Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (1952- )
Moscow, 31 August 2008 (RIA-Novosti):
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said, “The right is on our side” in regard to the current crisis with Georgia. Putin spoke on the Russian TV channel Vesti (News). “Whatever they might say there, the right is on our side”, Mr Putin said, in reference to Western criticism. Last Tuesday, Moscow recognised South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states despite warnings from Western leaders not to do so. The move came two weeks after Moscow announced the end of its operation “to compel Georgia to stand down”. The Russian military operation followed an attack by Georgian troops on South Ossetia on 8 August.
EU leaders are set to gather in Brussels for an emergency meeting on Georgia. The 27-nation organisation is expected to discuss future relations with Russia. A number of member states, including Britain and Poland, called for sanctions against Moscow, as well as the postponement of talks on a new partnership and cooperation agreement with Russia. “We are behaving in an absolutely moral way and within the framework of all existing international law”, Mr Putin said. “So, if any European country wishes to serve someone else’s foreign interests, go ahead, we cannot insist otherwise”, he said. Mr Putin earlier accused the White House of provoking the conflict in Georgia in order to give an advantage to “one of the US presidential candidates”. Washington denied the allegation.
RIA-Novosti
http://en.rian.ru/world/20080831/116421099.html (in English)
Editor’s Note:
Of course, Bush denied that one of the reasons for his support of the Georgian invasion and ethnic cleansing was to support John McCain. I would drop dead of shock if he did otherwise. He hasn’t told the straight truth for seven years… why should he start now?
Should I mention that John McCain has received thousands of dollars from the Georgians to act as a paid shill for them, as has some of his staff? Objective, isn’t he? The other side is the same, for Mr Biden is known as a violent and bigoted Russophobe. That is because some of his formative influences came from a Croatian priest who was a defender of the Croatian massacre of Orthodox, Jews, and Roma (Gypsies) in World War II. In short, Mr Biden has excused the Croatian concentration camp at Jasenovac where thousands of Orthodox, Jews, and Roma were murdered. Great choice, isn’t it? Do you wish Tweedledee… or Tweedledum?
Just the sort of people to put one’s trust in, aren’t they? Give me Vova and his straight talk any day of the week… by the way, you may keep your Kasparov, Bukovsky, Khodorkovsky, and Politovskaya. Taken together, they are less than worthless. They are nothing but (or were) apologists for western hedonistic nihilism, and I, for one, am not going to let such loud sorts attack our traditional Russian Orthodox culture. Russia has thrown back all invaders so far… I doubt that the neocons are going to succeed where others (much better than they) have failed.
