World press on Malaysian Airlines plane crash on Ukrainian-Russian border (July 17-18, 2014)The crash of a Malaysian Airlines plane en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur has been in the center of media attention in the past two days. Amidst various versions behind the crash, journalists think about consequences that the crash might have for relations between the West and Russia."Tragedy on Top of Crisis May Strengthen Stand Against Russia in U.S. and Europe" is an article which appeared yesterday in New York Times. "The downing of a commercial Boeing 777 in the Ukrainian war zone on Thursday inflamed an already volatile international crisis and may bolster President Obama’s efforts to isolate Russia if evidence points to complicity by Moscow’s separatist allies," the article reads. "If investigators are able to confirm suspicions that the Malaysia Airlines jet was brought down by a surface-to-air missile fired by pro-Russian rebels who mistook it for a military aircraft, American officials expressed hope that the tragedy will underscore their case that Moscow has been violating Ukrainian sovereignty. While Mr. Obama imposed new sanctions on Russia just a day before, Europeans refused to adopt measures as stringent out of fear of jeopardizing their own economic ties."One day later, on July 18 an article "Obama Points to Pro-Russia Separatists in Downing of Malaysian Airlines Plane" featured in the New York Times. "The president said the violence in the region must not impede an independent investigation of the plane’s destruction and he called on Russia, Ukraine and the Russian-backed separatists to agree to an immediate cease-fire," the article reads.Commenting on who is to blame for the attack, "Mr. Obama resisted blaming Mr. Putin personally, saying that the government does not know exactly who fired the missile. But he made clear that he holds the Russians responsible for failing to stop the violence that made the downing possible. 'We know that they are heavily armed and they are trained,' Mr. Obama said. 'That is not an accident. That is happening because of Russian support.' He said it is 'not possible for these separatists to be functioning the way they are” without Russian support,'" the article reads.
The crash of a Malaysian Airlines plane en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur has been in the center of media attention in the past two days. Amidst various versions behind the crash, journalists think about consequences that the crash might have for relations between the West and Russia.
"Tragedy on Top of Crisis May Strengthen Stand Against Russia in U.S. and Europe" is an article which appeared yesterday in New York Times.
"The downing of a commercial Boeing 777 in the Ukrainian war zone on Thursday inflamed an already volatile international crisis and may bolster President Obama’s efforts to isolate Russia if evidence points to complicity by Moscow’s separatist allies," the article reads.
"If investigators are able to confirm suspicions that the Malaysia Airlines jet was brought down by a surface-to-air missile fired by pro-Russian rebels who mistook it for a military aircraft, American officials expressed hope that the tragedy will underscore their case that Moscow has been violating Ukrainian sovereignty. While Mr. Obama imposed new sanctions on Russia just a day before, Europeans refused to adopt measures as stringent out of fear of jeopardizing their own economic ties."
One day later, on July 18 an article "Obama Points to Pro-Russia Separatists in Downing of Malaysian Airlines Plane" featured in the New York Times.
"The president said the violence in the region must not impede an independent investigation of the plane’s destruction and he called on Russia, Ukraine and the Russian-backed separatists to agree to an immediate cease-fire," the article reads.
Commenting on who is to blame for the attack, "Mr. Obama resisted blaming Mr. Putin personally, saying that the government does not know exactly who fired the missile. But he made clear that he holds the Russians responsible for failing to stop the violence that made the downing possible. 'We know that they are heavily armed and they are trained,' Mr. Obama said. 'That is not an accident. That is happening because of Russian support.' He said it is 'not possible for these separatists to be functioning the way they are” without Russian support,'" the article reads.
