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Putin critic Navalny jailed for seven days over protest | Reuters
Navalny Gets 7 Days in Jail for Unsanctioned Manezh Rally | News | The Moscow Times
Police officers detaining Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova on Manezh Square on Tuesday evening.
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Georgia PM says he hopes Ukraine will choose Europe | Reuters
Georgian Prime Minister Irakly Garibashvili on Tuesday urged Ukraine to consider following his country's path of integration with the West through increased trade and investment, as it grapples with its future.
His visit to Washington and another next week by Moldova's Prime Minister are aimed at showing U.S. support for two former Soviet republics that are undergoing a transformation and have balked at pressure from Russia.
"Of course the recent developments may have implications on the wider region and that's why we are concerned," said Garibashvili. "I very much hope that Ukraine will go back to its path to its European choice," he added while emphasizing it was up to Ukrainians to decide which path to follow.
Still, he added: "I think the Georgian way is something that they should look at and should consider."
Like Ukraine, Georgia has also been caught in the middle of a tug-of-war between integrating with Europe and the West or staying under the influence of Moscow.
While Georgia initialed an accord in November to deepen trade and cooperation with the European Union, Ukraine bowed to pressure from Moscow and suspended plans to sign trade and other deals with the EU.
Garibashvili said he was particularly concerned with reports on Tuesday of protests in Russian-speaking Crimea on Ukraine's southern peninsula where there have been calls to secede from Ukraine.
Garibashvili said Tbilisi was seeking a balanced relationship between East and West by deepening ties with the West and carving out a more constructive relationship with Moscow.
"We made a firm decision to sign the association agreement with the European Union. At the same time we are trying to normalize relations with Russia and having this constructive policy with them," he said.
"Therefore we need to find a balance, how to balance this. And we have to persuade the Russian authorities that Georgia's European integration does not conflict with the Russian interest. That's our mission," Garibashvili added.
He said surveys in Georgia showed that 85 percent of Georgians supported more integration with the West and away from Russia's fold.
Garibashvili also said he was seeking closer economic ties and other relations with the United States in efforts to develop the Georgian economy, which the government has forecast will expand by at least 5 percent this year.
"Developing the economy is a priority for my government and we made structural reforms and the result is just getting to be felt," the prime minister said.
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ウクライナ議会、ヤヌコビッチ氏の国際刑事裁への告発を決定 | Reuters
人道に対する「重大な罪」の疑い
約３カ月に及んだ同国の反体制派と治安部隊の衝突では、少なくとも１００人が死亡、２０００人が負傷した。
ヤヌコビッチ氏の側近で内相を務めたザハルチェンコ氏、検事総長を務めたプションカ氏についても、ＩＣＣに告発する構え。
Ukraine wants fugitive president to face Hague court | Reuters
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日刊ゲンダイ|「美人すぎる政治家」ウクライナ元首相の黒すぎる素顔
だが、ごく普通の家庭に育った彼女が、ここまでのし上がった背景には、「口には出せない」エピソードが多い。
「父親はラトビア人で３歳の時に妻子を残して蒸発。ユーリアは、ロシア人の母に育てられ、苦学して国立ドニプロペトロウシク大学を卒業しました。その後、不法コピーのレンタルビデオ店で成功し、石油関連会社の重役を経て、ロシアの天然ガスの輸入を一手に引き受けるエネルギー会社の総裁になった。その間、汚職の限りを尽くしたとされ、贈収賄や詐欺で逮捕歴もあります。ちなみに、自慢の金髪も染めたものです」（事情通）
３年前に彼女とキエフで会った新潟県立大学の袴田茂樹教授（現代ロシア論）がこう言う。
「私的な利益のため、ロシアと不当に高いガス輸入の契約を結び、２００億ドル（約２兆円）を超過払いしている疑惑ももたれています。国民はそれを知っているため、１０年前の民主化要求、オレンジ革命の時のような熱狂的な支持はありません。ただ、投獄されていたという同情票があるため、反政府リーダーが消去法で彼女を担いでいる状況です」
元毎日新聞モスクワ支局長の石郷岡建氏（前日大教授）もこう続ける。
「メディアは、ティモシェンコを親ＥＵ、ヤヌコビッチを親ロシアと色分けしていますが、そんな単純なものではない。ティモシェンコは実はプーチンと仲がよく、ドロドロの利権政治家。今回はオレンジ革命を主導した東部の炭鉱の町・ドネツクの労働者も冷めています」
