McCain Wants to Exclude the "Autocratic" Russia from the G8

Published in L'Express
(France) on 7/28/2008
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Translated from by Clara Knutson. Edited by .
The Republican candidate for the White House had already announced his intention to exclude Russia from the Group of 8 Nations. Sunday, he stated that Vladimir Putin had put his country on “a dangerous path,” that of “autocracy.”

The Republican candidate for the White House, John McCain, who wants to exclude Russia from the G8 summit, stated on Sunday that the country had become an “autocracy.” He added that former president Vladimir Putin had put the country on a “very dangerous path,” on the ABC show This Week.


“We need to improve their behavior,” he declared on ABC, recalling the recent decisions of Russia. John McCain cited “the cut back on oil supplies to the Czechs because the Czechs made an agreement with us, they've thrown out (of the oil company) BP out of Russia (...), the enormous pressure on Georgia..., Ukraine,” as well as “blocking action in the United Nations Security Council on Iran.”


“They have become an autocracy,” declared the candidate for the American presidency. “The former president Putin, now the Prime Minister and his government have driven the country onto a very dangerous path,” he continued.


According to him, Vladimir Putin still holds the reins of the country. “I am sure that he is in command. I don't thnk that he would have chosen his successor [Dmitri Medvedev] if he was not thinking about staying in charge,” said McCain.


Le candidat républicain à la Maison-Blanche avait déjà annoncé son intention d'exclure la Russie du G8. Dimanche, il a estimé que Vladimir Poutine avait mis le pays "sur une mauvaise voie", celle de "l'autocratie".

Le candidat républicain à la Maison-Blanche, John McCain, qui veut exclure la Russie du sommet du G8, a affirmé dimanche que ce pays était devenu une "autocratie". Il a ajouté que l'ex-président Vladimir Poutine avait conduit le pays sur une "très mauvaise voie", sur ABC News, lors de l'émission This Week.

"Nous devons améliorer leur comportement", a affirmé John McCain sur ABC, rappelant les récentes décisions de la Russie. John McCain a cité "la baisse des livraisons de pétrole aux Tchèques parce qu'ils ont conclu un accord avec nous, l'exclusion (du groupe pétrolier) BP de la Russie (...) l'énorme pression sur la Géorgie (...), l'Ukraine", ainsi que "leur blocage au conseil des Nations unies sur l'Iran".

"Ils sont devenus une autocratie", a déclaré le candidat à la présidentielle américaine. "L'ex-président Poutine, maintenant Premier ministre et son gouvernement ont mené le pays sur une très mauvaise voie", a-t-il poursuivi.

Selon lui, Vladimir Poutine tient encore les rênes du pays. "Je suis sûr qu'il est aux commandes. Je ne pense pas qu'il aurait choisi son successeur [Dmitri Medvedev] s'il ne pensait pas rester aux commandes", a dit McCain.
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