【ウクライナ情勢】「スナイパーの背後にいるのは新政権だ」 ＥＵ高官の電話会談、ネットに流出 - MSN産経ニュース
「スナイパーの背後にいるのはヤヌコビッチではなく新政権の誰かだ」−。先月中旬にウクライナの首都キエフでデモ隊と警官隊の衝突で９０人以上が死亡した騒乱をめぐり、欧州連合（ＥＵ）のアシュトン外交安全保障上級代表とエストニアのパエト外相が電話会談した際の２人の会話内容とみられる録音ファイルが５日、動画サイト「ユーチューブ」に流出、双方ともに対応に追われる事態になっている。
大統領の座を降ろされた親露派のヤヌコビッチ氏寄りの報道をしてきたロシアの国営メディアが５日、トップニュース扱いで伝え、ＥＵはスナイパーの背後にいたのはウクライナの新政権であることを把握していた、などとする露外務省筋の言葉を紹介している。
会話がどのような経緯で録音され、誰が流出させたのかは不明だが、ヤヌコビッチ氏の親衛部隊が関わったとの情報がある。欧米メディアは、治安部隊側が銃器を使用した可能性があるなどと報道していた。
録音内容によると、パエト氏がキエフを訪れた際に、負傷者を治療した女性活動家から話を聞き、アシュトン氏に「スナイパーの背後にいるのは新政権の誰かという見解が強まっている」と説明。アシュトン氏は驚き、「調査しなければならない」と返した。
報道後、パエト氏は録音ファイルは本物だと認めたが、「内容はゆがめられている」と反論。アシュトン氏はコメントを拒否している。
ウクライナ:「新政権側が狙撃か」エストニア外相が指摘 - 毎日新聞
パエト外相はキエフを訪問した翌日の２月２６日にアシュトン外相と電話協議。２０〜２１日に発生した狙撃事件で、反政府デモ参加者と治安要員の双方が、「同じ複数の狙撃手に殺害された」と地元の医師に聞いたと発言。事件の背後にいるのは「ヤヌコビッチではなく、新連立政権の中の誰かだという見方がますます強まっている」と述べた。また新政権が真相解明に消極的だとも明らかにした。アシュトン氏は「調査が必要だと考えている」と応じた。
Kiev snipers hired by Maidan leaders - leaked EU's Ashton phone tape ― RT News
The snipers who shot at protesters and police in Kiev were allegedly hired by Maidan leaders, according to a leaked phone conversation between the EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton and Estonian foreign affairs minister, which has emerged online.
Estonian Foreign Ministry confirms authenticity of leaked call on Kiev snipers ― RT News
Estonian foreign ministry has confirmed the recording of his conversation with EU foreign policy chief is authentic. Urmas Paet said that snipers who shot at protesters and police in Kiev were hired by Maidan leaders.
The US government declined to comment on the leaked phone conversation between EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton and the Estonian foreign affairs minister.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said she had nothing to say on the issue, ITAR-TASS reported. However, she did accuse Russia of leaking the tape, stating that “this was another example of how the Russians work.”
During the conversation, Paet stressed that “there is now stronger and stronger understanding that behind the snipers, it was not Yanukovich, but it was somebody from the new coalition.”
According to the Estonian FM, “all the evidence shows” that the “same snipers” at Maidan were shooting at people from both sides – the police and the protesters.
Ashton reacted to the information by saying: “Well, yeah…that’s, that’s terrible,” adding that the matter is worth investigating.
The EU's Ukraine policy and moral bankruptcy ― RT Op-Edge
The conversation between EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and Estonia's FM revealing Ukraine protesters were shot on the orders of their own leaders is a stinging indictment of the EU's policy towards Ukraine. Brussels has some explaining to do.
We now have a "smoking gun" demonstrating the EU has been and remains in cahoots with fascists and extremists in Kiev. The political fiction that President Viktor Yanukovich ordered sniper attacks has been exposed. There are many (nasty and truly awful) things one can and should say about Yanukovich, but proof he ordered any targeted murders has always been only heresy propagated by Brussels, US Secretary of State John Kerry, and Western mainstream media.
Allow me to quote Urmas Paet, the Estonian foreign minister, from the bugged conversation believed to have taken place on February 26:
"There is now stronger and stronger understanding that behind the snipers it was not Yanukovich, but it was somebody from the new coalition."
It is pathetic that Kerry only had high praise for this "new coalition" when he visited Kiev today (with the promise of a billion dollar check – or should we describe it as blood money?). It is my opinion that Kerry, Ashton, and US State Department official Victoria Nuland know very well with whom they have decided to anoint as Ukraine's new leaders.
All three of these western officials intentionally overlook the racism, anti-Semitism, and anti-democratic sentiments of the "new coalition" because the rebel government in Kiev is anti-Russia and against ethnic Russians and Russian speakers in Ukraine. That suits the EU and Washington just fine. The West's push into Ukraine has never been about democracy or "civilizational choice" – it is about raw geopolitical power and advantage at the expense of Russia's legitimate security interests.
Instead of being honest and open about the thuggery the West has empowered in Kiev (and wants to invest in!), Western powers and Western media want the world to focus its attention on Crimea. This is a place that Russia has not invaded over the past few days, though it is a place that Russian military forces have been for 15 years under a treaty negotiated and ratified by Ukraine and the Russian Federation.
Since this crisis erupted in Ukraine back in November, we have learned of two bugged phone conversations on how the West's demands will be imposed on the Ukrainian people. I suspect those kinds of conversations happen every day. The public doublespeak and hypocrisy is obvious and dangerous.
Catherine Ashton should resign immediately and an investigation should be started. What else does she know about criminal acts committed in Ukraine? The same applies for Urmas Paet and Nuland, as well. But we all know this will not happen. Why? Because the Brussels gang (not to speak of the epicenter of this moral and political bankruptcy originating in Washington) believes they are all above the law and know what is best for the rest of us.
In light of both these revealed conversations, it is probably not a bad idea that Vladimir Putin's Russia is on the wings to repel anything that Western-sponsored fascists plan for Ukraine and those in Ukraine looking to Moscow for protection.