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ウクライナ主要野党党首クリチコ氏、大統領選に出馬表明＝インタファクス通信 | Reuters
ウクライナ主要野党ウダルのビタリ・クリチコ党首（４２）は２５日、大統領選（５月２５日実施）への出馬を正式に表明した。インタファクス通信が伝えた。
報道によると、クリチコ氏は記者団に「ウクライナでのゲームのルールが変わる必要があると固く信じており、大統領就任を目指す」と述べた。
同氏は崩壊したヤヌコビッチ政権への抗議デモで中心的な役割を果たしてきた主要野党指導者の１人。世界ボクシング評議会（ＷＢＣ）の元ヘビー級王者でもある。
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Russia does not question Ukraine’s territorial integrity – Upper House chair ― RT Russian politics
Russia does not doubt Crimea is a part of Ukraine, even though it understands the emotions of the residents of the region, the chair of the Russian Upper House Valentina Matvienko has said.
“Russia is not taking any provocative actions, especially on the state level. Today we consider it a fact that Crimea is a part of Ukraine,” the speaker of the Federation Council said in a television interview.
“But it is also a fact that currently we are witnessing certain moods that have emerged after no one asked the Crimeans’opinion about the decisions that are being taken in Kiev,” Matvienko added.
She met the chairman of the legislature of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Vladimir Konstantinov, and he assured her that the people of the region would defend their autonomy.Konstantinov said that about 60 percent of Crimean residents are ethnic Russians who care a lot about issues of national language, education and culture.
Officials and the people of the Eastern regions of Ukraine have voiced concern over the statements and moves of opposition leaders who came to power in the country on the wave of violent protests that raged in Kiev over the past two months. One of the crucial issues for them is the status of the Russian language.
Almost immediately after President Viktor Yanukovich abandoned his post and fled last week, the Ukrainian parliament voted to repeal the existing language law. It had allowed regions where the non-Ukrainian population was 10 percent or more to introduce additional official languages. After the law was canceled the only official language in the country is Ukrainian. According to some sources, the head of the Freedom Party, Oleg Tyagnibok recently told supporters in Kiev that the use of the Russian language should be criminalized and all ethnic Russians should be stripped of citizenship and live under non-citizen status.
These moves and reports caused an upset throughout the East of Ukraine but the protests were especially vocal in Crimea. The peninsula’s historical and ethnic ties with Russia are stronger than those with Ukraine, and it is the only region that has a status of an autonomous republic. In addition, Russia leases the Crimean port of Sevastopol and the Russian Black Sea Fleet is stationed there.
Russia has sent a delegation of MPs to the region led by the head of the State Duma committee for CIS and compatriots, Leonid Slutsky. “The cancellation of the regional status of the Russian language is a very worrying signal, as it can cause the narrowing of the Russian language space in Ukraine, including in education,” he told reporters during his visit. “They are trying to tear Ukraine away from Russia, including with the use of the language factor, through the opportunity of the younger generation to speak and receive education in Russian,” Slutsky added.
“In this situation Russia must expand its cooperation with Ukrainian residents, up to every separate family that does not want to get disconnected from the Russian language and the Russian world,” the Russian MP emphasized.
Earlier this week the nationalist Liberal Democratic Party of Russia initiated a bill that allows Russian citizenship within six month if the applicant successfully proves his or hers Russian ethnicity. This can be done by presenting documents proving that any of one’s direct ancestors had Russian citizenship by birth. The sponsors of the bill stressed that it was prepared especially to save Russian speaking Ukrainians from possible infringement of their rights.
