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1 | Russia: Interview with Jesse Heath of The Russia Monitor | Rosia : Resaka nifanaovana tamin’i Jesse Heath, mpanoratra ny bilaogy The Russia Monitor |
2 | Jesse Heath is an American lawyer based in Washington, D.C. His blog, The Russia Monitor, addresses developments in Russian law, economics, and politics. | Ny bilaoginy The Russia Monitor izay mandinika ny fironana vaovao eo amin'ny toe-karena, politika ary ny fanao ao amin'ny fanaovan-dalàna Rosiana. |
3 | As an Anglophone blogger writing about Russia, Heath's work is distinct for its detailed focus on technical aspects of issues large and small. | Ny fomba filazany ny lafiny ara-teknika ireo toe-javatra sahanina no tena mampiavaka an'i Heath amin'ny bilaogera manoratra teny anglisy hafa momba an'i Rosia. |
4 | For example, he is one of few in the English-speaking ‘citizen media' to have analyzed [en] reforms to Russia's strategic sectors laws, and his commentary on Vladimir Putin's pre-reelection political maneuvering garnered the attention [ru] of well-known Russian author and archivist Vladimir Pribylovsky [en]. | Ohatra: nofotoriny amin'ny antsipiriany ny fanitsiana lalàna momba ny tetikadim-pihariana eo amin'ny federasiona Rosiana, tsikaritr'ilay mpandalina politika rosiana malaza Vladimir Pribylovsky ny filazany ireo paikady nataon'i Putin nialoha ny fifidianana. |
5 | On June 18, Global Voices' RuNet Echo spoke with Heath by telephone, to learn more about his history as a blogger and his contributions to the RuNet. | Tao anatin'ny fifampiresahana amin'ny finday ny 18 Jona, no nanazava antsipiriany tamin'ny “RuNet” ny tantaran'ny bilaogy sy ny zava-kendreny i Jesse Heath. |
6 | Jesse Heath, creator of The Russia Monitor. | JesseHeat ,mpamorona ny bilaogy « The Russia Monitor ». |
7 | Photograph by JH, used with permission. | Saripika nahazon-dalana avy amin'ny JH. |
8 | Global Voices (GV): You're a lawyer by trade, and yet you have this blog, where you often write about sensitive issues involving corruption and various legal nuances. | Amin'ny maha-mpisolovava anao, manetsika fanontaniana saro-pady matetika ianao toy ny kolikoly sy ny hafetsena eo amin'ny raharaham-pitsarana ao anatin'ny bilaoginao. |
9 | What drove you to begin blogging, given your profession? | Inona no anton'ilay safidy ho bilaogera, na dia teo aza ny asanao? |
10 | Jesse Heath (JH): Actually, I created it in 2007, before I was technically in my profession, when I was still a law student. | Ny tena marina, raha vao nanomboka nitazona ity bilaogy ity aho, tamin'ny taona 2007, mbola mpianatra lalàna aho fa tsy mpisolovava. |
11 | Ultimately, I obviously cover subjects that I'm not work on directly. | Ankehitriny, mazava ho azy, tsymiresaka afa-tsy ireo toe-javatra izay tsy misy ifandraisana mivantana amin'ny asa aman-draharahako. |
12 | Generally, I base my blogging on what's in the news, either in the U.S. or in Russia, and offer my own take on it. | Toy ny mahazatra, maka ireo zava-mitranga fakafakain'ny fampahalalam-baovao Rosiana na amerikana aho, ka eo no hametrahako ny fomba fijeriko manokana. |
13 | So, even though it's sometimes sensitive, it never relates to anything on which I'm directly working, and it doesn't pose any problems in that way. | Izay no antony, na dia mikitika ireo lohahevitra saropady ihany aza aho indraindray, tsy miresaka zavatra mifandraika amin'ny asako amin'izao mihitsy anefa izany, noho izany tsy mametraka olana. |
