considerations for the summer lull
silly season. Would actually turn, with the usual accompaniments, events around the celebrities exploited mercilessly, their secret weddings and divorces. This year, the mysterious death of the King of Pop a lot of material delivered to the media.
But in addition to natural disasters and plane crashes also claimed the policy on the media front seats, it is probably in these tumultuous times of crisis, no make holiday.
After Obama's state visit to Russia and the G8 summit were now the very early held Petersburg Dialogue and running parallel to German-Russian intergovernmental consultations in the center of attention. Both events had written crisis management high on the agenda.
make the intense economic relations between the two countries joint action imperative, companies in both countries have government-used under the arms to prevent a run-down of entire industries. The will of the leaders of states to abandon well-worn tracks, but to try new things and aggressively approach each other is can not be overlooked. Here they come, but in its own ranks with resistance from hardliners who want to get up like old animosities.
The bilateral meeting Merkel-Medvedev where it was mainly about energy policy, credits and sales of Opel, has been overshadowed by the brutal murder of civil rights activist Natalya Estermirova, which was found in Chechnya, was kidnapped and murdered in Ingushetia. Medvedev, said in Munich clear and unambiguous words, which show a reconnaissance hope of murder, unlike Anna Politkovskaya! It was also murdered by the way, when the president was preparing to visit Germany. The murderers had Ironically, moreover, chose the birthday of the President, who was obviously overwhelmed with an expression for what happened. Unfortunately, to date the groups behind the murder of this journalist are not upright and pinned down. The investigation came a farce.
chance or method? Who spits on a large sheet here in the Russian soup to make it unfit for human consumption abroad? In both cases, immediately pointed to Ramzan Kadyrov, who submits to Moscow from grace with controversial methods Chechnya and Ingushetia after the incorporation of cross-eyed. Medvedev said that was too simple. Sounds logical, because what he would like to discredit Russia in the West? Or see something he does not have its own nose out and he does not care how Russia is viewed? Chechnya for it all?
It can not be denied that in the highly controlled Chechnya a couple of criminals with no connection to security forces hardly had the journalist can freely kill and kidnap. If that is the determination fizzle out again, as with Poltkowskaja, the lawyer and journalist Markelov Baburova? The murdered man had used all of the human rights violations in Chechnya as part of their professional activities massively spared none of the parties involved and therefore had very many dangerous enemies. The
of Medvedev appointed chief investigator will probably find it difficult to find meaningful willing witnesses.
To Kacyznski Lech, the Polish secret weapon in terms of foreign policy, it had become very quiet. Now he finally decided to miss the silly season a color blob of a different character. It rankles him very clearly that Medvedev and Merkel to Obama on all problems of this world, even on controversial, can speak properly and result oriented. He is evidently made the mistake of Poland not to mention explicitly or at least make a slight bow in that direction. Therefore, the good of Lech now calls its allies "outstanding" current and former politicians for signature on his letter to Obama cause. The American president is to be strongly warned against too much confidence in Russia. It really was a pleasure for Obama, such a caring political friends to have!
I had, however, Vaclav Havel considered so wise not to sign the writing. It is good to be in any society.
Kacyznski was indeed back in Tbilisi to prove with equally prominent politicians on the stage to the despots and chaotic Saakashvili his support. At that time, the Ukrainian Viktor Yushchenko stood on the stage. His signature is missing. If you have forgotten him or cause him severe gas problems?