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ロシア実施の30億ドルのウクライナ支援、回収不能のリスク若干存在＝財務次官 | Reuters
同財務次官は「それほど大きくないが、リスクはある」とし、「ウクライナは財政困難に陥っており、２年で返済できない可能性があるとの事実を踏まえる必要がある」と述べた。
既存の債券を別の債券と交換する可能性はあるとしながらも、ロシア向け債務を含む全般的な債務再編には反対する姿勢を示した。
３０億ドルのユーロ債取得は、ロシアがウクライナに確約した１５０億ドルの支援の一部。
ストルチャク財務次官は、残りの支援実施に関してロシアは法的義務は負っていないとしたが、追加支援の実施は、ヤヌコビッチ政権が崩壊したウクライナで新たに発足する政府の正統性次第となるとの考えを示した。
ウクライナ支援については、シルアノフ財務相とウリュカエフ経済発展相がこれまで、ウクライナで新政権が発足し、ロシアの支援プログラムに関する詳細を明らかにされれば、支援が継続される可能性があるとの立場を示している。
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70％の投資家が株式投資継続へ、高リターン追求＝英調査 | Reuters
シュローダーのカルロ・トラバットーニ氏は「回答者からの反応は総じて、経済見通しが改善していることを踏まえて投資を増やそうというものだった」と述べた。
調査によると、４１％が自国に投資し、残りは世界の株式やほかの資産に投資すると回答した。４０％程度が成長機会はアジア太平洋地域にあるとみており、３０％が北米にあると答えた。
最大の懸念については、２６％が増税だと回答した。欧州連合（ＥＵ）は今年、金融取引税として株式取引への課税を予定している。
シュローダーは、今後１年間で１万ユーロ（１万３７００ドル）相当の投資を予定している２３カ国の１万５７４９人を対象に調査を実施した。
U.S. investors still wary of stocks: brokerage executives | Reuters
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ＰＩＭＣＯエラリアン氏は退社前にグロース氏と衝突−ＷＳＪ - Bloomberg
同紙によると、昨年６月の会議でグロース氏の行動をめぐり両氏が衝突した際、グロース氏は自身には「41年間の優れた投資の実績」があると述べ、エラリアン氏には何があるのかと尋ねた。エラリアン氏はグロース氏の「後始末をするのにうんざりした」と答えたという。同紙は会議の出席者２人を引用した。エラリアン氏は後でグロース氏に、人との接し方を変えるよう促し、グロース氏も改善を約束したという。
ＷＳＪ紙が関係者を引用したところによれば、グロース氏はトレーディングフロアで従業員が自分に話しかけたり視線を合わせたりすることを好まず、そういう理由で叱りつけることがあった。プレゼンテーションの資料にページ番号を振るのを忘れたことで叱責し、ボーナスの額を左右する「マイナス点」を付けたこともあったという。
投資家がＰＩＭＣＯのファンドから資金を引き揚げ始めると、グロース氏（69）とエラリアン氏（55）が対立する場面は増えたと、同紙は報じている。グロース氏は昨年遅くに、エラリアン氏がそうさせてくれるならＰＩＭＣＯの運用資産２兆ドルを自分だけで運用できるとトレーダーらに語ったという。
グロース氏はＷＳＪ紙に対する文書で、「私は自分自身に要求するのと同じこと、つまり勤勉と仕事への献身、顧客最優先にとにかく集中することを他者にも求めているだけだ」とコメントした。
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Jim Rogers Blog: Stock Brokers Will Soon Be Driving Tractors
Agriculture is now going to be a terribly exciting place to work. The City of London will be in decline. Wall Street will be in decline for a long time. I tell brokers they will soon be driving taxis. And, if they were smart they will be driving tractors, because the farmers will be driving Lamborghinis in the future."
Jim Rogers On The Markets: Bullish On The U.S. Dollar
The reason I am long the U.S. dollar is because there is going to be a lot of turmoil in the world in the next one, two, or three years. Often, when there is a lot of turmoil people flee to the U.S. dollar because they think it is a safe haven. It is not a safe haven as you know, but many people think it is and so that is where they will go.
