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Chechen refugee held naked in punishment cell. He is not allowed to pray and threatened with 'sending right to Chechnya'

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:37:05 GMT

The events around the Chechen refugee Emilkhan Sadayev are absolutely unprecedented for Sweden. Swedish authorities actually organized a kind of a personal concentration camp for Sadayev. � According to a source of the KC, Sadayev is held completely naked in a punishment cell (not in an ordinary one). His lawyer is not allowed to visit him. Moreover, Swedish authorities banned any information on the situation around Sadayev or on his whereabouts. Prison guards refused to give back Sadayev his clothes or at least to allow him to pray. � In desperation, Emilkhan Sadayev even inflicted injuries on himself, and he is on a hunger strike for the second day. In response, the police threatened him to "send right to Chechnya" if he does not halt his hunger strike. On February 2 noon, he had to be deported to Russia, but when Sadayev was taken out of deportation prison, he managed to open his veins and he was taken to a hospital. � Swedish authorities do not give any explanation. In fact, Sadayev is kept in a secret prison, like prisoners of al-Qaeda in secret CIA prisons. The reasons of such treatment are not clear, since the whole case of the Chechen refugee is absolutely transparent. � The lawyer of the Chechen refugee said that he was shocked by the actions of Swedish authorities and therefore he intends to sue them. �A few days ago, the lawyer sent made an inquiry with the UNHCR office in Azerbaijan and received documents from it confirming the refugee status of Ruslan Atkayev (Emilkhan Sadayev), but Swedish authorities simply did not include this supporting evidence into his file. Meanwhile a protest action took place in Helsinki in front of the Swedish embassy. Protesters demanded from Swedish authorities to stop immediately the deportation procedure and release Emilkhan Sadayev. Department of Monitoring Kavkaz Center

Fate of Chechen refugee in Sweden still unknown

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:11:16 GMT

Sources from Sweden reported that as of noon of February 2, there are still no details about the fate of the Chechen refugee Emilkhan Sadayev. His phone is still turned off. Sadayev's lawyer is also not available, since he turned off his phones. � Representatives of the Chechen and Caucasian diaspora are worried. Sadayev virtually disappeared. Swedish authorities do not comment on the situation and do not give any information. However, there is no confirmation that Sadayev has been already deported for tortures and death to Russia. � It is to be recalled that Swedish authorities were planning to extradite Emilkhan Sadayev for death to Russia on February 2. On the eve of his extradition, the Chechen refugee was moved by Swedish police in handcuffs to a deportation prison in the town of Mästa, 6.5 km from Arlanda International Airport � Meanwhile, representatives of the Chechen diaspora are still hoping that the deportation of Sadayev could be prevented. According to officially unconfirmed news, a document has been sent to Swedish authorities from the office of the European Union that could help preventing the extradition of Sadayev to Russia. However, there is no complete clarity in the matter. The KC sources also report that representatives of the Chechen and Caucasian diaspora in Finland are going to organize a protest rally in front of the Swedish embassy in Helsinki. Department of Monitoring Kavkaz Center

British BBC under fire for Putin-loving

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:54:22 GMT

The Guardian reported on the wave of criticism in Britain in connection with the showing of a 4-hour-long KGB agitation about Putin called "Putin Russia and the West", which the BBC is stuffing for one hour on Thursdays the viewers in Britain. The newspaper notes in particular: "Part three of the series is to be screened on Thursday. But in a scathing review of episode one, the renowned Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky said the film came across as "unequivocally pro-Putin". Its narrative follows the Kremlin's version of history, and resembles nothing less than a party political broadcast for Putin and his United Russia party. Masha Karp, a former editor at the BBC Russian service, complained of "glaring gaps" in the overall narrative, with Putin's savage polices in Chechnya glossed over. Karp, who left her job at the BBC five years ago, said that the documentation looks like the movie "Gaddafi, Libya and the West", interviewing only colonel's cronies and loyal advisers. Karp continues: � "The contrast between the high level of professionalism in the film-making and the lack of understanding of Russia's recent history is striking ... There are dozens of ... deviations from the historical truth, or rather slight distortions ... Taken together these steadily add up to create an image of Putin that will by no means be unpleasant to him, and will be quite useful to those in the west who would like to justify their support for him". The Guardian also draws attention to the fact that the "consultant" for a movie "worked" good a direct agent of Moscow Angus Roxburgh, who had served for 3 years to KGB junta in Russia as an adviser to Putin's speaker Peskov. Roxburgh advised to Putin as how to improve a KGB image of Russia in the west and taught indoctrinate techniques of public opinion outside of Russia. Department of Monitoring Kavkaz Center

Will Sweden become direct accomplice of the murder of Chechen refugee?

