Polska Centrum för Öststudier publiserade här om dagen en sammanställning av de beslut som tagits av Kreml i frågan om Snowden.
Man tar bland annat upp den breda ryska uppfattningen om USA som ett av skälen till att ett beslut om utfärdande av visum kunde ges. Och det är mist sagt hårda och raka ord utan förskönande omsskriving som ges "...were taken by the Russian authorities in the belief that Washington would not undertake any retaliatory measures. This is because the Russian elite perceives the United States as a declining power, in the terminal stage of its history, which is struggling with so many problems that it cannot afford further deterioration in its relations with Moscow."
"The Kremlin expected the Obama administration to pass over the Snowden case, and to continue its diplomatic efforts to gain Russian cooperation on reducing nuclear arsenals, finding a solutio n to the Syrian crisis, and dealing with the question of Iran’s nuclear programme. The Kremlin assumed that President Obama would continue his policy of ‘resetting’ relations with Moscow."
"This decision .. has been welcomed by both conservative-nationalist (for its opposition to the United States) and liberal circles (for sheltering a defender of individual rights against surveillance by a great power’s intelligence services)."
Man tar bland annat upp den breda ryska uppfattningen om USA som ett av skälen till att ett beslut om utfärdande av visum kunde ges. Och det är mist sagt hårda och raka ord utan förskönande omsskriving som ges "...were taken by the Russian authorities in the belief that Washington would not undertake any retaliatory measures. This is because the Russian elite perceives the United States as a declining power, in the terminal stage of its history, which is struggling with so many problems that it cannot afford further deterioration in its relations with Moscow."
"The Kremlin expected the Obama administration to pass over the Snowden case, and to continue its diplomatic efforts to gain Russian cooperation on reducing nuclear arsenals, finding a solutio n to the Syrian crisis, and dealing with the question of Iran’s nuclear programme. The Kremlin assumed that President Obama would continue his policy of ‘resetting’ relations with Moscow."
"This decision .. has been welcomed by both conservative-nationalist (for its opposition to the United States) and liberal circles (for sheltering a defender of individual rights against surveillance by a great power’s intelligence services)."
Ibland hade jag kunnat tycka att det vore skönt om det även i sverige gick at ha en så nyanserad syn på vad som faktiskt händer på andra sidan östersjön, men drömmar är inte till för att uppfyllas.