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アメリカ政府は、アフガニスタンで、ことし末にアメリカ軍が戦闘任務を終えたあとも一部の部隊を継続して駐留させるため、アフガニスタン政府との間で、協定の締結を目指していますが、カルザイ大統領が協定への署名を拒んでいます。
こうしたなか、アメリカのホワイトハウスは、このままでは年内に軍を完全撤退させることもありうるとして、オバマ大統領が完全撤退を想定した計画の作成を国防総省に指示したと明らかにしました。
さらに、オバマ大統領は２５日、カルザイ大統領と電話で会談し、この内容を直接、伝えたということです。
アメリカは、３年前、イラクとの間で同じ内容の協定を結べず、軍を完全撤退させましたが、その後、現地の治安が急速に悪化しただけにアフガニスタンでも、もしアメリカ軍が完全撤退すれば同様に治安が悪化するという懸念が出ています。
アメリカ政府としては完全撤退の可能性を強調することでアフガニスタン政府に圧力をかけるねらいがあるとみられますが、アフガニスタン大統領府によりますと、カルザイ大統領はオバマ大統領との電話会談で、反政府武装勢力タリバンとの和平交渉の実現こそが重要だと指摘し、交渉が開始されなければ協定の締結には応じられないという考えを伝えたということです。
アフガン全面撤退の準備指示、米大統領がカルザイ氏に伝達 | Reuters
Obama prepared to leave no troops in Afghanistan after 2014 | Reuters
Eyeing Afghan exit, U.S. intensifies campaign against Haqqani militants | Reuters
Pakistan launches new strikes near Afghan border; warns militants | Reuters
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Russia condemns rumored Saudi plans to arm Syrian rebels with anti-air missiles ― RT News
Syrian al Qaeda group gives rival Islamists ultimatum | Reuters
The head of al Qaeda's wing in Syria has given rival Islamist militants five days to accept mediation to end their infighting or face a war which "will terminate them", according to an audio recording posted on Tuesday.
Syria aid still stalled after U.N. resolution | Reuters
Syrians set to replace Afghans as largest refugee population: U.N. | Reuters
シリア難民の増加止まらず、アフガン抜き世界最多へ＝国連 | Reuters
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Egypt's new PM says to fight militancy, rebuild economy | Reuters
Egypt's new prime minister said on Tuesday he would seek to eradicate militant violence that has increased since the overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, hoping improved security will lead to economic recovery.
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Iran a threat not just to Israel, says Germany's Merkel | Reuters
Germany views Iran as a potential threat not just to Israel, but also to European countries, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday at a joint news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
But she stopped short of endorsing her host's demand that Tehran give up all sensitive nuclear projects under any negotiated deal with world powers, and reiterated Berlin's opposition to Israeli settlements on occupied land where the Palestinians seek statehood.
"We see the threat not just as a threat for the state of Israel but as a general threat for Europe as well," she said of a potential Iranian bomb, adding that Germany would pursue international talks with Tehran on its nuclear activities.
"I think it's a mistake," he said. "Every single leader that I've talked to in the Middle East agrees with that position, whether they say so publicly or not. Why? Because if Iran really wants just civilian nuclear energy, then they don't need any enrichment. They don't need centrifuges."
Asked if she agreed, Merkel was circumspect.
"It is clear that there is a difference of opinion here with regard to these negotiations and whether they ought to take place. We have set out on the path of low enrichment, but enrichment does take place and I believe that we can succeed," she said.
"The question is whether we will be able to achieve a result that is better than the present state of affairs. We have decided it is better to participate in the negotiations because we believe that to be better than the status quo."
The United Nations and European Union deems the settlements illegal, a stand on which Merkel gave no ground in Jerusalem.
"For a two-state solution we need territorial integrity for the individual entities. In view of this, we regard the settlements question with concern and are not always of the same opinion" as Israel, she said.