14 | Most of what I write is based on my general understanding of corruption in Russia (often founded on my professional experience or research), but a lot of it is widely known in my practice area. | Amin'nyankapobeny, manoratra lahatsoratro avy amin'ny zavatra fantatro manokana eo amin'ny olana ara-kolikoly eto Rosia aho (raha ny fahazaran-draharaha sy fikarohana nataoko), kanefa betsaka ny zava-misy fantatra eo amin'ny tontolon'ny asako. . |
15 | GV: Why, when you were in law school, did you decide to start a blog in the first place? | Inona marina no tena nanosika anao hamorona io bilaogy io raha mbola mpianatra ? |
16 | JH: My first job after Year One of law school was at the Supreme Court, which sounds very impressive, but didn't involve any writing. | Tamin'izay fotoana izay, Niasa tao amin'ny fitsarana tampony aho tamin'izany fotoana izany, izay mety mahavariana ihany, saingy tsy mitaky fanoratana. |
17 | So I wanted to do something that would continue my writing and force me to keep up to date on what's going on in Russia, and this seemed like the logical step. | Izany no nahatonga hanao zavatra hahafahako manoratra sady maharaka ny zava-mitranga ao Rosia ; vahaolana nety tamiko ny famoronana io bolongana io. |
18 | GV: And do you have contact now with other bloggers or people outside the mainstream media? | Mifandray amin'ny bilaogera hafa na solontenan'ireo mpanome vaovao ankoatra ny haino aman-jery lehibe ve ianao ? |
19 | Being a blogger, you're not quite a journalist - you're somehow not exactly ‘official.' | Satria ny bilaogera iray, tsy mitovy amin'ny hoe mpanao gazety, tsy « Ofisialy » izany. |
20 | With whom do you find yourself in communication? | Iza ary no hifandraisanao? |
21 | JH: The English-speaking community of bloggers who write about Russia is relatively small, so we kind of all know each other. | Vitsivitsy ihany ireo bilaogera miteny anglisy miresaka momba an'i Rosia, noho izany saika nifakafantatra avokoa izahay. |
22 | I've met a lot of them - in fact, some of them are also lawyers. | Maro no niseraserako, ary mpisolovava ihany koa ny ankabeazan'izy ireo. |
23 | I haven't really met many ‘official' journalists, though I certainly know who they are, and of course we see each other on Twitter, but I haven't personally gotten to know many of them. | Fa raha mpanao gazety “ofisialy”, vitsivitsy ihany no efa nihaona tamiko, na dia fantatro mazava tsara aza hoe iza izy ireo. Afaka mifandray amin'ny alalan'ny “Twitter” (serasera) izahay, saingy somary vitsy ihany no fantatro manokana. |
24 | GV: Do you find that your blogger persona is something of an alter ego? | Toy ny hoe ianao hafa ve ny bilaogeranao ? |
25 | Or do you find that you interact with people in the ‘real world' as the author of The Russia Monitor? | Na eo amin'ny fiainana andavanandronao koa, mampiseho anao amin'ny maha-mpanoratra ny “Russia Monitor” amin'ny olona ve ianao? |
26 | Or is blogging something that you retreat to and write from in isolation? | Raha tsy hoe fialamboly ho anao fotsiny ny mihazona bilaogy, lahasa izay raketinao samirery? |
27 | JH: For me, it's not an alter ego. | Raha amin'ny toerana misy ahy aloha, tsy misy idiran'ny hoe alter ego (izaho hafa). |
28 | I've met people (for instance, at various conferences through work) who read the blog, but didn't know that I am the author. | Nifanerasera olona maro aho (ohatra, rehefa fivoriana anatin'ny sehatry ny asako) izay mamaky ny bilaogiko,kanefa tsy mahafantatra fa izaho no manoratra azy io. |
29 | GV: And what sense do you get about who is reading you, and how are they reading your blog? | Raha aminao, karazan'olona manao ahoana no mamaky anao, ary inona no antony ? |
