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heartfelt relationship добросердечні відносини

to ignite separatist sentiments розпалити сепаратистські настрої

fully-fledged crisis повноцінна криза

full-blown crisis повномасштабна криза

feeling of impunity відчуття вседозволеності

to receive carte blanche to получив карт-бланш на

sort this measure out розібратися з цим питанням

Exercise 2. Analyse the speech and its transaltion into English. Comment on

a) the translation problems of lexical units;
b) the translation problems of grammatical structures;
c) pragmatic divergent and convergent features.

Russia’s President has given his first reaction to the EU summit on the conflict in Georgia in an
interview with Euronews. Dmitry medvedev was speaking at his summer residence in Sochi on the Black Sea.
While the EU threatened to postpone talks with Russia on the new partnership pact it did not adopt the
sanctions some countries were demanding.

- Mr. President, welcome to Euronews. What is your response to the outcome of the emergency summit
as far as the Eu-Russia relations are concerned?

- I closely followed events as they unfolded on the summit. I won’t hide the fact that I had preliminary
talks with my colleagues. In my opinion, the outcome is double-edged. Firstly, unfortunately, the EU did not
fully understand what motives had the Russian Federation to make decisions on repelling the Georgian
aggression and recognizing South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent subjects of international law. This is
unfortunate but not fatal, because things change in this world. That is the first situation. The second situation is,
in my opinion, much more positive. Despite certain divisions among EU states a reasonable realistic point of
view on issue did prevail. A number of states were calling for some mythical sanctions and penalties. This
didn’t happen, which, as seems to me, is an interest of Europe, particularly the European Union.

- There is a perception that Russia having recognized South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent has
founded self-isolated internationally. Do you agree with this view?

- There is no isolation. Russian is not seeking isolation and it is actually impossible to isolate Russia. It’s
another method that after the relevant acts of recognition we all need to think about the security structure in our
complex world in the years ahead. And for me it’s clear that the events that began after the Georgian aggression
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on the 8 of August this year put them at the top of the agenda. The existing security structure has shown itself
to be ineffective.

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