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| John McCain takes aim at Putin in Russian press | John McCain takes aim at Putin in Russian press |
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| US Senator John McCain has written an attack on Russia's president, accusing Vladimir Putin of backing tyrants and fostering corruption and repression. | US Senator John McCain has written an attack on Russia's president, accusing Vladimir Putin of backing tyrants and fostering corruption and repression. |
| Mr McCain's article on Russia's Pravda website was a response to a piece by Mr Putin in the New York Times. | Mr McCain's article on Russia's Pravda website was a response to a piece by Mr Putin in the New York Times. |
| In his article, Mr Putin warned that US military strikes on Syria would claim innocent victims and escalate conflict. | In his article, Mr Putin warned that US military strikes on Syria would claim innocent victims and escalate conflict. |
| Mr McCain, who lost to Barack Obama in the 2008 US presidential vote, said Mr Putin was harming Russia's reputation. | Mr McCain, who lost to Barack Obama in the 2008 US presidential vote, said Mr Putin was harming Russia's reputation. |
| The Republican senator for Arizona used his opinion piece to criticise Mr Putin's government for censorship and oppression. | The Republican senator for Arizona used his opinion piece to criticise Mr Putin's government for censorship and oppression. |
| In the piece, headlined "Russians deserve better than Putin", he accused the Kremlin of punishing dissent, rigging elections, censoring the media and banishing political opponents. | In the piece, headlined "Russians deserve better than Putin", he accused the Kremlin of punishing dissent, rigging elections, censoring the media and banishing political opponents. |
| "To perpetuate their power they foster rampant corruption in your courts and your economy and terrorise and even assassinate journalists who try to expose their corruption," he wrote. | "To perpetuate their power they foster rampant corruption in your courts and your economy and terrorise and even assassinate journalists who try to expose their corruption," he wrote. |
| Mr McCain said the Russian president was undermining his country's reputation through support for Syria's government in the face of the West's outrage over its alleged use of chemical weapons. | Mr McCain said the Russian president was undermining his country's reputation through support for Syria's government in the face of the West's outrage over its alleged use of chemical weapons. |
| "How has he strengthened Russia's international stature? By allying Russia with some of the world's most offensive and threatening tyrannies. | "How has he strengthened Russia's international stature? By allying Russia with some of the world's most offensive and threatening tyrannies. |
| "By supporting a Syrian regime that is murdering tens of thousands of its own people to remain in power and by blocking the United Nations from even condemning its atrocities. | "By supporting a Syrian regime that is murdering tens of thousands of its own people to remain in power and by blocking the United Nations from even condemning its atrocities. |
| "By refusing to consider the massacre of innocents, the plight of millions of refugees, the growing prospect of a conflagration that engulfs other countries in its flames an appropriate subject for the world's attention. | "By refusing to consider the massacre of innocents, the plight of millions of refugees, the growing prospect of a conflagration that engulfs other countries in its flames an appropriate subject for the world's attention. |
| 'Friend to tyrants' | 'Friend to tyrants' |
| "He is not enhancing Russia's global reputation. He is destroying it. He has made her a friend to tyrants and an enemy to the oppressed, and untrusted by nations that seek to build a safer, more peaceful and prosperous world." | "He is not enhancing Russia's global reputation. He is destroying it. He has made her a friend to tyrants and an enemy to the oppressed, and untrusted by nations that seek to build a safer, more peaceful and prosperous world." |
| Mr McCain's article is seen as a direct response to an opinion piece by Mr Putin published on 11 September in the New York Times. | Mr McCain's article is seen as a direct response to an opinion piece by Mr Putin published on 11 September in the New York Times. |
| In it, the Russian president lambasted the United States for its support for military strikes on Syria and accused it of failing to understand the complexities of the country's conflict. | In it, the Russian president lambasted the United States for its support for military strikes on Syria and accused it of failing to understand the complexities of the country's conflict. |
| A US strike would "result in more innocent victims and escalation, potentially spreading the conflict far beyond Syria's borders", he wrote. | A US strike would "result in more innocent victims and escalation, potentially spreading the conflict far beyond Syria's borders", he wrote. |
| While Mr Putin's article appeared in one of the United States's most respected newspapers, the BBC's Steven Rosenberg in Moscow reports that Russians will not be able to pick up a copy of Mr McCain's piece at their newsstands. | While Mr Putin's article appeared in one of the United States's most respected newspapers, the BBC's Steven Rosenberg in Moscow reports that Russians will not be able to pick up a copy of Mr McCain's piece at their newsstands. |
| Pravda, the article's publisher, is largely confined to online publishing and is unrelated to the scaled-down newspaper which once reached millions as the official mouthpiece of the ruling Communist Party during the Soviet era. |