口译时事：普京称俄罗斯不会阻拦斯诺登去往别国

　　Russian President Vladimir Putin denied a request by American officials to expel National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, who the leader said remains in the transit hall of a Moscow airport and is free to fly wherever he desires.

　　俄罗斯总统普京(Vladimir Putin)拒绝了美国官员提出的驱逐美国国家安全局(National Security Agency)泄密者斯诺登(Edward Snowden)的要求。普京说，斯诺登仍然在莫斯科一个机场的过境中转大厅，他有前往任何他想去的地方的自由。

　　Russia hands over alleged criminals only to countries with which it has an international agreement, and the U.S. isn't among those, Mr. Putin said by way of explanation. Mr. Snowden doesn't need a Russian visa because he technically is a transit passenger who 'thank God has not committed any crimes on the territory of the Russian Federation,' Mr. Putin said.

　　普京解释说，俄罗斯只需向与其存有国际协议的国家交出被指控的罪犯，美国不在其中。普京说，斯诺登不需要俄罗斯签证，因为从技术上讲，他是一个过境旅客，谢天谢地，他也没有在俄罗斯联邦的领土上从事任何犯罪活动。

　　'Mr. Snowden is a free man and the sooner he chooses his final destination, the better it will be for us and him,' Mr. Putin said, breaking a nearly two-day silence by Russian officials as to whether or not Mr. Snowden had in fact arrived in the Russian capital.

　　普京说，斯诺登是自由的人，对于他自身和我们来说，他越早决定最终目的地越好。普京此次发声之前，在接近两天的时间里，俄罗斯官员在斯诺登是否已经抵达俄罗斯首都的问题上一直保持沉默。

　　Mr. Putin's comments came after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that while there was no mechanism for the U.S. to call on Russia to extradite Mr. Snowden, it was asking Moscow not to side 'with a person who is accused of breaking the law in another nation and who is a fugitive from justice according to international standards of law.'

　　普京发表上述评论之前，美国国务卿克里(John Kerry)说，尽管美国没有要求俄罗斯引渡斯诺登的机制，美国正在请求莫斯科不要支持一个被指控违反了另一国法律、且根据国际法律准则逃脱了法律制裁的逃犯。

　　Mr. Kerry added: 'We're not looking for a confrontation.'

　　克里补充说，我们不是寻求对抗。

　　Mr. Putin, too, appeared eager to play down the impact of the Snowden affair on U.S.-Russia relations. He said it came as a 'complete surprise' to Russian officials when the 30-year-old former security contractor, who is wanted by U.S. authorities for leaking confidential information about domestic surveillance operations, arrived at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport on Sunday. 'I hope this doesn't in any way affect the nature of our relations with the U.S.,' he said.

　　普京也急于弱化斯诺登事件对俄美关系的影响。他说，这名30岁的前安全局承包商雇员周日抵达莫斯科的谢列梅捷沃国际机场(Sheremetyevo International Airport)，这对俄罗斯官员来说完全是个意外。斯诺登因为泄露美国国内监控项目保密信息而遭到美国通缉。普京说，我希望这不会影响我们与美国关系的性质。

　　'You can ask yourself the question: Should such people be handed over and sent to jail or not?' Mr. Putin said. 'I would rather not deal with such questions, because it's like shearing a piglet岸a lot of squealing and little wool.'

　　普京说，你可以问问自己：这样的人应该被交出来送进监狱吗？我宁愿不去面对这样的问题，因为这就像给一只小猪剪毛，噪音很大，也得不到羊毛。

　　The U.S. and Russia have seen their relations fray in particular since late 2011, when Mr. Putin accused the American government of supporting thousands of Russia opposition activists who took to the streets of Moscow, alleging that parliamentary elections had been rigged and calling for his ouster.

　　美国和俄罗斯的关系已经受损，尤其是在2011年末之后，当时，普京指责美国政府支持数千名俄罗斯反对派活动人士，这些活动人士在莫斯科的街头举行抗议，称议会选举存在舞弊行为，要求普京下台。

　　Mr. Snowden fled to Moscow from Hong Kong on Sunday, days after prosecutors charged him in a U.S. District Court in Virginia, accusing him of stealing government property and wilfully communicating classified information.

