VOA标准英语2009年-Lawless Atmosphere Cited in Death of Russi

Russian activists¹ are blaming Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for maintaining a climate that resulted in Wednesday's murder in the Caucasus of journalist Natalya Estemirova. Her colleagues from the Memorial human rights organization and other groups told a Moscow news conference that Mr. Putin's protégé in Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov is specifically responsible for Estemirova's death.
　
Natalya Estemirova (2007 file)

Memorial chairman Oleg Orlov called Natalya Estemirova the soul of the organization; a journalist dedicated² to uncovering widespread criminality in Chechnya. Orlov accuses Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov of responsibility for her death. Kadyrov was hand-picked by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in his former capacity as president.

Orlov says he thinks responsibility for an atmosphere of permissiveness and impunity³ in Chechnya as well as massive and serious crimes committed by government representatives lies with Russia's current and recent senior leaders, including Prime Minister Putin and President Dimitri Medvedev .
　
Head of Moscow Helsinki Group Lyudmilla Alexeyeva

The head of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Lyudmila Alexeyeva notes many personal critics of Ramzan Kadyrov have been killed under suspicious circumstances in Chechnya and abroad.

Despite such crimes, Alexeyeva says Kadyrov remains⁴ in office and no case has been filed against him, nor is he asked any relevant questions. The veteran human rights leader adds that Kadyrov's permissiveness and power depend on the support of Mr. Putin.

Ramzon Kadyrov says the killers⁵ will definitely be found and punished.

The Chechen leader says there is respect for the law and order in his republic. He says enemies of Russia and its people sparked the Chechen war and are also making various (detrimental) moves.

Kadyrov acknowledges Estemirova was kidnapped in downtown Grozny, the Chechen capital. Human rights activists note this as well, but add that her body was found in neighboring Ingushetia. They also ask how it could have been transported without official cover through many checkpoints in the volatile⁶ region.
　
Germany's Angela Merkel (R) and Russia's Dmitry Medvedev (L) at a news conference in Munich suburbs in southern Germany, 16 Jul 2009

Mr. Medvedev has ordered an investigation⁷ into the Estemirova murder and is confident the perpetrators will be found.

He told a news conference in Munich with German Chancellor⁸ Angela Merkel that Estemirova's killing⁹ is a sad event tied to her professional activity. He said such activity is needed in any normal country, adding that the slain¹⁰ journalist did very useful things by speaking the truth and offering some harsh assessments¹² of Russia. That, notes Mr. Medvedvev, is the value of human rights activists, even if they are inconvenient¹³ and uncomfortable for the authorities. But he also referred to her death as a provocation¹⁴.

The Kremlin leader says he thinks those who committed the crime counted precisely¹⁵ on dissemination¹⁶ of versions that are the most primitive¹⁷ and most unfavorable to the authorities.

Though deflecting¹⁸ blame for the killing from Russian officials, Mr. Medvedev's positive assessment¹¹ of human rights activists stands in contrast to his predecessor's dismissal of them as jackals who scavenge at foreign embassies.
　
Chairman of the Memorial human rights organization Oleg Orlov (l) and head of the Moscow Helsinki Group Lyudmilla Alexeyeva

Oleg Orlov says Russian authorities must stop such negative characterization of critics.

Orlov says when such an image is created about human rights activists; it creates the atmosphere in Russia that leads to the killing of people depicted¹⁹ in such terrible ways.

The republics of southern Russia's Caucasus region have been rocked by violence attributed to Islamic extremists, separatists, and criminal elements.

Last month, the president of Ingushetia was seriously injured in a suicide bombing, the deputy chief justice of the republic's Supreme Court was shot dead, and the interior minister of neighboring Dagestan was killed by

1 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

3 impunity   

n.(惩罚、损失、伤害等的)免除

参考例句：

• You will not escape with impunity.你不可能逃脱惩罚。
• The impunity what compulsory insurance sets does not include escapement.交强险规定的免责范围不包括逃逸。

4 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

5 killers   

凶手( killer的名词复数 )； 消灭…者； 致命物； 极难的事

参考例句：

• He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
• They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。

6 volatile   

adj.反复无常的，挥发性的，稍纵即逝的，脾气火爆的；n.挥发性物质

参考例句：

• With the markets being so volatile,investments are at great risk.由于市场那么变化不定，投资冒着很大的风险。
• His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱，喜怒无常。

7 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

8 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

9 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

10 slain   

杀死，宰杀，杀戮( slay的过去分词 )； (slay的过去分词)

参考例句：

• The soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在战斗中牺牲了的战士。
• His boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false Amulius. 他的儿子被奸诈的阿缪利乌斯杀死了。

11 assessment   

n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额

参考例句：

• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
• What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？

12 assessments   

n.评估( assessment的名词复数 )；评价；（应偿付金额的）估定；（为征税对财产所作的）估价

参考例句：

• He was shrewd in his personal assessments. 他总能对人作出精明的评价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Surveys show about two-thirds use such assessments, while half employ personality tests. 调查表明，约有三分之二的公司采用了这种测评；而一半的公司则采用工作人员个人品质测试。 来自百科语句

13 inconvenient   

adj.不方便的，令人感到麻烦的

参考例句：

• You have come at a very inconvenient time.你来得最不适时。
• Will it be inconvenient for him to attend that meeting?他参加那次会议会不方便吗？

14 provocation   

n.激怒，刺激，挑拨，挑衅的事物，激怒的原因

参考例句：

• He's got a fiery temper and flares up at the slightest provocation.他是火爆性子，一点就着。
• They did not react to this provocation.他们对这一挑衅未作反应。

15 precisely   

adv.恰好，正好，精确地，细致地

参考例句：

• It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
• The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。

16 dissemination   

传播,宣传,传染(病毒)

参考例句：

• The dissemination of error does people great harm. 谬种流传，误人不浅。
• He was fully bent upon the dissemination of Chinese culture all over the world. 他一心致力于向全世界传播中国文化。

17 primitive   

adj.原始的；简单的；n.原(始)人，原始事物

参考例句：

• It is a primitive instinct to flee a place of danger.逃离危险的地方是一种原始本能。
• His book describes the march of the civilization of a primitive society.他的著作描述了一个原始社会的开化过程。

18 deflecting   

（使）偏斜， （使）偏离， （使）转向( deflect的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• A variety of mechanical surfaces have been employed for deflecting the exhaust jets of solid-propellant rockets. 人们已经用过各种类型的机械控制面来偏转固体推进剂火箭的排气流。
• If she made a leading statement, he was expert deflecting her into more impersonal channels. 只要她一开口，他就会巧妙地把她的话题转到与个人无关的问题上去。

19 depicted   

描绘，描画( depict的过去式和过去分词 )； 描述

参考例句：

• Other animals were depicted on the periphery of the group. 其他动物在群像的外围加以修饰。
• They depicted the thrilling situation to us in great detail. 他们向我们详细地描述了那激动人心的场面。