Former Prime Minister of Russia, co-chairman
of RPR-PARNAS Party Mikhail Kasyanov and his fellow party member Vladimir
Kara-Murza compiled a list of Russian journalists, against which, in their
opinion, the US should impose sanctions. Kasyanov intends to
discuss this list with the U.S. Congress on April 24, during his visit
to Washington. The list includes Vladimir Soloviev, Dmitry Kiselev, Arkady
Mamontov, Andrey Karaulov, Konstantin Semin and CEO of TV channels Vladimir
Kulistikov (NTV channel) and Oleg Dobrodeyev (VGTRK ) and Alexei Pushkov, who
is not only a TV journalist, but at the same time the head of the State Duma
Committee on Foreign Affairs.
This little news
raised too many questions:
Question
N1: What are the moral qualities
of the man who wrote denunciations?
Question
N2: Why Kasyanov appeal
to the foreign state instead of his electorate? Why Russian oppositionist
addressed his proposal to the U.S. Congress?
Question
N3: Try to imagine French
or German oppositionist, which compiles a ‘sanctioning list’ of his countrymen
journalists… For how long a political career
of such marginal would last?
Question
N4: Kasyanov claim to be
a politician. The major aim of every politician is to be elected. Logically,
he ought to be interested in votes. Kasyanov simply cannot be unaware that
after such a provocative act he sunk to the bottom of the Russian political
society. What for he did it?
Our answers are:
- The
persecution of Russian journalists has no parallel in history. It happened
never before! Nevertheless, the world community, numerous human rights
defenders and even journalist community are ignoring this fact! What are the
reasons of such moral indifference? And for how long it would last?
- Kasyanov has no intention to participate in election;
he seeks a position of warden. He appeal to the State which (according
to his dare wish) will soon rule on the territory of Russian Federation. The
only way for Kasyanov to come into power in Russia is to be rewarded for treachery
with an overlooker position by the country-invader.
- According to the Russian Federal Migration Service 953981
Ukranian citezens “entered and did not
exit” Russia since April 1st, 2014 (monitoring as of April 8, 2015). It
is logically to assume that among them there are a lot of terrorists and the devotees
of Ukrainian Right Sector and other extremists parties. Recently three
journalists have been murdered in Kiev. Under such circumstances Kasyanov’s
list of ‘to punish journalists’ means nothing less but a call for new murders! And
such experienced politician as Kasyanov is very clear about the consequences of
his deeds.
And
what would be your answers?