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:36:25 GMT

According to KC sources in Sweden, Chechen refugee Emilkhan Sadayev was removed from deportation prison in the Swedish town of Flen in handcuffs and transported to an unknown place on Wednesday, February 1.�According to some reports he was taken to deportation prison in Merst. There is no communication with him. His mobile phone is switched off. Previously, it was reported that Swedish authorities plan to extradite the refugee to Russia on February 2. Chechen diaspora is extremely worried. A real danger threatens the life of Emilkhan Sadayev. Refugees call on human rights activists and the European Union to take immediate action and stop the impending murder. During the last few days, protest actions by representatives of Chechen and Caucasian diaspora were held in Stockholm and Flen, where Sadayev was kept in prison. The protesters demanded the release of Chechen refugee and not to extradite him to Russia. Previously, Sadayev turned to Georgian president using Georgian media with a request to grant him political asylum (see the video at this link). According to the sources, Georgian embassy in Sweden received relevant document on Wednesday. *** It is to be recalled that Swedish police arrested Emilkhan Sadayev on 24 January 2012, at 7:00 am, after two years of his waiting for refugee status. Emilkhan Sadayev participated in military operations against Russian occupation forces between 1999 and 2004. As a result, he was seriously wounded in 2004 and was forced to leave Chechnya with his family. Sadayev stayed for some time in Azerbaijan, but after Russia tried to arrest him with the help of local authorities, he was had to move to Turkey and later to Sweden. He has been waiting for more than two years for a decision regarding his status in Sweden. However, on January 24, was suddenly arrested. It is worth mentioning in this connection, that his two brother - Musa and Zelimkhan - were killed in Chechnya by Russian invaders. Their house in the village of Starye Atagi has been blown up by the Russians. For many years, Russia pursued Emilkhan Sadayev for his participation in military operations against the Russian occupation troops. He used documents of another person to enter Sweden, and it became the main formal reason for his detention. However, Emilkhan Sadayev could not travel under his own name, because he had no documents, and he couldn't get them because Russian security services were after him. The threat of deportation of Emilkhan Sadayev to Russia means only that he faces death as a result of severe tortures, as happened with other Chechens deported to Russia from some European countries. And it happened to his brothers who were killed by the Russians to revenge his participation in military operations against the invaders. The current actions of the Swedish authorities raise a number of questions. After entering Sweden, Emilkhan Sadayev admitted that he used documents of another person. And, for more than 2 years, it did not bother the Swedish authorities. What has changed now? There are persistent rumors among Chechen refugees in Sweden about a deal between Sweden and Russia, and that Stockholm is willing to extradite the Chechen refugee to Moscow in exchange for some agreement. Today, it is obvious that if Sweden extradites Sadayev to Russia, he will be sooner or later killed there, and Stockholm will be the directly responsible for the murder. Department of Monitoring Kavkaz Center

BBC criticized over KGB-friendly Putin documentary

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:43:13 GMT

A BBC documentary on the difficult relationship between Vladimir Putin's Russia and the West has been accused of "bias" by Russian exiles in Britain. Putin, Russia and the West, the four-part series on BBC Two which concludes next week, has been described by Russian dissidents as having a pro-Putin bias, and demonstrating a "lack of understanding of Russia's recent history". In a damning review of the first episode of Putin, Russia and the West, the renowned Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky expressed concern that the documentary had appeared "unequivocally pro-Putin". Bukovsky, who spent 12 years incarcerated in Soviet prisons but has lived in Britain since 1976, alleged that the narrative was "nothing less than a party political broadcast for Putin and his United Russia party". Writing in a blog for Moscow radio station Echo Moskvy, he said: "The documentary makes no attempt to illuminate events critically. It turns out to be an utter apology for Putin and his regime. "Putin appears as a solid public figure, who keeps all his promises (to his Western partners and to Russia's electorate) ...If Putin had asked his propagandists to come up with a film they couldn't have done better." Bukovsky questioned why money from the BBC license fee was spent on the film, and called for a parliamentary inquiry into the series. Putin, Russia and the West includes interviews with many high-profile people, including Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Gerhard Schroder and Putin's defense secretary, Sergei Ivanov. But Putin himself refused to appear. Masha Karp, a former editor at the BBC's own Russian service, noted "glaring gaps" in the depiction of Putin's story, including a lack of focus on his savage approach to Chechnya. She also criticized the series for failing to feature people from Russia's opposition. Karp, who left BBC Russian five years ago, said that the documentary was as though the BBC had made "Gaddafi, Libya and the West", but only interviewed the Colonel's most loyal associates. Department of Monitoring Kavkaz Center

