UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2009-01541 Doc No C17551202 Date 06 19 2013 E UNCLASSIFIED PTQ9764 RELEASED IN FULL UNCLASSIFIED' PAGE 01 STATE ORIGIN SNIS-00 INFO LOG-00 TEDE-00 PRS-01 021R A-01 INR-00 SP-00 095411 CIAE-00 ADS-00 SSO-00 PTQ9764 1903442 CPR-02 NSAE-00 USIE-00 OASY-00 OIG-04 NISC-01 DRAFTED BY S NIS AJOHNSON DME APPROVED BY S NIS JCOLLINS ------------------BCE1D0 DODE-00 PA-02 PNB-00 EUR-01 PM-00 DRL-09 190346Z 38 O 2003412 APR 95 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO CIS COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE UNCLAS STATE 095411 E O 12356 N A TAGS OPRC SUBJECT S NIS PRESS GUIDANCE - APRIL 18 1995 THE FOLLOWING PRESS GUIDANCE WAS PREPARED AND 1 APPROVED BY THE OFFICE OF THE AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR THE NEW INDEPENDENT STATES FOR THE DEPARTMENT BRIEFINGS QUESTIONS SHOULD BE REFERRED TO ANNE JOHNSON S NIS PUBLIC AFFAIRS RUSSIA CHECHNYA UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 STATE 095411 190344Z UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY THEODORE SELLIN DATE CASE ID 08 OCT 2009 200901541 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2009-01541 Doc No C17551202 Date 06 19 2013 l O UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2009-01541 Doc No 017551202 Date 06 19 2013 Q WHAT ABOUT CONTINUING REPORTS ATROCITIES IN SAMASHKI A CU N C LASSIFIED WE ARE DEEPLY DISTURBED BY THE REPORTS OF ATROCITIES AGAINST CIVILIANS IN SAMASHKI THE U S GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE ANY INFORMATION OF ITS OWN TO CONFIRM THESE REPORTS BUT REPRESENTATIVES FROM RUSSIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS THE ICRC AND OTHERS ARE CONSISTENT LEADING US TO BELIEVE THE REPORTS ARE CORRECT OUR EMBASSY HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO RAISE THE ISSUE-WITH THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT WE ARE APPALLED AT THE APPARENT LACK OF RESPECT FOR INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN NORMS AND HUMAN RIGHTS PRINCIPLES THESE ACTIONS APPEAR TO US TO BE THE RESULT OF INADEQUATE MILITARY DISCIPLINE WE CALL ON THE RUSSIAN TROOPS TO EXERCISE FULL RESPECT FOR THE CIVILIAN POPULATION AND THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF THEIR HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS WE URGE THE RUSSIAN TROOPS TO RESPECT INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAWS SUCH AS THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS ON THE PROTECTION OF THE UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 STATE 095411 1903442 VICTIMS OF ARMED CONFLICT AND PROTOCOL II ON INTERNAL ARMED CONFLICTS SPECIFICALLY WE URGE THEM TO RESPECT THE REQUIREMENTS OF COMMON ARTICLE 3 TO THE 1949 _ CONVENTIONS ON HUMANE TREATMENT FOR CAPTURED INDIVIDUALS AND THE REQUIREMENT IN PROTOCOL II THAT CIVILIANS NOT BE MADE THE OBJECT OF ATTACKS UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2009-01541 Doc No C17551202 Date 06 19 2013 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2009-01541 Doc No C17551202 Date 06 19 2013 UNCLASSIFIED -- WE ALSO CALL UPON THEM TO iL1iV t1VVVVL i 1JE CODE OF CONDUCT SIGNED BY ALL OSCE PARTICIPATING STATES INCLUDING RUSSIA LAST DECEMBER -- SPECIFICALLY WE URGE RUSSIA TO RESPECT THE COMMITMENT TO USE FORCE COMMENSURATE WITH THE NEEDS FOR ENFORCEMENT AND TO TAKE DUE CARE TO AVOID INJURY TO CIVILIANS OR THEIR PROPERTY WE BELIEVE EVERY EFFORT MUST BE MADE BY ALL CONCERNED TO STOP THE FIGHTING AND IMMEDIATELY BEGIN TO WORK WITH THE OSCE TO START THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING A MECHANISM FOR PEACEFULLY RESOLVING THIS DISPUTE --------------------------------------UKRAINE U S ASSISTANCE FOR CHORNOBYL --------------------------------------Q WHAT IS THE U S CONTRIBUTION TO THE CHORNOBYL UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 04 STATE 095411 190344Z SHUTDOWN FUND A THE UNITED STATES IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH UKRAINE OUR G-7 PARTNERS THE EU AND THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE NAPLES ACTION PLAN FOR COMPREHENSIVE REFORM OF UKRAINE'S ENERGY SECTOR THE PLAN ENVISIONS CLOSING CHORNOBYL DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES AND PROMOTING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AT THE NAPLES SUMMIT THE G-7 PLEDGED A TOTAL OF $200 MILLION IN SUPPORT OF THE ACTION PLAN THE U S COMMITTED TO PROVIDE $38 MILLION AS OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THIS MULTILATERAL EFFORT IN ADDITION TO OUR PARTICIPATION IN THE G-7 EFFORT THE U S HAS PROVIDED A TOTAL OF NEARLY UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2009-01541 Doc No C17551202 Date 06 19 2013 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2009-0154 1 Doc No C17551202 Date 06 19 2013 $48 MILLION IN NUCLEAR SAFU N THE LAST THREE YEARS TO HEu THE SAFETY OF ITS NUCLEAR PLANTS WE HAVE ALSO CONTRIBUTED OVER $23 MILLION IN CONVENTIONAL ENERGY ASSISTANCE TO UKRAINE TO SUPPORT ENERGY SECTOR RESTRUCTURING AND IMPROVED ENERGY EFFICIENCY WHICH SHOULD FACILITATE THE EARLY CLOSURE OF CHORNOBYL CHRISTOPHER C LA55IN IED UNCLASSIFIED NNNN UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2009-01541 Doc No C17551202 Date 06 19 2013 This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu