Аргументы и факты Sputnik International CNNPlainNews - исторический экскурс новостей. Контекст по реальному пониманию событий. Обама: США выступили посредником при смене власти на Украине 11:02 02/02/2015 Американский президент считает, что вхождение Крыма в состав России дестабилизировало российскую экономику Москва, 2 февраля - АиФ-Москва. Президент США Барак Обама заявил, что американское правительство выступило посредником при смене власти на Украине. По словам Обамы, на решение российского лидера относительно Крыма и Украины повлияли протесты на Майдане, сообщает CNN. «Путин принял это решение относительно Крыма и Украины, не потому что у него имелась некая великая стратегия, а, по сути, потому что его застали врасплох протесты на Майдане, а также бегство Януковича после того, как мы выступили посредником в переходе власти на Украине», - отметил Обама. Президент США считает, что санкционная политика в отношении России уже доказала свою эффективность. Американский лидер подчеркнул, что вхождение Крыма в состав России дестабилизировало российскую экономику. Однако он уточнил, что США намерены идти по пути мирного урегулирования конфликта. Ранее Обама заявил, что власти страны будут усиливать давление на Россию и поддерживать Украину. Вашингтон продолжит курс на усиление группировки НАТО в Восточной Европе. http://www.aif.ru/politics/world/1437291
© REUTERS/ Kevin Lamarque US President stated that the United States took part in the February 2014 coup in Ukraine, which installed pro-Western authorities. President Barack Obama talks on the phone in the Oval Office MOSCOW, February 1 (Sputnik) – The United States took part in the February 2014 coup in Ukraine, which installed pro-Western authorities, US President Obama told CNN Sunday. "And since Mr. Putin made this decision around Crimea and Ukraine — not because of some grand strategy, but essentially because he was caught off-balance by the protests in the Maidan and Yanukovych then fleeing after we had brokered a deal to transition power in Ukraine," Obama said in an interview. Yanukovych's decision not to sign an association agreement with the European Union in late 2013 triggered a mass wave of protests across Ukraine, which culminated in the February coup. Following the February events and the rise of aggressive nationalism in the country, Crimea seceded from Ukraine and joined Russia in March 2014, following a referendum, in which 96 percent of voters were in favour of reunifying with Russia. Read more: http://sputniknews.com/europe/20150201/1017625288.html
CNN’s FAREED ZAKARIA GPS features a wide-ranging interview with President Barack Obama in New Delhi as the President concluded his state visit to India. Russia’s failing economy and its success in de-stabilizing Ukraine, and the legacy of his administration. Videos and a full transcript of the interview are below. Video Obama on Russian relations Fareed Zakaria, GPS | Source: CNN Are the U.S. and Russia in a new Cold War? Are there any signs that Russia's Putin is ready to back-down? Pres. Obama answers: http://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2015/01/31/ http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/tv/ Full transcript after the jump. FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT FAREED ZAKARIA, HOST: Mr. President, honor to have you. BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Good to see you, Fareed. I asked President Obama how he thought this situation would ever get resolved. ////////// ZAKARIA: Would it be fair to say that with regard to Russia, your policy has been pretty effective in imposing real costs on the Russian economy, but it has not deterred Vladimir Putin from creating instability in Ukraine. Conflict seems to have even escalated in the last few weeks. OBAMA: I think that's entirely fair. And I think that is a testament to the bad decisions that Mr. Putin is making on behalf of his country. You know, you think about where we've been in terms of U.S.-Russian relations; when I came into office, we talked about reset, and I established, I think, an effective working relationship with Mr. Medvedev. And as a consequence, Russia's economy was growing, they had to the opportunity to begin diversifying their economy, their relations across Europe and around the world were sound, they joined the WTO with assistance from us. And since Mr. Putin made this decision around Crimea and Ukraine - not because of some grand strategy, but essentially because he was caught off-balance by the protests in the Maidan and Yanukovych then fleeing after we had brokered a deal to transition power in Ukraine - since that time, this improvisation that he's been doing has getting - has gotten him deeper and deeper into a situation that is a violation of international law, that violates the integrity, territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine, has isolated Russia diplomatically, has made Europe wary of doing business with Russia, has allowed the imposition of sanctions that are crippling Russia's economy at a time when their oil revenues are dropping. There's no formula in which this ends up being good for Russia. The annexation of Crimea is a cost, not a benefit, to Russia. The days in which conquest of land somehow was a formula for great nation status is over. The power of countries today is measured by your knowledge, your skills, your ability to export goods, to invent new products and new services, your influence, and… ZAKARIA: Do you… OBAMA: - none of those things are provided by his strategy. Now but what is absolutely true is that if you have a leader who continually drives past the off ramps that we've provided, given the size of the Russian military, given the fact that Ukraine is not a NATO country and so as a consequence there, you know, there are clear limits in terms of what we would do militarily, you know, Mr. Putin has not been stopped so far. To those who would suggest that we need to do more, you know, what I've said to them is that we can exact higher and higher costs, and that's exactly what we're doing, and we can bring diplomatic pressure to bear. I don't think that it would be wise for the United States or the world to see a actual military conflict between the United States and Russia. What we are doing is reinforcing those border states who are members of NATO - ZAKARIA: But you haven’t… OBAMA: - and making very clear that that line is one that cannot be crossed because we would have to take military action to protect our allies. That's part of what Article V's all about. ZAKARIA: But you've seen no indication that Putin is ready for a deal in recent months, weeks? OBAMA: You know, so far, what we've seen is a lot of talk in public - with Chancellor Merkel and President and ourselves - in which he will say one thing but his actions tell another tale. And what we've consistently seen is that the separatists are Russian financed, Russian trained; their strategy comes from Russia; Russian troops support them. And so