America and France move troops to borders of Iran

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:28:18 GMT

America and its allies began to move troops to the Gulf region, according to Western and Zionist news agencies. The troops are sent to the Omani island of Masire, south of the Strait of Hormuz, where is an American air force base is located. � In addition, hundreds of bunker busters which are capable, according to Americans, to destroy fortified underground bunkers, have been brought to the US base on the British island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. As we have previously reported, the board of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has developed an action plan with the use of warships in case of blocking the Strait of Hormuz by Iran. � In addition, it was reported that France is going to send a nuclear aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle to the Gulf region. Thus, it is expected that at least four American and French aircraft carrier battle groups will be concentrated l in the Persian Gulf in March and April. Currently, only American aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln in is stationed in the Gulf. It is accompanied by a missile cruiser and two American navy destroyers and one ship from British and French navy each. � To the east of the Strait of Hormuz - in northern Arabian Sea on southeast coast of Iran - American aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln carrier battle group is stationed. It is headed by American navy nuclear aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. � In March, one more aircraft carrier battle group headed by nuclear aircraft carrier Enterprise will be sent to the Persian Gulf. Its arrival in the region is expected approximately in April. The group, now based in Norfolk, Va., will include a missile cruiser and three missile destroyers. Department of Monitoring Kavkaz Center

Russian count sent Swedish diplomat to death

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:25:39 GMT

Russian princes and counts are the same snitches and informers like Russian plebeians. According to the ��, Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who was arrested by Russian invaders in 1945 in Budapest and since then disappeared, had been betrayed to bloody Russian secret police by a Russian count named Mikhail Tolstoy-Kutuzov, who snitched on the diplomat. � This was told to the American news agency AP by a 78-year-old Russian Anatoly Prokopenko, who during last years of the Soviet Union headed the Special Archive containing documents from 20 European countries. In 1991, he saw a thick file of a typical Russian patriot, rascal informer count Mikhail Tolstoy-Kutuzov, in which the name Wallenberg was repeated several times. "That file is extremely interesting, because it could allow us to determine the reasons behind his arrest", Prokopenko told the AP. � He indicated that he had only a few minutes to look through its several hundred pages. He said that he advised Wallenberg's cousin, Guy von Dardel, who spent many years searching for clues to the fate of Raoul Wallenberg, to ask the FSB to allow him to see the file of the informer Tolstoy. FSB brazenly lied to Dardel that they had never had such a file. It is to be recalled that the KGB thugs lie always and everywhere, and any word from any KGB thug, including Putin, is a deliberate lie. The censored Russian media did not report a single word about new information on Wallenberg's fate from the AP. Count Mikhail Tolstoy-Kutuzov was the chairman of a so-called Russian Club in Budapest,. He was actively involved in public life and knew the Swedish ambassador Carl Danielsson. According to Russian sources during the perestroika period of openness, the informer count Tolstoy was recruited for "mother Russia's service" back in the 1920s. It is to be recalled that Russian aristocracy consists of human cattle serfs of Russian tsars. Department of Monitoring Kavkaz Center

