Comments on: Lost in Translation? http://cominganarchy.com/2007/07/27/lost-in-translation-2/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:09:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jimm http://cominganarchy.com/2007/07/27/lost-in-translation-2/comment-page-1/#comment-376774 Jimm Mon, 30 Jul 2007 02:39:32 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/07/27/lost-in-translation-2/#comment-376774 Oh, and Litvinenko himself (the victim) blamed Putin for poisoning him on his deathbed. Oh, and Litvinenko himself (the victim) blamed Putin for poisoning him on his deathbed.

]]> By: Jimm http://cominganarchy.com/2007/07/27/lost-in-translation-2/comment-page-1/#comment-376773 Jimm Mon, 30 Jul 2007 02:37:30 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/07/27/lost-in-translation-2/#comment-376773 The implication is that Russian officials were involved in the murder and Britain will not stand for state assassinations on its territory. Poisoned with Polonium, anyone? If the Russians want to get away with murder, they will have to put up with at least a diplomatic whinge-binge. 2004 article on Russian state poisonings: http://www.stpetersburgtimes.com/2004/12/15/Worldandnation/Poison__Russia_s_poli.shtml An extract: "...critics of the Kremlin say poisoning is a Soviet-era practice that seems to have reappeared since ex-KGB officer Vladimir Putin became president and put colleagues from the spy agency into positions of power." The implication is that Russian officials were involved in the murder and Britain will not stand for state assassinations on its territory. Poisoned with Polonium, anyone? If the Russians want to get away with murder, they will have to put up with at least a diplomatic whinge-binge.

2004 article on Russian state poisonings: http://www.stpetersburgtimes.com/2004/12/15/Worldandnation/Poison__Russia_s_poli.shtml
An extract:
“...critics of the Kremlin say poisoning is a Soviet-era practice that seems to have reappeared since ex-KGB officer Vladimir Putin became president and put colleagues from the spy agency into positions of power.”

]]> By: Adamu http://cominganarchy.com/2007/07/27/lost-in-translation-2/comment-page-1/#comment-376678 Adamu Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:45:24 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/07/27/lost-in-translation-2/#comment-376678 Chunichi: 英国���民地支���考�残���る���痛烈�批判��。 I am not sure why Britain's prosecutors are being so bellicose... They apparently did not follow the normal extradition protocols, and that is a kind of colonial mindset. I mean, if Russia has to hand over whoever Britain wants for a trial, then Rumsfeld should be immediately extradited to Germany to stand trial for war crimes. Chunichi:
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I am not sure why Britain’s prosecutors are being so bellicose… They apparently did not follow the normal extradition protocols, and that is a kind of colonial mindset. I mean, if Russia has to hand over whoever Britain wants for a trial, then Rumsfeld should be immediately extradited to Germany to stand trial for war crimes.

]]> By: IJ http://cominganarchy.com/2007/07/27/lost-in-translation-2/comment-page-1/#comment-376675 IJ Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:05:44 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/07/27/lost-in-translation-2/#comment-376675 Headlines in the international media aside, the Russian government are really pointing out that nations have a choice when it comes to extradition of citizens to other judicial systems. For example, the United States refuses extradition to over fifty nations, including the People's Republic of China, Namibia and North Korea. But even where an extradition treaty exists the parties to it can rarely be compelled to observe its terms - such is the unenforceability of international rules at present. More significantly Russia's refusal to act against a nation in the global order - Burma - worries the United Nations about the enforceability of its new doctrine: 'Responsibility to Protect' populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. Headlines in the international media aside, the Russian government are really pointing out that nations have a choice when it comes to extradition of citizens to other judicial systems. For example, the United States refuses extradition to over fifty nations, including the People’s Republic of China, Namibia and North Korea. But even where an extradition treaty exists the parties to it can rarely be compelled to observe its terms – such is the unenforceability of international rules at present.

More significantly Russia’s refusal to act against a nation in the global order – Burma – worries the United Nations about the enforceability of its new doctrine: ‘Responsibility to Protect’ populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.

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