we have not yet seen a recognition on the part of the Kremlin that it is in Russia's interests to resolve this issue over the long term. So in addition to continuing to exact costs on Russia, one of the most important things we can do is to continue to support the Ukrainian economy and the reform efforts that are coming out of Kiev. And to their credit, President Poroshenko and Prime Minister Yatsenyuk have initiated significant reforms there that are making a difference if they're given a chance. And so we're going to keep on these dual tracks - putting more pressure on Russia, bolstering Ukraine, delivering a message to Mr. Putin that these off ramps and diplomatic resolutions remain available. I'm not wildly optimistic at this point that his orientation changes, partly because the one thing that's been very successful for Mr. Putin is his politics. I think he's been able to create, in part because of state-sponsored media and Russian TV, and all the mechanisms he has to quell dissent inside his country, and then tapping into, you know, sort of the strong nationalism that exists inside of Russia, what he has been able to do is to keep his poll numbers up. And in fact, a lot of his turn away from reengagement with the West was when he decided to start running for reelection and his popularity wasn't as high as he was accustomed to. And you'll recall there were protests in Moscow that started numbering in the thousands, and you started then seeing a ramp-up of this anti-Western, anti-U.S. rhetoric, which is, you know, out of the old Soviet playbook. So he's looking backwards, not forwards, and perhaps, over time, he changes his mind. In the meantime, we just have to make sure that we're firm in protecting our allies and supporting the principles that have maintained peace in Europe for the entire post-war period. /// COMMERCIAL BREAK ZAKARIA: In a recent issue of New York Magazine that asked how history would judge Barack Obama, the scholar Charles Kesler invoked a famous test used to evaluate great men. I put the test directly to President Obama. /// ZAKARIA: Clare Boothe Luce once wrote that great men get one line - history has only time enough for one line for them, and it's usually a line with an active verb - so Lincoln freed the slaves; Reagan won the Cold War. What do you think your line will be? OBAMA: Oh, I think one thing I've learned, because I've gotten this question from the day I first took office - I'm going to let somebody else answer that question. Somebody probably more articulate and pithy than I am. But I can tell you that - ZAKARIA: What are you most proud of? OBAMA: Well, I'm proud of saving the American economy, and we still have a long way to go - essentially what we did was stabilize it, lay a new foundation to move forward. As I said in the State of the Union address, that gives us now the capacity to tackle what was an overriding theme of my campaign way back in 2008, and that is to restore middle class economics and the capacity for people to get into the middle class and start seeing higher wages and a broader shared prosperity inside the United States. And I think we've moved the trend lines in the right direction, but we've still got a long way to go on that. Internationally, I'm proud of the fact that we've responsibly ended two wars. Now people will say, well, you're back in Iraq. But we're not back in Iraq with an occupying army; we're back with a coalition of sixty countries who are helping to stabilize the situation. We are working with Afghan national security forces to help stabilize the situation there. But we don't have 180,000 troops who are deployed in those two countries. And I think that what we have also done is reflected the best values of America - in trying to nurture this nascent democratic movement inside of Burma; in ending what I believe had become a counterproductive policy in Cuba; in strengthening alliances with countries like India, where there’s just enormous potential, and sometimes we don’t pay a lot of attention to it. But I’ve been paying a lot of attention to it, because I think that our future prosperity and security is going to be tied up with how we’re doing with 1.2 billion aspiring Indians who share our values and share democracy with us; how are we doing in Latin America, with countries that generally are more favorably disposed toward the United States than they’ve been in a very long time, in part because of the actions that we’ve taken. You know, there are big chunks of the world - Asia-Pacific region - where my commitment to rebalancing has led to not only concrete agreements and actions with ASEAN countries, for example, but has also sent a clear message to China that we want to be their partner, but that they have to be part of a rule-based system rather than free riders or bullies because of their size and strength. And so, you know, one of the things that I’ve learned in this job over the last six years is that sometimes progress is incremental, but when I look at overall, the steps that we’ve taken, I believe they are the right ones. And I am very confident that America is stronger, more prosperous, safer, and more influential today than it was when I took office. /// // COMMERCIAL BREAK ZAKARIA: We usually end the show, Mr. President, with a book of the week. I recommend a books to the viewers. I thought I’d hand it over to you, you’re a voracious reader. What book have you read in recent months that you would recommend? OBAMA: You know, over the vacation, I read a book of short stories by Phil Klay called "Redeployment." And it’s a - it’s a quick but powerful and, for me, painful set of stories about the experience of ordinary soldiers in Iraq. And I think it’s a reminder, particularly important for a commander in chief, that the antiseptic plans and decisions and strategies and the opining of pundits that take place in Washington, you know, is very different from war and conflict as it’s experienced by people on the ground. And part of the reason that I am deliberate about decision-making when it comes to foreign policy, and part of the reason that I do think it’s important to aim before you shoot, is because I’ve met enough young men in Walter Reed and talked to enough families who have lost loved ones to remember that there are costs to the decisions that we make. Sometimes we have to make them, but they’re real and they’re serious, and you know, we don’t - we can’t play political games and we can’t engage in bluster or reaction or you know, try to beat our chests when we make these decisions. If we’re going to deploy folks to war, it better be for a darn good reason, and we better have a very clear objective that is worthy of the sacrifices that these folks make. ZAKARIA: Mr. President, pleasure to have you. Thank you so much. OBAMA: Great to be with you. Thanks, Fareed. ### END ### http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2015/02/01/ © Copyright: Андрей Владимир, 2015.
Другие статьи в литературном дневнике:
|
