tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post1059815504328595325..comments2023-09-09T14:46:37.354+02:00Comments on Julien Frisch: Press release on Protocoll 14 disappeared from the website of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of EuropeJulien Frischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18167141111642456560noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post-72025393133319643422010-01-03T22:29:36.908+01:002010-01-03T22:29:36.908+01:00Yes, could be, but it must have sounded strong eno...Yes, could be, but it must have sounded strong enough to produce and to publish a press release - and I suppose that the person in the Council of Europe asking to write this text must have had quite strong indications...Julien Frischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18167141111642456560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post-17181976431744463182010-01-03T21:20:07.276+01:002010-01-03T21:20:07.276+01:00My rough guess is this: the Kremlin sometimes issu...My rough guess is this: the Kremlin sometimes issues statements that sound like it is really set to do something, but then nothing really happens, and when you look at the statement with a hindsight, you see that it was really a declaration of intentions only. Like "the issue of X will be seriously reconsidered". OK, it does get reconsidered, but nothing comes out of it (nor any positive outcome was intended).<br />I guess this is what happened with the statement of intent on ratifying Protocol 14. <br />Quote from the RIA Novosti news agency, Dec. 21, 2009<br />http://www.rian.ru/international_justice/20091221/200531720.html<br />"Speaker of the State Duma Boris Gryzlov told the reporters that [Medvedev] asked the deputies to resume consideration [of Protocol 14]."<br /><br />Oinkтете Хрю Svinkina - AuntieGruntie Oinkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05032820233958648210noreply@blogger.com