Silence for oil

It might not be easy because Russia’s control of Europe’s main oil and gas supplies but it would be the right thing to do. It is certainly harder than dealing with Zimbabwe, which regime has rightly received strong verbal attacks from the European Union for its lack of respect for Human Rights. It is interesting, and sad, to see how European Union’s verbal strength dilutes in oil and some of its members have signed bilateral agreements with the Kremlin to guarantee their own energy supply. The silence of many of its members regarding oil-powered Russia’s worrying record on liberties says much more about Europe’s commitment to freedom than its attacks to third-world Zimbabwe.

Mr Putin and Mr Medvedev, from www.minnpost.com/

(Spanish) Silencio por petroleo