30 | JH: I think it's often other lawyers, given a lot of the legal issues that I've covered. For example, I wrote about the strategic sectors law, which regulates investment in the defense sector and elsewhere. | Raha ny eritreritro aloha dia mpisolovava no matetika mpamaky ny lahatsoratro, satria mazàna aho miresaka momba ny lalàna, toy ny lalàna momba ny fampiasambola stratejika, izay manara-maso ny fampiasam-bola [fihariana] eo amin'ny indostrian'ny fiarovana sy amin'ny sehatra hafa. |
31 | Now, not a lot of people (as you can imagine) are blogging about this specific set of laws, and I know that there's a lot more traffic when I write such a post. | Tsy resy lahatra ianao,olona vitsy no mamakafaka izany lohahevitra izany, ary hitako fa manintona mpamaky maro tokoa ny lohahevitra tahaka izany. |
32 | It could be investors in Russia who want to try their best to keep up to date on regulations (in the minerals sector, for example); it could be other lawyers; and also there are government people. | Mety ireo olona mampiasa vola etoRosia ka te hahalala hatrany ny fivoaran'ny fepetran-dalàna (ohatra, eo amin'ny sehatry ny angovo sy ny solitany), mety ho mpisolovava hafa ihany koa, na mpiasam-panjakana aza. |
33 | I don't have precise analytics now, since switching from Blogger to WordPress, but I used to track readers originating at the [U.S.] State Department and so on. | Hatramin'ny nifindrako teo amin'ny Blogger amin'ny « Wordpress », tsy afaka niditra amin'ny antontan'isan'ny mpitsidika intsony aho, saingy hitako teo aloha fa avy amin'ny firenena Etazonia ny sasany amin'izy ireo sy mpitantan-draharaha hafa. |
34 | It's basically this small community that is active in Russia professionally that goes and reads The Russia Monitor. | Misy ihany koa vondron'olon-tsotra manana anton'asa ifandraisana amin'ny Rosia ka mamaky ny « Russia Monitor ». |
35 | I assume that I don't generate a lot of interest from people who aren't professionally involved in Russia. | Raha ho an'ireo olona miasa amin'ny sehatr'asa hafa, angamba tsy dia misy diky ho azy ireo loatra ny bilaogiko. |
36 | GV: And is that because what you're usually dealing with is too dry for the ‘uninitiated' and the ‘novices'? | Mety mifandraika amin'ny famakafakanao lohahevitra « maina » be loatra ho an'ireo tsy mahalala ? |
37 | JH: Well, I think it's just not as sensationalist as some other blogs or news sources. | Mety mifandraika amin'ny tsy fitadiavako izay hampitolagaga, mifanohitra amin'ny ataon'ny bolongana na filazam-baovao sasany. |
38 | There's plenty to be sensationalist about in Russia, whether it's the protests or U.S.-Russia relations. | Manankarena amin'ny lohahevitra manafintohina ny lahatsoratra rosiana, ny hetsika ataon'ireo mpanohitra ny fifandraisana eo amin'ny Amerikana sy ny Rosiana. |
39 | I do cover these issues, but - as you say - usually from a ‘drier' perspective. | Mirona amin'izany ihany koa aho nefa, araka ny nolazainao, amin'ny fijery « maina »kokoa. |
40 | GV: And if sensationalism is the prevailing focus and atmosphere of most writing about Russia, what are some of the issues about which readers don't know enough? | Raha malaza amin'ny resaka fanafintohinana ny ako avy any Rosia, inona kosa aminao, ny mifanohitra amin'izay, ireo toe-draharaha izay tsy dia nalaza loatra ? |
41 | Of the things that require more technical or professional expertise to understand, what could readers learn from a blog like The Russia Monitor that they don't already know from more typical blogs? | Inona no karazam-baovao matihanina sy avo fandalina tsy hita amin'ny bolongana ankapobe fa hita ao amin'ny « The Russia Monitor » irery ihany ? |
42 | JH: Aside from my post about the strategic sectors law, I don't think my coverage is particularly unique. | Mieritreritra aho hoe, ankoatra ny lahatsoratro izay mikasika ny lalànan'ny fampiasam-bola stratejika, tsindraindray foana aho no miresaka lohahevitra izay tena voafaritra manokana. |