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China charges prominent Uighur professor with separatism | Reuters
Authorities in China's restive far western region of Xinjiang have charged a prominent ethnic Uighur professor with separatism, his wife and lawyer said on Tuesday, in a case which has attracted concern in the United States and Europe.
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中国の将来は公正な司法と表現の自由にかかっている＝駐中国米大使 | Reuters
大使は米国文化センターで中国人学生を前に、「（中国指導部は）短期的な社会の安定のために、市民の取り組みに伴う長期的な恩恵」を犠牲にすべきではないと指摘。「中国には偉大な将来がある。しかし、潜在力を全て発揮できるかどうかは、中立的かつ権威ある司法、献身的な法律家、賢明なリーダーシップ、そして何よりも法治に対する尊重の念にかかっている」と述べた。
また、中国の人権問題などを取材する外国人記者がビザの発給を順調に受けられなかったり、当局による嫌がらせを受けたりすることを念頭に、外国人記者の「より公正な扱い」を求めた。
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アメリカ議会上院の軍事委員会は、２５日、オバマ大統領が国防総省の次期副長官や次官補に指名した６人の承認に向けて、公聴会を開きました。
このうち、アジア太平洋地域の国防政策を統括する次官補に指名されたデビッド・シアー氏は、東シナ海や南シナ海での中国の行動について「地域の平和と安定に悪影響を与える可能性があり、強く懸念している。交渉を通じて平和的に解決すべきだ」と述べ、承認されれば中国のほか、日本など同盟国とも協議していく考えを示しました。
また、シアー氏は委員会に提出した書面の中で、北朝鮮について「若いキム・ジョンウン第１書記のもと、予測がさらに困難になっている」と指摘したうえで、これに対処するため、日本と韓国の関係改善に全力を挙げ、日米韓の３か国の協力関係を強化していく方針を説明しました。
シアー氏は、これまで東京や北京のアメリカ大使館で勤務したほか、ベトナムに駐在するアメリカ大使を務めるなど、東アジアや東南アジアに精通した外交官で、議会上院の承認を受けて正式に国防次官補に就任します。
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Twitter / SophieCo_RT: 'Ukrainian radicals sound like
'Ukrainian radicals sound like the European Taliban' - Senator Mikhail Margelov http://rt.com/shows/sophieco/ukraine-revolutionary-radicals-taliban-750/
Ukrainian revolutionary radicals sound like Taliban, but in Europe - Russian Senator Mikhail Margelov ― RT SophieCo
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Scuffles as pro- and anti-Russian crowds protest in Ukraine's Crimea ― RT News
Thousands of pro- and anti-Russian demonstrators are rallying in front of the parliament building in Simferpol, the capital of Ukraine's autonomous Crimea region. Scuffles are occasionally breaking out between the two sides in the face-to-face protests.
The rival groups are protesting for and against the new national authorities in Kiev. Part of the residents proclaimed that Crimea are not going to obey Kiev, while the local Muslim community of Crimean Tatars expressed support for the new Ukrainian authorities.
Two separate rallies, consisting of several thousands of protesters, are facing each other. Russians are shouting “Russia-Russia!” and “Berkut!”, the name of the special police task force disbanded yesterday by the new Ukrainian authorities, who blame them for heavy-handed policing of opposition activists in recent months in central Kiev. The Muslim community protesters are shouting “Ukraine-Ukraine!” and “Crimea is not Russia!” Pro-Russian demonstrators are holding Russian flags, while Tatars are holding Ukrainian flags and flags of their own nationalist organizations.
Video footage from the scene appears to show that both sides are preparing for a clash. The police officers who temporarily left the scene have now returned to the square and are attempting to separate the two sides.
The police are unarmed except for rubber batons.
Stones, bottles thrown as pro-, anti-Russian protesters clash in Crimea ― RT News
Bottles, stones and flags flew in the air as thousands of pro- and anti-Russian demonstrators clashed in front of the parliament building in Simferopol, the capital of Ukraine's autonomous Crimea region.
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