Obama very pleased with Georgia's activity in war against Afghanistan

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:10:48 GMT

President Obama declared that the US and Georgia are looking into possibility of signing a free trade agreement in order to enhance trade relations, news agencies report. During the meeting with president Saakashvili which took place in the White House, Obama declared that both countries agreed to start a dialog which will touch upon different action possibilities, including signing of a free trade agreement. "The key point though is we think it's a win-win for the United States and for Georgia as we continue to find opportunities for businesses to invest in Georgia, for us to be able to sell Georgia our goods and services, and Georgia to be able to sell theirs as well", declared Obama. "I'm not for the first time in the Oval cabinet, but this meeting was extremely fruitful", declared Mikhail Saakashvili to the Georgian journalists, highlighting the results of the meeting with the American president in the White House. "Georgia has made strides in creating a effective free market system", said the US president. "We wish a high level dialogue, we want to to strengthen trade relations between our two countries, including the possibility of a free-trade agreement", he added. Barack Obama also stressed that his country appreciates the reforms undertaken in Georgia, which are directed to democratization and respect of the supremity of law. "We also expect that Georgia will conduct free and fair elections", he said. Obama thanked Georgia for its participation in the war against Afghanistan, calling it a "substantial contribution". He promised that the US will continue to support Georgia on its way to adhering to NATO. "We appreciate the model of democracy and transparency that have been set by Georgia in the region", declared the US president. He called Georgia a "responsible player on the international arena", news agencies report. Mikhail Saakashvili, in his turn, thanked the US for its support of Georgia. "It is very important for the future of our country and the future of the whole region", Georgian president declared. During the meeting with Saakashvili, Obama also declared that America is supporting the aspiration of Georgia for the integration in NATO. According to the experts, it could become a warning sign for Russia, in whose "reset" the Washington became disilussioned, and to prepare for the unfriendly rethorics in connection with the expected return of Putin to Kremlin. The meetiing is also seen under the light of the conflict escalation between the West and Iran, which threatens to transform into a new war. In this connection, some experts consider that Georgia, who aspires to make a doublecatch - to secure itself from the "Russian threat" and prove its loyalty to the US - will offer its territory to the Americans for attacks on Iran. Regarding this, the Russian press quotes a Georgian expert Georgi Nodia, who considers that the first invitation of Saakashvili to the Oval cabinet is related to the "situation in the region and to the strengthening of collaboration between the US and Georgia in the area of security, including in the light of developments around Iran". However, most analists are inclined to think that Georgia under no circumstances will get involved in the war against Iran. The most important thing for Tbilisi is to secure itself from Russia. The commentators point out that Russia has disillusioned USA by its collaboration with Tehran and is defending it against new sanctions of UN Security Council, according to many political observers and experts. This, and also Moscow politics regarding Syria, as well as toughening up of missile defense rethorics - all this indicates that the "reset" politics did not bring success, as was particularly mentioned by Nika Chitadze in the interview with BBC. The meeting with Georgia President is used by the White House to underline that the geopolitical interests of USA in the South Caucasus will remain the same. "I think that Obama's administration understood that Russia is one of the main geopolitical competitors of the US, and correspondingly, one of the priorities is establishing tighter collaboration with the post-Soviet states that border Russia", opines the expert. � An American poitical expert and collaborator of Hudson Institute, David Satter, says that it can not be ruled out that Obama's decision to meet Saakashvili was influenced by the situation in Russia itself. "If a crisis situation has already ripened inside Russia, then there would be a temptation to go for an external aggression or, at least, to create an image of the enemy represented by the US, he said to a British teleradiocorporation. - That is why, considering the fact that the situation could become trickier, perhaps, it makes sence for Obama to meet Saakashvili". Department of Monitoring Kavkaz Center

All those contacted with Western agent Litvinenko were put on MI5 and MI6 watch list

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:01:37 GMT

According to the Daily Mail, Dr Andrew Reid, the St Pancras judge coroner, ordered the British spy services MI-5 and MI-6 to declassify all the documents, which may point to alleged connection with these special services with dissident Litvinenko who was killed in London by Putin n 2006. Reid is conducting the inquest into allegations that Litvinenko was killed by Russian special services when he worked for British intelligence and counterintelligence. � The judge coroner's decision says about the need to respect the provision of security over evidence was requested by the court. The judge also noted that the investigation into this matter should be public and held to a higher judicial level. "Any investigation conducted at a lower level, - he added - does not cause a public trust at national or international level", said Reid. In his view, the investigation of this case should be transferred to the court, and the documents, provided by British intelligence, should be considered by the court in camera to ensure secrecy. � KGB defector Litvinenko worked both for MI-5, and the MI-6 after defection and received tens of thousands of pounds. His widow, Marina, who according to many experts in physiognomy looks like Putin, initially denied that he had been a British spy, but then confirmed it. She claims that so her husband helped fighting Russian criminals in Europe. Reid expressed concern that a list of persons who corresponded with Litvinenko via e-mail or call him on the phone could be disclosed. All correspondence of the British spy Litvinenko inside and outside Britain was censored by his bosses, and his phone talks were eavesdropped by British secret services. That could lead to an international scandal. Therefore, the hearing will be conducted under "compliance with the measures of secrecy". Daily NMail did not say if the spy Litvinenko knew that he was spied upon by his British bosses, but we think that he knew that. And his potential contactees for purely journalistic matters suspected that and preferred not to deal with Litvinenko directly, although he willingly gave his contact requisites. Department of Monitoring Kavkaz Center

