not publish a testament like the one I just offered. President Putin and his associates do not believe in these values. They don't respect your dignity or accept your authority over them. They punish dissent and imprison opponents. They rig your elections. They control your media. They harass, threaten, and banish organizations that defend your right to self-governance. To perpetuate their power they foster rampant corruption in your courts and your economy and terrorize and even assassinate journalists who try to expose their corruption.

They write laws to codify bigotry against people whose sexual orientation they condemn. They throw the members of a punk rock band in jail for the crime of being provocative and vulgar and for having the audacity to protest President Putin's rule. Continue reading and comment » | John McCain | Thursday, September 19, 2013

Saturday, September 14, 2013

John McCain publiera une tribune dans la Pravda

LA PRESSE: Le sénateur américain John McCain, très critique du pouvoir russe, publiera bientôt une tribune dans l'ex-journal officiel soviétique, la Pravda, a confirmé son porte-parole vendredi.

Le républicain John McCain avait plaisanté lors d'une interview sur la tribune publiée par le président russe, Vladimir Poutine, dans le New York Times jeudi. «J'adorerais avoir une tribune dans la Pravda», a-t-il lancé sur CNN.

La Pravda («vérité», en russe), fondée par les bolchéviques en 1912, a pendant des décennies été synonyme de propagande, en tant que journal officiel du Kremlin, avant de tomber en désuétude dans les années 1990 avec l'écroulement de l'Union soviétique. Il est aujourd'hui l'organe du parti communiste russe, à ne pas confondre avec le grand quotidien populaire Komsomolskaïa Pravda. » | Agence France-Presse | Washington | vendredi 13 septembre 2013