43 | There are others covering the economy, for example. | Ny toe-karena, ohatra, dia lohahevitra iray fakafakain'ny hafa ihany koa. |
44 | Now, it's easy to say of Russia, “Oh, they rely on oil,” and make that kind of ‘bumper sticker' statement. | Mora ny nametahana an'i Rosia ho « miankin-doha amin'ny solitany ». |
45 | But I do think I've spent a bit more time than most other bloggers picking apart that dependency, and showing what a truly negative influence it has on Russia's economy, as well as engaging the counter arguments about ‘consumption versus growth.' | Nefa, ataoko fa, maka fotoana mihoatra ireo bilaogera hafa aho handalinana antsipiriany izany fiankinan-doha izany, hampisehoana ny voka-dratsiny rehetra eo amin'ny toekarena Rosiana, ary mandinika ihany koa ny fifampiankinana eo amin'ny “fitomboan-[karena] sy fanjifana ». |
46 | The information, though, is out there, obviously. You can find it in World Bank sources or local/domestic Russian sources. | Na dia misokatra ho an'ny rehetra aza ny lohahevitra momba izany, amin'ny alalan'ny antonta-kevitry ny banky iraisampirenena na loharano Rosiana maro. |
47 | There are other blogs, of course, for instance Streetwise Professor [en], who doesn't cover Russia exclusively, but once in a while, he'll write a post picking apart Russia's economy, and it's pretty good. | Mazava loatra, misy bilaogy hafa azo oharina amin'izany. Ohatra, StreetwiseProfessor [fitenyAnglisy] izay tsy miresaka afa-tsy Rosia, kanefa ahitana lahatsoratra momba ny toekarena Rosiana izay mitantara ny zava-misy amin'ny fomba mahatoky sy voatsinjara hatrany. |
48 | I'd add that I think the approach to corruption in Russia has gotten better because of folks like Aleksey Navalny and others, who are making it a top-level issue. | Ary tiako tsipihina ihany koa fa nahitana fivoarana ny toe-javatra eto Rosia raha jerena ny kolikoly, noho ireo olona toa an'i Alexei Navalnv [bilaogera sy mpanohitra fanta-daza] sy ireo hafa, izay nametraka io olana io ho lohalaharana. |
49 | But in the end, everyone wants to do the stories that repeat various rumors about Putin's involvement in corruption - some of which may be true, though we don't know for certain. | Nefa, mbola manely izany siosio-dresaka izany ihany ny tontolo, milaza an'i Poutine ho voarohirohy amin'ny resaka kolikoly. Sasantsasany amin'ireo siosion-dresaka ireo dia mety hipetraka toy ny marina, kanefa tsy afa-matoky zato isan-jato an'ireny isika. |
50 | We're dealing with rumors, after all. | Tsaho fotsiny ireny. |
51 | What they don't look at are the more pernicious and widespread forms of corruption that Americans and American companies have to face when they want to do business there, and that ordinary Russians have to face on a daily basis. | Ny tsy hitany dia endrika kolikoly tena manimba sy miely izay atrehin'ny Amerikanina sy ireo orinasa amerikanina te hanao fandraharahana ao Rosia sy izay mampijaly ny orinasa rosiana andavanandro. |
52 | Everyone wants the headline-grabbing story, which is only natural, but I think people could understand the role of corruption in a country like Russia (and how bad it really is) if they realize that it isn't just the President taking bribes. | Ny olona rehetra dia mila tantara mampihetsi-po, mazava loatra, saingy mieritreritra aho tokony hahalala ny anjara toeran'ny kolikoly amin'ny firenena tahaka an'i Rosia ny olona (sy ny haratsiany) raha tonga saina izy fa tsy fandraisana kolikoly ataon'ny Filoha ihany io. |
53 | I'm talking about the low-level, day-to-day stuff ingrained in the culture. | Miresaka momba ny sehatra ambany aho, zavatra mpitranga isan'andro efa tafiditra ho kolontsaina. |