Become disillusioned with Russia, U.S. getts more friendly with Georgia

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:56:31 GMT

The President of US, Barack Obama is meeting in the White House with Mikhail Saakashvili. They have both met for many times already, but the latest meeting will become the first one to take place in the Oval cabinet. In anticipation of this year autumn parliamentary elections in Georgia and presidential elections in 2013, and also before the May summit in Chicago, this meeting is considered a political event of the utmost importance. According to the experts, it could become a warning sign for Russia, in whose "reset" the Washington became disilussioned, and to prepare for the unfriendly rethorics in connection with the expected return of Putin to Kremlin. The meeting is also seen under the light of the conflict escalation between the West and Iran, which threatens to transform into a new war. In this connection, some experts consider that Georgia, who aspires to make a doublecatch - to secure itself from the "Russian threat" and prove its loyalty to the US - will offer its territory to the Americans for attacks on Iran. Regarding this, the Russian press quotes a Georgian expert Georgi Nodia, who considers that the first invitation of Saakashvili to the Oval cabinet is related to the "situation in the region and to the strengthening of collaboration between the US and Georgia in the area of security, including in the light of developments around Iran". However, most analists are inclined to think that Georgia under no circumstances will get involved in the war against Iran. The most important thing for Tbilisi is to secure itself from Russia. The commentators point out that Russia has disillusioned US by its collaboration with Tehran and is defending it against new sanctions of UN Security Council, according to many political observers and experts. This, and also Moscow politics regarding Syria, as well as toughening up of missile defense rethorics - all this indicates that the "reset" politics did not bring success, as was particularly mentioned by Nika Chitadze in the interview with BBC. The meeting with Georgia President is used by the White House to underline that the geopolitical interests of US in the South Caucasus will remain the same. "I think that Obama's administration understood that Russia is one of the main geopolitical competitors of the US, and correspondingly, one of the priorities is establishing tighter collaboration with the post-Soviet states that border Russia", opines the expert. � An American poitical expert and collaborator of Hudson Institute, David Satter, says that it can not be ruled out that Obama's decision to meet Saakashvili was influenced by the situation in Russia itself. "If a crisis situation has already ripened inside Russia, then there would be a temptation to go for an external aggression or, at least, to create an image of the enemy represented by the US, �he said to a British teleradiocorporation. - That is why, considering the fact that the situation could become trickier, perhaps, it makes sence for Obama to meet Saakashvili". Department of Monitoring Kavkaz Center

