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"Mr President, a particularly painful tragedy took place in North Ossetia, where the brutality on one side met with a lack of responsibility on the other. It is reminiscent of the tragedy in the Moscow theatre and brings many things to mind. Today when the Russian authorities declare that they will fight terrorism anywhere, that may seem new and positive, perhaps it opens the door to combined efforts in Iraq, Afghanistan, to stop acts of terror in Quatar and elsewhere. When the Russian authorities condemn double standards, there springs the hope that Russian terrorists will also be persecuted, for example those who on the night of 31 July 1991 killed seven Lithuanian border guards in cold blood. The criminals are known; members of a unit of the terrorist 'Black Berets', they live in Russia protected and supported by its authorities, who refuse to cooperate with Vilnius in the pursuit of justice. While talking so much about the war on terrorism, Russia's leaders have shown more than one example of double standards and hypocrisy. The European Union could urge them to change this behaviour. Here is a quote, an excerpt from the shadow cabinet's statement at the beginning of the Beslan crisis. Quote: 'We categorically condemn this act of terrorism and unite with the United Nations Security Council in encouraging the release of the hostages. At the same time we deeply regret that the United Nations Security Council has never condemned and has not expressed sympathy for the deaths of 42 000 Chechen children, killed in Chechnya as a result of the Russian authorities' orders'. Unquote. At that moment the children of Beslan were suffering, but were still alive. The 42 000 other children were no longer alive, were no longer suffering. For them that anachronistic colonial war was long over. When will it end however? Those who say, 'first victory, then peace', are wrong. That is a dead end. It is time for a different way of thinking – peace is victory. Peace, which would save thousands of lives, which would mean that children no longer die because of the stupidity and brutality of adults, cannot be shameful. General de Gaulle did not disgrace France when he ended the Algerian War. Thank you for your attention."@en1
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