烏克蘭知名調查記者死於汽車爆炸

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.

烏克蘭最受人尊敬的記者之一昨日在一起汽車爆炸案中喪生，震動了該國政界，令人回想起10多年前同一新聞單位總編輯遭謀殺的事情。

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歲的帕維爾•舍列梅特(Pavel Sheremet)出生於白俄羅斯，是烏克蘭領先調查新聞網站《烏克蘭真理報》(Ukrainska Pravda)一名屢次獲獎的記者。他在駕駛一輛屬於網站經理奧廖娜•普里圖拉(Olena Prytula)的汽車時喪生。普里圖拉當時未在車上。

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

爆炸發生時，他正駕車前往一家當地電臺做他的定期節目。

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”.

烏克蘭總檢察長尤里•盧岑科(Yury Lutsenko)在網上發文稱：“帕維爾•舍列梅特死於一個爆炸裝置。這是一起謀殺”。

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

“我對此感到震驚，”烏克蘭國家警察局局長卡蒂雅•德卡努瓦澤(Khatia Dekanoidze)說，“我們正在調查所有的可能情形。”

“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.

“我認爲，爆炸的唯一目的是破壞烏克蘭的穩定局勢，”烏克蘭總統彼得羅•波羅申科(Petro Poroshenko)在與警察、安全官員們開會討論期間表示。“我不能排除境外勢力插手了此事的可能性，”他接着說。這次會議在電視上被播出。

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.

這起爆炸讓人回想起《烏克蘭真理報》創立者、普里圖拉的伴侶格奧爾基•貢加澤(Georgy Gongadze)被謀殺一事。2000年，貢加澤遭到腐敗警察的綁架，被謀殺後還被砍下頭顱，該案帶有黑暗的政治色彩。

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.

多年被國內執法當局掩蓋的貢加澤之死，引發了針對時任烏克蘭總統列昴尼德•庫奇馬(Leonid Kuchma)的抗議活動。泄露的錄音表明，庫奇馬與那起謀殺有牽連。

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

後來，一名高級警官被判謀殺罪名成立，但他聲稱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.

庫奇馬始終不承認自己有任何牽連，並暗示，貢加澤之死是境外情報機關所爲，目的是爲了讓他本人和烏克蘭蒙羞。

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，烏克蘭官員們很快表態，暗示舍列梅特被害存在其中一人所稱的“俄羅斯腳印”。他們表示，這是一場陰謀，爲的是在烏克蘭與俄羅斯支持的分裂分子在主張獨立的東部地區展開戰鬥之際，給烏克蘭抹黑。

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.”

在烏克蘭電視播放的言論中，烏克蘭內政部長阿爾森•阿瓦科夫(Arsen Avakov)的密友、議員安東•格拉先科(Anton Gerashchenko)提出，俄羅斯情報機關可能參與了此事，而阿瓦科夫的顧問佐裏安•斯科亞克(Zorian Skiryak)表示：“我們不能排除‘俄羅斯腳印’……我個人傾向於這一情形。”

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.

莫斯科方面否認了這些說法。俄羅斯總統弗拉基米爾•普京(Vladimir Putin)的發言人德米特里•巴斯科夫(Dmitry Peskov)說，舍列梅特被謀殺“引起了克里姆林宮的極大關切”，他指出舍列梅特擁有俄羅斯公民身份。