　　斯诺登上周日从香港飞往莫斯科，此前几天，美国检方在弗吉尼亚州的一家美国地区法院指控其窃取政府财产和故意泄露保密信息。

　　Earlier Tuesday, Russia and China fired back at White House criticism from the previous day regarding their roles in Mr. Snowden's flight from Hong Kong to Moscow, calling U.S. accusations against them groundless and misguided.

　　周二早些时候，俄罗斯和中国反击了此前一天白宫对他们的指责，这些指责与他们在斯诺登从香港逃到莫斯科一事中所扮演的角色有关。俄罗斯和中国称，美国对他们的指控毫无依据，完全是错误的。

　　The White House suggested Monday that China had hurt efforts to build trust between the countries by allowing Mr. Snowden to leave Hong Kong. It also issued stern warnings to Russia and Ecuador, where Mr. Snowden has applied for political asylum, demanding his immediate return to the U.S. to face espionage charges. U.S. officials warned of unspecified 'repercussions' against countries that failed to detain Mr. Snowden, but have stopped short of identifying actions the U.S. might take against governments refusing to comply.

　　白宫周一表示，中国允许斯诺登离开香港，此举损害了在中美两国之间建立互信的努力。美国也向俄罗斯和厄瓜多尔发出了严厉警告，要求立即将斯诺登引渡到美国，以便使其面对间谍罪的指控。斯诺登向厄瓜多尔申请了庇护。美国官员警告说，未拘捕斯诺登的国家将面临后果，但没有具体指明是什么后果，也没有明确说明美国可能针对那些拒绝满足美国要求的政府采取什么行动。

　　Earlier Tuesday, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov broke a two-day silence by Russia's top officials saying Mr. Snowden hadn't crossed into Russian territory and that the country had 'nothing to do' with Mr. Snowden or his 'movements around the world.'

　　周二早些时候，俄罗斯外交部长拉夫罗夫(Sergei Lavrov)打破了俄罗斯高层官员两天来保持的沉默，说斯诺登没有进入俄罗斯境内，俄罗斯与斯诺登及其在全球的行踪没有丝毫关系。

　　'We consider groundless and unacceptable the attempts that we are currently seeing to accuse the Russian side of violating U.S. laws and of almost being part of a conspiracy, accompanied by threats toward us. There is no legal basis for such behavior from American officials,' Mr. Lavrov said in a briefing. 'He chose his own route and we found out about it, as most of those present, from the media.'

　　拉夫罗夫在一个吹风会上说：目前我们看到美国官员试图指责俄方违反美国法律，指责俄方差不多是参与了一场阴谋，并且还对我们发出了威胁，我们认为这样的指责是毫无根据的，不能接受的。美国官员做出这样的举动是没有法律根据的。斯诺登选择了他自己的路线，和大多数人一样，我们也是从媒体方面得知消息的。

　　China's Foreign Ministry also called the White House's statements 'groundless.'

　　中国外交部也称白宫的声明“缺乏依据”。

　　'It is unreasonable for the U.S. to question the Hong Kong government's handling of affairs in accordance with the law,' ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Tuesday.

　　中国外交部发言人华春莹周二说：美方质疑香港特区政府依法办事是没有道理的。

　　Officials in Hong Kong have said the U.S.'s request for the city to detain Snowden were 'insufficient.'

　　香港官员说，美国向香港提出的拘捕斯诺登的请求不充分。

　　The city expanded on its explanation Tuesday, saying that a U.S. request to issue a provisional warrant for Mr. Snowden's arrest used an apparently inconsistent set of names and didn't come with a passport number, contributing to a delay in processing the application that allowed the former U.S. security contractor to leave the city Sunday.

　　香港周二进一步解释说，美方请求对斯诺登发出临时逮捕令，但文件中使用了明显不一致的一套名字，也没有提供护照号，造成申请的处理延迟，从而让这位前美国安全承包商员工得以在周日离开了香港。

　　The U.S. submitted a request for an Edward James Snowden while his passport named him as Edward Joseph Snowden, Hong Kong Justice Secretary Rimsky Yuen told reporters. Hong Kong authorities had asked for clarification on Friday, June 21, but had yet to get any reply by the time Mr. Snowden chose to leave the city on an international flight on Sunday morning, Mr. Yuen said.