Experts predict Islamization of entire Eurasian continent

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:54:45 GMT

Irish actor Liam Neeson says he is thinking about becoming a Muslim after undergoing a spiritual awakening in Turkey, writes Stonegate Institute. Neeson, who was born into a Roman Catholic family in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, told the London-based newspaper The Sun that he was impressed by the religious atmosphere in Istanbul while filming a movie in the city. He said: "The [Islamic] call to prayer happens five times a day, and for the first week, it drives you crazy, and then it just gets into your spirit, and it's the most beautiful, beautiful thing. There are 4,000 mosques in the city. Some are just stunning, and it really makes me think about becoming a Muslim". Neeson is just one of hundreds of thousands of Europeans who are trading their Christian heritage for the supposed exoticism of Islam. The surge in conversions is contributing to the mainstreaming of Islam in Europe and contributing to the Islamization of the continent, writes Stonegate Institute. In Britain, the number of Muslim converts recently passed the 100,000 mark, according to a survey conducted by an inter-faith group called Faith Matters. The survey revealed that nearly two thirds of the converts were women, more than 70% were white and the average age at conversion was just 27. The survey, conducted by Kevin Brice from Swansea University in Wales, asked converts for their views on the negative aspects of British culture. They identified alcohol and drunkenness, a "lack of morality and sexual permissiveness" and "unrestrained consumerism". More than one in four acknowledged there was a "natural conflict" between being a devout Muslim and living in Britain. Nine out of ten women converts said their change of religion had led to them dressing more conservatively. More than half started wearing a head scarf and 5% had worn the burka. One of the more prominent Britons to convert to Islam is Lauren Booth, sister-in-law of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Booth now wears a hijab head covering whenever she leaves her home and prays five times a day. In France, an estimated 70,000 French citizens have converted to Islam in recent years, according to a report by France 3 public television. As in Britain, the majority of converts to Islam in France are young women who say they are disenchanted with materialism. Conversions to Islam are also rife in Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Holland, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway (and here and here), Poland, Portugal and Spain, states Stonegate Institute. In Italy, Ambassador Alfredo Maiolese, an Italian MP, recently became a Muslim and now dedicates his time trying to improving the image of Islam in the West. In Sweden, there are now at least 5,000 converts to Islam. In Germany, at least 20,000 people have converted to Islam in recent years, according to a report by RTL television. Some of these converts are playing a growing role in jihad in Germany. "This trend has taken on a very threatening quality toward our security, and while not every convert is a potential terrorist, we are facing a sort of homegrown terrorism that has sprouted in our own backyard", according to Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble. Many European coverts to Islam on fact become vastly more pious than Muslims who were born into Islam, notes Stonegate Institute. And many of them become "radical". In Belgium, for example, Muriel Degauque, a woman from Charleroi and a convert to Islam, committed a martyr car bomb attack in November 2005 against American aggressors in Iraq. A bakery worker, Degaugue had married a Muslim man and left for Jihad. In Switzerland, young converts to Islam are a potential threat to the country's security, according to Alard du Bois-Reymond, who was head of the Swiss Migration Office. Du Bois-Reymond told the German-language newspaper NZZ am Sonntag that Swiss converts include people who want a "radically different society" and are "resistant to dialogue". Also in Switzerland, Daniel Streich, a famous Islamophobe of Switzerland, former member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP), which campaigned against the construction of minarets for mosques, converted to Islam. He now says Switzerland needs more mosques. Department of Monitoring Kavkaz Center

WHITE REVOLUTION. China sides with White Revolution in Russia

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:27:36 GMT

China Daily distributed an article by its New York correspondent Esther Dyson, which clearly indicates that China supports the White Revolution in Russia. China Daily is often used to inform about the official policy of Communist China, writes the English Wikipedia. Prior to that, the Chinese media followed the policy of neutrality favorable for Putin and reported about the White Revolution based on Putin's media. In an article in the spirit of American press, China Daily says in particular: "But the point is not just organizing a "miting." Protests have been organized before - in 1917, for example. The exciting difference is in people's minds, not just in their tools. The people want Putin gone, not punished (mostly); they realize that it is the system that produced Putin, who then reinforced the system. They want to reverse that cycle (this is impossible, since Russia exists - KC), putting an end to corruption, official impunity, and being treated like cattle. Unfortunately, however, there is no obvious alternative to Putin. In the most benign scenario, Putin himself would evolve. After all, Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet president, managed to change the system that produced him (though perhaps he did not change it enough). If Putin and his team were to start changing the system - genuinely fighting corruption, and perhaps releasing Khodorkovsky - the response would be positive. But that may be as much of a dream as Stakhanov's legendary feats". Department of Monitoring Kavkaz Center

WHITE REVOLUTION. FSB orders its agents in U.S. to actively denigrate Russian opposition leader

