op-ed
「プーチン嫌い」で有名なマケイン米上院議員が、同大統領が「ニューヨーク・タイムズ」に寄稿した「返礼」として（？）ロシアの「プラヴダ」に自らの署名記事を寄稿しました。
op-edはopposite editorial pageの略で、社説の向かいのページに掲載される論評やエッセイなどの署名記事のことを指します。（UG）
McCain, in Russian op-ed, calls Putin dissent-quashing tyrant
MOSCOW —
U.S. Senator John McCain has written a blistering column for Russian media, telling the Russian people that their President Vladimir Putin is a dissent-quashing tyrant who “doesn’t believe in you.”
The senior U.S. lawmaker, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, accosted Putin and his associates for rigging elections, imprisoning and murdering opponents, fostering corruption and “destroying” Russia’s reputation on the world stage.
“I am not anti-Russian,” McCain wrote in the piece, which his office said was sent to both the Communist Party’s Pravda newspaper as well as to online media outlet Pravda.ru. The latter was expected to publish it Thursday, his staff said.
“I am pro-Russian, more pro-Russian than the regime that misrules you today.”
McCain last week made no secret of his intention to write an op-ed piece for Russian media after Putin had his own column published in The New York Times.
