Planchadita, planchadita, planchadita

Relacionado con el sainete de la banderita rusa en el Polo Norte, les dejo el análisis de Mary Anastasia O'Grady en el WSJ de hoy:

When Russia planted its flag on the Arctic Ocean floor a fortnight ago the world was treated to a spectacular bit of retro-theater, circa 1957. It is as if we were reliving the days of Sputnik. Only this time the Kremlin was officially notifying the world that it intends to dominate the Arctic and control the vast natural resources that it contains.

Of course, if Russia plans to abide by the Law of the Sea Convention, which it has signed, the flag, four kilometers beneath the sea, brings it no closer to owning the treasures buried there. "Jurisdiction over resources is not determined by staking claims," says John Norton Moore, an international law scholar at the University of Virginia. That will be decided by the "commission on the limits of the continental shelf," established under the convention.

On the other hand, if Russia thinks it can bully its way into the Arctic while it stirs up nationalism back home, planting the flag makes perfect sense.

(Gracias, Ramiro)