54 | GV: What's one example of this ‘low-level' corruption that demonstrates something readers don't see in ‘headlining' material? | Vous pourriez nous donner un exemple de cette “petite” corruption dont on ne parle pas aux informations ? |
55 | JH: Well, consider the process of getting a building permit in Russia. | Afaka manome ohatra amin'izany kolikoly “madinika“ izay tsy voaresaka amin'ny vaovao ve ianao? |
56 | It takes over a year just to get the permits to build something. | Ndao ary raisintsika ohatra ny fahazoan-dalana manori-trano ao Rosia. |
57 | If you visit the World Bank's website, you can see a list of each step that's required in this process, and each requires a different interaction with a different agency that has its own discretion about whether or not to issue its approval in the ultimate procedure of obtaining permission. | Amin'ny ankapobeny, miandry herintaona mahery aloha. Mitanisa ny ambaratongan'ny fizotrany rehetra ny Banky iraisam-pirenena, izay mila fanatonana vaomiera mpanapaka maro, ka aorian'ny fandinihana, dia afa-manaiky na mandrara ny fanomezana alalana avokoa ny tsirairay amin'izy ireo. |
58 | What I mean by ‘discretion' is that it's unspecified if an agency waits thirty days, for instance, before issuing its decision, or does it just review someone's plans and decide in only a few days? | Lazaiko hoe “fandinihana”, fa tsy voalaza mazava raha mametraka telopolo andro handraisana fanapahan-kevitra ity vaomiera mpanapaka resahana na tsia, aorian'ny famakiana ny antontan-taratasy, na tsy maintsy manome ny fehikeviny ao anatin'ny valo amby efa-polo ora. |
59 | This applies to someone who's trying to build a dacha, as well as a company that wants to build a new store or a new factory. | Ankoatr'izay,mitovy ihany ny fepetra arahina na momba ny olon-tsotra izay te hanorina “datcha”(trano fivahinianana any Rosia) na orinasa mana-tetikasa tranombarotra vaovao na ozinina iray. |
60 | They basically have to go through a process where - if you want to be competitive and efficient - there is always an option to make small bribe payments and facilitate everything more quickly. | Ka mba hahazoana fotoana sy tombondahiny manoloana ny mpifaninana, misy eny antenan-dalana no manome kolikoly entina hanafainganana ny raharaha. |
61 | If you wanted to do it the more ethical way, you're put at a disadvantage. | Raha mandeha am-pahamarinana ianao dia ho sarotra kokoa ny raharaha. |
62 | Now, this is rather boring stuff, right? | Somary manorisory ihany izany, sa ahoana ? |
63 | After all, we're talking about building permits, but this is what ordinary Russians have to face on a day-to-day basis. | Kanefa dia toe-javatra toy izay mihitsy no atrehan'ny Rosiana tsotra isan'andro. |
64 | I wish that there would be a little more exploration of this. | Hitako fa tena mila fiheverana kokoa ny olana tahaka izany. |
65 | When you look at the anger on the street, it's not because Putin has a resort or a palace on the Black Sea - it's really these day-to-day pressures on living one's life and obstacles to developing one's business or home. | Ny lolom-po mazàna dia tsy avy amin'ny hoe manana tanàna fitsangatsanganan'ny mpizahatany i Putin na lapa eo amoron'ny ranomasina mainty ; mivelona amin'izany karazan-pahasarotana sy vato misakana amin'ny fiainana andavanan'andro toy izany izy, izay sakana amin'ny fananganana varotra na fananganana trano. |
66 | It's these limitations that drive the anger we're now seeing nationwide. | Izany no mety teten-drano hampitobaka ny siny na hampipoaka ny sarom-bilàny manosika ny olona rehetra hidina an-dalambe, hanehoany ny hasosorany. |