　　香港律政司司长袁国强对记者说，美国提交了拘捕爱德华·詹姆斯·斯诺登(Edward James Snowden)的请求，而他护照上的名字是爱德华·约瑟夫·斯诺登(Edward Joseph Snowden)。袁国强说，香港当局上周五要求美方澄清这个问题，但在斯诺登选择周日早间搭乘一架国际航班离开香港之前没有收到任何回复。

　　The antisecrecy group WikiLeaks has said it is helping Mr. Snowden flee via Russia to Ecuador, where the government is considering a request the former Booz Allen Hamilton contractor has submitted for asylum.

　　反秘密组织维基解密(WikiLeaks)说，它正在帮助斯诺登经俄罗斯逃往厄瓜多尔。厄瓜多尔政府正在考虑这位前博思艾伦公司(Booz Allen Hamilton)员工提交的庇护申请。

　　Speaking during an official visit to Finland, Mr. Putin said Mr. Snowden岸much like WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange岸'considers himself a human-rights activist and fights for the spread of information.'

　　普京在对芬兰进行正式访问时说，斯诺登自认为是一个人权活动人士，为信息的扩散进行抗争。在这方面，斯诺登很像维基解密的创始人阿桑奇(Julian Assange)。

　　'He came as a transit passenger, and he didn't need a visa or any other documents. As a transit passenger he has the right to buy a ticket and fly wherever he wants,' he said. 'Any accusations against Russia are nonsense and drivel.'

　　普京说，他是作为过境转机乘客来莫斯科的，他不需要签证或其他任何文件。作为一个过境转机乘客，他有权购买机票，飞往他想去的任何地方。针对俄罗斯的任何指控都是无稽之谈，胡说八道。

　　Many U.S. officials are likely to treat Mr. Putin's latest announcement as a snub, the latest in a series of blows that the former Cold War rivals have been dealing one another for over a year. The U.S. recently banned from American territory a slew of Russian officials allegedly tied to human-rights abuses including the death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. Russia countered by banning Americans from adopting Russian children and banning U.S. officials from entering Russia due to their alleged human-rights abuses.

　　互动图：斯诺登的逃亡路很多美国官员可能将普京最新的声明视为一种斥责，可以说是这两个前冷战对手一年多以来一系列互相攻击中的最新一起。美国最近禁止一批被指与侵犯人权有关的俄罗斯官员进入美国境内。被指的侵犯人权事件包括俄罗斯律师马格尼茨基(Sergei Magnitsky)的死亡。作为回应，俄罗斯则禁止美国人收养俄罗斯儿童，并因一些美国官员被指的侵犯人权行为而禁止他们进入俄罗斯境内。

　　Earlier this week, Mr. Kerry had said he expected Russia to hand over Mr. Snowden.

　　克里本周早些时候说，他预计俄罗斯会交出斯诺登。

　　'There is a surrender treaty with Hong Kong and, if there was adequate notice岸I don't know yet what the communication status was岸but if there was, it would be very disappointing if [Mr. Snowden] was willfully allowed to board an airplane as a result,' he said. 'With respect to Russia, likewise.'

　　他说，美国与香港存有引渡协议，如果美国已经充分告知香港──我不知道交流的情况如何──但如果在充分告知的情况下，香港仍然故意允许斯诺登登机的话，这非常令人失望。对于俄罗斯来说也是如此。

　　Mr. Kerry emphasized previous U.S. cooperation with Russia. 'In the last two years we have transferred seven prisoners to Russia that they wanted, so I think reciprocity in the enforcement of the law is pretty important,' he said.

　　克里强调了美国与俄罗斯之前的合作。他说：过去两年，我们根据俄罗斯的要求交出了七名囚犯，所以我认为在执法方面对等性是很重要的。

　　U.S. officials asked Russia to expel Mr. Snowden from the country rather than extradite him岸a legal distinction the U.S. made due to the absence of an extradition treaty between the two countries.

　　美国官员要求俄罗斯驱逐斯诺登，而不是引渡──美国之所以明确这一法律上的区别，是因为两国之间不存在引渡协议。

　　The incident comes at a particularly sensitive time for the White House, which has renewed a push to 'reset' its relationship with the Kremlin in recent months as part of attempt to win Russia's support for ousting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Throughout the war in Syria, which has been running for more than two years, Mr. Putin has been among Mr. Assad's strongest backers.