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:48:43 GMT

According to The American Thinker, after that the KGB man Putin accused the United States on December 8 that it ordered US, secret agents in Russia to initiate operations against Russia", the KGB ordered its own agents to proceed with "active operations" (disinformation) in America against the leaders of the White Revolution in Russia. They have begun focusing their attention on prominent Russian blogger and attorney Alexey Navalny, whom they accuse of being the prime orchestrator of the over 50,000-strong Russian street protests against fraudulent election returns. The main executor of the orders of Moscow in the US is Alex Jones and his website Prison Planet. The website has published a large number of articles against Mr. Navalny, accusing him of working for National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and Democratic Alternate (DA!). According to Alex Jones, the NED is run by neo-conservative, "corporate fascists" who carry out US-controlled Arab Spring revolutions. Behind it all are "NWO masters", who, among other things, also "were used by the CIA to create al-Qaeda to carry out false-flag attacks against the United States". The American Thinker notes that NED gives grants in 52 countries, and that the average grant is only $ 20,000. In comparison, the exposed Russian spies in the United States, Vicky Pelaez and her Russian husband, received more than $ 80,000 dollars and the Moscow Center paid all their expenses. Vicky Pelaez worked in the US in the same business as Alex Jones: investigative reporting, trafficked in extreme pro-communist propaganda, often accusing the United States of pursuing an imperialist policy across the world, noted the website. Now Pelaez works for Moscow News, supports Putin and accuses the United States of manipulating the Russian public. American magazine notes: "The difference between alleged and actual "active measures" and provocateurs is profound, especially in Russia, where disinformation was brought to the level of an art form under the KGB and Communist party. The Soviet System, despite its alleged demise, is still alive and well in Russia, where journalists and dissidents conveniently commit suicide from time to time and old lies are exchanged for new ones as the body of the country falls farther into mediocrity and decay. Russia Today, the Kremlin-controlled news organization, often features Alex Jones and other such malcontents in its daily programming. If we were to use Prison Planet standards, this by itself would be sufficient evidence of Russian infiltration of their organization". Department of Monitoring Kavkaz Center

Mitt Romney: Putin is tyrant and threat to global peace

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:46:24 GMT

Mitt Romney, a possible rival of Barack Obama in the upcoming US presidential elections, called Putin a "tyrant" and "a threat to global peace". A video from a fragment of the interview, which was taken directly in the trailer of Romney during the primaries in New Hampshire in early January, has been published on the website of� Daily Telegraph. � Romney said that the tyrants of the world "take advantage of the weakness of Obama's policy to use it in their interests". In a single series of "tyrants", he referred to Putin, Fidel Castro and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Separately, Romney called Putin "the real threat to stability and peace in the world", stressing that in anticipation of his probable return to Russia's presidency, he resumed his most violent rhetoric. It is to be recalled that Romney speaks roughly about Putin and his regime not for the first time, calling the Russian leader a KGB threat for peace. As reported by Reuters, a month ago, speaking in Littleton, New Hampshire, Romney said that Putin had "returned to some of the more heated rhetoric of the past" and added, "I think he endangers stability and peace on the globe". It is to be recalled that former US president George W. Bush supported the candidacy of Mitt Romney for the highest office in America. "I think Romney is the best choice", Bush said. The ex-president said he had known Romney for many years and also knew his father, George Romney, a former Republican governor of Michigan. George W. Bush said that Mitt Romney is a "mature and reasonable - not a bomb-thrower". � American experts and political analysts believe that the Republican elite could unite behind Mitt Romney and secure his nomination for the presidency without much fuss. US presidential elections will be held on 6 November 2012. The current president Obama also intends to participate in the event. Department of Monitoring Kavkaz Center

Russian KGB thug Putin also happy with the second part of controversial BBC2 series about him

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:51:02 GMT

According to Russian media, Putin's speaker Peskov said that the second part of a four-series BBC2 film "Putin, Russia and the West" confirms that the "Orange Revolution in Ukraine was inspired by the West". According to KGB news agency Interfax, Peskov said: "If you watch the BBC documentary, it is clear now how Western countries staged the Orange Revolution in Kiev." Earlier, Putin's gang was also very happy also with the first parts of the controversial television series, as its confirmed, just before Putin's self-election for the 3rd presidency term, that the "spy rock" in Moscow was not an invention of the KGB, as all Russian democrats previously said, but the reality of the British intelligence in Moscow. By the way, the first "spy rock" in history was used by the KGB in the US in 1960s. Former Soviet dissident Bukovsky who now lives in London demanded a parliamentary investigation into the activities of the BBC, which is believed to be infiltrated by the KGB agents of influence. According to Bukvoskiy, high-ranking Russian secret police bosses gave interviews to the BBC- They never do it without special permission from the Kremlin- Mr. Bukovsky suggests that there might be a secret agreement between the KGB and the BBC to produce the anti-Western series. After German Chancellor Schroeder was found to be a paid Russian agent, such exposures are of little surprise. The leftist radio and television corporation BBC was accused of working for Russian interests as early as 1980s. This says in plain language in one of the songs by the head of the music group Rock against Communism (1970 - 1980s) Ian Stuart Donaldson also known under the nickname of Skrewdriver. Clumsy leftist propaganda by the BBC News is clearly visible to the naked eye in the West, even if compare with what is reported on the same subject by Reuters. Department of Monitoring Kavkaz Center