#la_main_de_moscou

  • #Ukraine. L’ouest s’enflamme-t-il à son tour ?

    Le 11 juillet, des membres de #Pravy_Sektor, formation d’#extrême_droite, ont affronté les forces de l’ordre dans l’ouest du pays. Depuis, le parti mobilise ses militants et menace le pouvoir. Un nouveau bras de fer qui déstabilise un peu plus le pays.


    http://www.courrierinternational.com/revue-de-presse/ukraine-louest-senflamme-t-il-son-tour

  • EUobserver / Nato says Russia funding anti-shale NGOs
    http://euobserver.com/foreign/124680

    Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen has accused Russia of funding NGOs which oppose shale gas.

    He made the controversial statement in a Q and A session at Chatham House, a London-based think tank, on Thursday (19 June).

    I have met allies who can report that Russia, as part of their sophisticated information and disinformation operations, engaged actively with so-called non-governmental organisations – environmental organisations working against shale gas – to maintain European dependence on imported Russian gas. At least that’s my interpretation and it adds a new aspect to that information campaign,” he said.

    #la_main_de_Moscou, le retour…

    On notera la formulation particulièrement alambiquée.
    Y a des copains qui m’ont dit que… En tous cas, c’est comme ça que je l’ai compris… et je tenais à vous le dire.

    Et ce n’est pas une position officielle de l’OTAN.

    Nato officials later told media the views on shale are Rasmussen’s own and do not reflect the alliance’s official position, but it published an audio file of his Chatham House remarks on its website.

    • C’était en réponse aux toutes dernières questions.
      L’intégralité de la transcription sur le site de l’OTAN
      http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/opinions_111132.htm

      En réponse à une question d’une journaliste de l’agence de presse officielle turque (Anadolu) sur l’extension de l’OTAN. Question reformulée par le modérateur

      MODERATOR: So in other words, have we… have we con— have we contributed somewhat to… to… to the Russian reaction, in other words…

      ANDERS FOGH RASMUSSEN:
      (…)
      So let me stress that we have not accepted new members of NATO as part of any aggression against Russia. On the contrary, we have for more than 20 years now tried to include Russia in a constructive cooperation.
      But apart from all that, we adhere to a fundamental principle, namely that each and every nation has a fundamental right to decide itself its security policies and Alliance affiliation. Actually, that’s also enshrined in the OECE Charter for European Security, which was adopted in 1999 and also signed by Russia. So Russia has subscribed to that principle, that each and every nation has a right to decide itself.
      So NATO’s open-door policy follows from our NATO Treaty, Article 10, which states that we may invite any European country that is in a position to improve Euro-Atlantic security and further the principle upon which we have built our societies. Each such European country may be invited to join our Alliance.
      And these two things in combination, our open door and the right of every country to decide itself, has led to an expansion of NATO from 16 to 28 nations. That’s not directed against Russia. But it’s based on some fundamental principles, and of course our goal to create a Europe whole, free, and at peace. And we will not accept new dividing lines in… in Europe.
      So I… I completely dismiss that allegation, that our open-door policy should be a provocation against Russia.
      And just have a look also at economic figures — trade, investment, and other things — you will see that Russia has profited immensely from that zone of security, stability, and prosperity we have contributed to create in Eastern and Central Europe.
      So basically, it’s in Russia’s interest.

      So… but it goes beyond my imagination how the Kremlin thinks, actually.

      Ce qu’exprime la toute dernière phrase de ce passage semée effectivement avéré. Et me semble particulièrement inquiétant vues les fonctions de M. Rasmussen…

    • Greenpeace : on fume quoi au QG de l’OTAN ?

      Greenpeace dismissed Mr Rasmussen’s comments as “preposterous”.
      A spokesman said: "Greenpeace had thirty of its people locked up in Russian prisons last year, threatened with fifteen years in jail.
      "The idea we’re puppets of Putin is so preposterous that you have to wonder what they’re smoking over at Nato HQ.
      "Mr Rasmussen should spend less time dreaming up conspiracy theories and more time on the facts.
      "Fracked gas will probably cost more than Russian imports, there’s little chance fracking will generate more than a small fraction of Europe’s gas needs and it won’t even do that for at least ten years.
      “Greenpeace has detailed plans for energy policies which would remove the need for any Russian gas imports to Europe entirely.”

      http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/fracking/10911942/Russia-in-secret-plot-against-fracking-Nato-chief-says.html