　　对于白宫来说，斯诺登抵达俄罗斯的时机相当敏感。白宫最近几个月重新提出了“重置”与俄罗斯关系的计划，这也是为了赢得俄罗斯方面对于让叙利亚总统阿萨德(Bashar al-Assad)下台的支持。在叙利亚战争期间，普京一直是阿萨德最强有力的支持者之一。叙利亚内战已经持续了超过两年。

　　Earlier this week, the White House urged Russia to do its utmost to help apprehend Mr. Snowden.

　　本周早些时候，白宫敦促俄罗斯尽最大努力协助其逮捕斯诺登。

　　'Given our intensified cooperation after the Boston Marathon bombings and our history of working with Russia on law enforcement matters岸including returning numerous high-level criminals back to Russia at the request of the Russian government岸we expect the Russian government to look at all options available to expel Mr. Snowden back to the U.S. to face justice for the crimes with which he is charged,' White House National Security Council Spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said.

　　美国白宫国家安全委员会(White House National Security Council)发言人海登(Caitlin Hayden)说：考虑到在波士顿马拉松爆炸案之后我们已经加强了合作，以及我们与俄罗斯在执法方面合作的历史（包括美国应俄罗斯政府的要求将多名高级罪犯交给俄罗斯），我们预计，俄罗斯政府将考虑所有可能的选择，以便将斯诺登驱逐回美国，接受他被指控罪行应得的法律制裁。

　　Mr. Assange, who said Tuesday that WikiLeaks gave Mr. Snowden money, legal aid and help in obtaining Ecuadorian refugee travel documents, has found an unlikely friend in Russia. In 2012, the Kremlin-funded channel RT, which Mr. Putin said was created in 2005 to 'break the monopoly of Anglo-Saxon media,' hired Mr. Assange to host a show. The WikiLeaks founder landed an interview for the RT show with Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, who has drummed up domestic support by thumbing his nose at American power.

　　阿桑奇周二说，维基解密为斯诺登提供了资金和法律援助，并帮助他获得了厄瓜多尔难民旅行证件。阿桑奇在俄罗斯意外收获了一个朋友。2012年，俄罗斯政府资助的RT电视频道聘请阿桑奇主持一档节目。普京曾经说，2005年创办的RT电视频道旨在打破英语媒体的垄断。这名维基解密的创始人在RT电视频道的节目中采访了厄瓜多尔总统科雷亚(Rafael Correa)。科雷亚在采访中表达了对美国力量的蔑视，并因此在国内赢得了支持。

　　Ecuador granted Mr. Assange asylum in 2012. But the WikiLeaks boss remains holed up in Ecuador's embassy in London, where he is out of reach of U.K. authorities that want to extradite him to Sweden to face sexual-assault allegations. He denies those claims.

　　厄瓜多尔2012年同意给予阿桑奇政治庇护。但这个维基解密的负责人目前仍然躲在厄瓜多尔驻伦敦大使馆，他在这里可以不受英国政府的控制。英国政府想要将阿桑奇引渡到瑞典接受性侵指控。阿桑奇否认这些指控。

　　Mr. Putin, who worked a KGB agent in East Germany, said that Russia's intelligence services 'never worked with Mr. Snowden and don't work with him today.'

　　普京曾是克格勃(KGB)在东德的一名特工。普京说，俄罗斯的情报机构从未与斯诺登合作过，目前也是如此。

　　In a mid-June interview at the headquarters of RT in Moscow, Mr. Putin joked that Mr. Snowden 'told us nothing that we didn't know before' about American surveillance efforts. He said surveillance operations are warranted so long as the fall within the law. Under Mr. Putin, the Russian government has prosecuted and jailed a number of engineers and specialists in alleged espionage cases.

　　普京6月中旬在莫斯科RT总部接受采访时开玩笑说，斯诺登并没有透露任何我们不知道的有关美国监控项目的信息。他说，监控行动只要符合法律规定就会被授权。在普京执政期间，俄罗斯政府已经起诉和关押了多名被指参与间谍活动的工程师和专家。


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