Ukraine crisis: Separatists to debate Putin referendum call
ウクライナ危機：分離論者はプーチンに国民投票を呼びかけるよう訴えた
Pro-Russian activists in Luhansk seized the regional prosecutor's office on Wednesday
ルハーンシクのロシアのプロ活動家は水曜日に地方検事局を占拠した。
Separatist leaders in Donetsk and Luhansk say they will put the matter before "people's councils".
ドネツィクとルハーンシクにある分離論者の指導者たちは「人々の採決」の前に片付ける事柄があると語った。
The votes are due to take place on Sunday and millions of ballot papers have been prepared.
東京は日曜日に迫っており、数百万の投票用紙がすでに準備されている。
Mr Putin has said putting off the vote could help create the conditions necessary for dialogue.
プーチン氏は投票をしなければ、対話に必要な状況は作られないと語った。
In what appeared to be a shift in Russian policy, Mr Putin also said this month's presidential elections in Ukraine were a move "in the right direction".
ロシアの政策が変化しているが現れているのは、プーチン氏は今月のウクライナ大統領選挙で「正しい方向に」動きがあったとも語ったこと。
His remarks came days after his spokesman said holding such an election would be absurd.
この談話は、報道官から選挙が不条理であるということが発信されてから数日後のものだ。
Moscow has vowed to protect the rights of the largely Russian-speaking people in the south and east against what it calls an undemocratic government in Kiev.
モスクワ政府は、キエフの非民主的な政府に対抗している南や西にいるロシア語住民を守ると誓っていた。
Ukraine's interim authorities have rejected pro-Russian activists' demands for greater autonomy and sent in troops to seize back official buildings occupied by rebels.
ウクライナ暫定当局は、ロシアのプロ活動家からの自治権の拡大要求を排除し、選挙されている公舎を取り戻すために武力を投入した。
President Putin has vowed to protect the rights of Russian speakers in Ukraine
"We respect Putin's stance," said Denis Pushilin, a pro-Russian leader in the eastern city of Donetsk.
「我々は、プーチンの姿勢を尊重する」と、ドネツィク西部のロシアプロ活動指導者であるデニス・プシリンは語った。
"He is a balanced politician. Therefore we will submit his proposal to the people's council."
彼は公平な政治家だ。従って、住民議会へ彼の提案を提示しようと思う。
In Luhansk, a statement from pro-Russian groups quoted by Russian news agency Ria Novosti said: "We are putting this forward for discussion by all the people because Putin has appealed to supporters of federalisation, therefore a decision will be for all the people of Luhansk."
The White House said the "illegitimate, illegal" vote should be cancelled rather than postponed.
And Ukrainian interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk dismissed Mr Putin's calls as "hot air".
The US and the European Union have imposed sanctions against several Russian individuals and small businesses and threatened to impose wider measures if Moscow takes further steps to interfere in Ukraine.
Sunday's planned referendum was seen as a potential trigger for that.
Confrontations
On Wednesday, President Putin also announced he was ordering Russian troops back from the Ukrainian border.
However, Nato and the Pentagon said they had seen no signs of a Russian pull-back.
On Ukraine's forthcoming presidential elections, Mr Putin said: "I would like to stress that... while they are a move in the right direction, [they] will not decide anything if all the citizens of Ukraine fail to understand how their rights are protected after the elections are held."
Unrest in the south and east of Ukraine has worsened since Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula in March.
That followed the ousting of Ukraine's pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych in February by pro-Western protesters.
On Wednesday, pro-Russian separatists took back the city hall in the southern port of Mariupol after it was briefly taken over by Ukrainian government forces.
In that time, 16 activists were arrested and taken to the city's police station where a violent confrontation erupted between the detainees' supporters and security forces who fired shots into the air.
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本日も途中で力つきました。理解できていても文章にうまく起こせない。。。
