Monday, March 16, 2015

Der Spiegel — Ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine Settling Scores with Merkel and EU

Comment from the translator: 
Spiegel Online did it again..!, one is inclined to say. 
This time, however, the other way around. We are all used to the very one-sided reporting by Spiegel [and German main stream media in general]. Last week, however, something remarkably happened. Three stories in Spiegel Online, that are – to some extent – covering the ‘other side’. It started with an article about ‘the chancellery accusing Breedlove’ of ‘exaggerating’ Russia’s military involvement in East Ukraine. They even called it ‘propaganda’. Then they had Helmut Schmidt [former German Chancellor] voice his views, a man who has been calling for rapprochement with Russia and for taking into consideration Russia’s legitimate interests. And now this: Allowing former Prime Minister of Ukraine, Asarow, state his views on the events in Ukraine.
So, does this mean they (German mainstream media) have come to their senses…?
Russia Insider
Ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine Settling Scores with Merkel and EU
The article originally appeared at Der Spiegel. Translated for RI by Mihajlo Doknic

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Hi Tom,

error occured ! The link here to Der Spiegel provides one with an article by Joseph Stieglitz. And whether this is genuine is far from clear IMO.

Best, Erik

Tom Hickey said...

Thanks, Erik. Fixed now in the post. Wrong link provided in Russia Insider.

Here's the link.

http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/ukraine-asarow-rechnet-mit-merkel-und-eu-ab-a-1023145.html