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Дана начинает говорить в 19:50 - перевели его нормально.
Если поставить чекбокс Show Transcript - то видим справа стенограмму. Оратор, начавший в 00:19:53, заявил "Russians are right, we are wrong. Georgians started..."
В общем, все так, никаких вопросов.
Ввод российских войск в Южную Осетию, а затем признание ее независимости и независимости Абхазии были единственно возможными на тот момент шагами, считает Михаил Ходорковский. В интервью газете «Moscow Times» он отметил, что у Дмитрия Медведева просто не было иного выбора. По мнению бывшего главы ЮКОСа, президент Грузии Михаил Саакашвили решил провести военную операцию без санкции США, но рассчитывая на поддержку Запада. И переоценил свои шансы. Михаил Ходорковский выразил соболезнования всем, чьи родственники и близкие погибли во время грузино-осетинского конфликта. Кроме того, он выразил надежду, что отношения между Россией и США будут развиваться в конструктивном русле. И предположил, что с приходом новой администрации в Вашингтоне, страны смогут «начать все сначала».
Михаил Ходорковский также прокомментировал кризис на фондовом рынке России. По его мнению, правительство должно разъяснить свою позицию и «закрепить» правила игры. Только это может помочь вернуть доверие инвесторов, считает Ходорковский. http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/600/42/370822.htm
Khodorkovsky Has Some Advice as Stocks Tumble
11 September 2008By Nadia Popova / Staff WriterRead the Khodorkovsky interview.
As investors fret amid a global economic downturn, the government needs to be forthcoming about its actions in order to boost confidence in the Russian market, jailed businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky told The Moscow Times.
Khodorkovsky also offered rare praise for President Dmitry Medvedev, saying he had acted appropriately on Georgia, and expressed hope that new presidencies in Russia and the United States would lead to improved relations.
The Russian economy has bled billions of dollars since the Kremlin startled investors by sending troops into Georgia to fight a brief war last month. Foreign investment fell by $20 billion in August, according to some estimates, while the stock market has lost billions of dollars more -- events Khodorkovsky has been closely following in the dozens of publications he receives in his prison cell in the Chita region.
"Investors worry most about uncertainty," Khodorkovsky said in a five-page written response to questions submitted through his lawyers.
"From my own experience, I know that people will make the worst assumptions if you fail to explain what is happening. That is why restoring trust has to begin with regular, detailed explanations of [the government's] position," he said.
Khodorkovsky said the government is taking a step in this direction but needs to go further by announcing pending rules and explaining its actions based on those rules.
A third step, he said, would be to "consolidating these rules on an institutional basis, which is the guarantee of their stability."
"Any other kind of market is open season for adventurers and crooks, which is absolutely not in Russia's interests," he said.
Turning to Georgia, Khodorkovsky said Medvedev had little choice but to invade after Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili tried to retake the breakaway region of South Ossetia by force on Aug. 8. Khodorkovsky also backed Medvedev's decision on Aug. 26 to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and another breakaway region, Abkhazia.
"It's evident that Saakashvili, counting on the support of the West, decided to launch a military venture without the sanction of the United States and overestimated the chances of gaining backing," he said.
"It's important to understand that President [Dmitry] Medvedev had no other choice given situations on Aug. 8 and Aug. 26."
Khodorkovsky previously has been reserved in his comments about Medvedev, and his lawyers earlier this year voiced hope that Medvedev's assent to the Kremlin would help facilitate the early release of their client. Khodorkovsky's supporters accuse former President Vladimir Putin of orchestrating his eight-year imprisonment on fraud and tax charges and the state's takeover of his Yukos oil company in retaliation for his business and political ambitions.>>
