乌克兰知名调查记者死于汽车爆炸

One of Ukraine’s most respected journalists was killed by a car bomb in Kiev yesterday, rattling the political establishment and reviving memories of the murder of the editor of the same publication more than a decade ago.

乌克兰最受人尊敬的记者之一昨日在一起汽车爆炸案中丧生，震动了该国政界，令人回想起10多年前同一新闻单位总编辑遭谋杀的事情。

Pavel Sheremet, 44, a Belarus-born award-winning journalist with Ukrainska Pravda, the country’s leading investigative news website, was killed while driving a car belonging to Olena Prytula, the venture’s manager. She was not in the vehicle.

44岁的帕维尔•舍列梅特(Pavel Sheremet)出生于白俄罗斯，是乌克兰领先调查新闻网站《乌克兰真理报》(Ukrainska Pravda)一名屡次获奖的记者。他在驾驶一辆属于网站经理奥廖娜•普里图拉(Olena Prytula)的汽车时丧生。普里图拉当时未在车上。

He had been driving to a local radio station to present his regular programme when the explosion happened.

爆炸发生时，他正驾车前往一家当地电台做他的定期节目。

Yury Lutsenko, Ukraine’s prosecutor-general, wrote in an online post: “Pavel Sheremet’s death is the result of an explosive device. It’s murder”.

乌克兰总检察长尤里•卢岑科(Yury Lutsenko)在网上发文称：“帕维尔•舍列梅特死于一个爆炸装置。这是一起谋杀”。

“I’m shocked,” Khatia Dekanoidze, head of Ukraine’s national police said. “We are exploring all scenarios.”

“我对此感到震惊，”乌克兰国家警察局局长卡蒂雅•德卡努瓦泽(Khatia Dekanoidze)说，“我们正在调查所有的可能情形。”

“I think this was done with the sole purpose of destabilising the situation in Ukraine,” Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine president, said during discussions with police and security officials aired on TV. “I don’t exclude the presence of foreign interests here,” he added.

“我认为，爆炸的唯一目的是破坏乌克兰的稳定局势，”乌克兰总统彼得罗•波罗申科(Petro Poroshenko)在与警察、安全官员们开会讨论期间表示。“我不能排除境外势力插手了此事的可能性，”他接着说。这次会议在电视上被播出。

The case brought back memories of the murder of Georgy Gongadze, the founder of Ukrainska Pravda and Ms Prytula’s companion, who was abducted in 2000 by corrupt police officers, murdered and beheaded in a case with dark political overtones.

这起爆炸让人回想起《乌克兰真理报》创立者、普里图拉的伴侣格奥尔基•贡加泽(Georgy Gongadze)被谋杀一事。2000年，贡加泽遭到腐败警察的绑架，被谋杀后还被砍下头颅，该案带有黑暗的政治色彩。

Covered up for many years by domestic law enforcement, Gongadze’s death sparked protests against then-president Leonid Kuchma, who was implicated in the killing by leaked audio recordings.

多年被国内执法当局掩盖的贡加泽之死，引发了针对时任乌克兰总统列昴尼德•库奇马(Leonid Kuchma)的抗议活动。泄露的录音表明，库奇马与那起谋杀有牵连。

A senior police officer was later found guilty of the murder, but claimed to have done so on orders from the top.

后来，一名高级警官被判谋杀罪名成立，但他声称是按照上面的意思行事的。

Mr Kuchma has always denied involvement and suggested Gongadze’s murder was a set-up by foreign intelligence services intended to discredit him and Ukraine.

库奇马始终不承认自己有任何牵连，并暗示，贡加泽之死是境外情报机关所为，目的是为了让他本人和乌克兰蒙羞。

Yesterday, Ukrainian officials were quick to suggest what one called a “Russian footprint” in Sheremet’s killing, saying it was part of a plot to discredit the country as Kiev battles Russia-backed separatists in breakaway eastern regions.

昨日，乌克兰官员们很快表态，暗示舍列梅特被害存在其中一人所称的“俄罗斯脚印”。他们表示，这是一场阴谋，为的是在乌克兰与俄罗斯支持的分裂分子在主张独立的东部地区展开战斗之际，给乌克兰抹黑。

In comments aired on Ukrainian TV, Anton Gerashchenko, an MP and confidant of Arsen Avakov, Ukraine’s interior ministry chief, suggested the possible involvement of Russian secret services, while Zorian Skiryak, an adviser to Mr Avakov, said: “We cannot rule out the Russian footprint . . . I personally lean towards this scenario.”

在乌克兰电视播放的言论中，乌克兰内政部长阿尔森•阿瓦科夫(Arsen Avakov)的密友、议员安东•格拉先科(Anton Gerashchenko)提出，俄罗斯情报机关可能参与了此事，而阿瓦科夫的顾问佐里安•斯科亚克(Zorian Skiryak)表示：“我们不能排除‘俄罗斯脚印’……我个人倾向于这一情形。”

These claims were rejected by Moscow. Dmitry Peskov, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, said Sheremet’s murder was “cause for very serious concern in the Kremlin”, pointing to Sheremet’s Russian citizenship.

莫斯科方面否认了这些说法。俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔•普京(Vladimir Putin)的发言人德米特里•巴斯科夫(Dmitry Peskov)说，舍列梅特被谋杀“引起了克里姆林宫的极大关切”，他指出舍列梅特拥有俄罗斯公民身份。