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Thursday, 25 October 2012

25 October 2012. Sergei Yolkin’s World. The Minister Got Bleeped… Not Infrequently

The Minister Got Bleeped… Not Infrequently

Sergei Yolkin

2012

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Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov admitted during the comedy show Вечерний Ургант (Veherny Urgant: Evening Charter) that he often used “unprintable” expressions in the presence of people who don’t understand Russian.

25 October 2012

Sergei Yolkin

RIA-Novosti

http://www.ria.ru/caricature/20121025/906665153.html

Saturday, 20 October 2012

MID Slams American Human Rights Record

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On Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MID) denounced the human rights record of the USA, citing such problems as the maltreatment of children, breach of privacy, police brutality, secret jails and freedom of expression. The MID presented its report to the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia (Russian parliament), the RF Gosduma, which will hold hearings on human rights questions this coming Monday. In a sneak preview for RIA-Novosti, a Gosduma source privy to the document quoted it as saying that hundreds of thousands of children in the USA are mistreated, which resulted in 1,600 deaths in 2010 alone. It made special mention of maltreatment of children adopted from Russia.

Citing American NGOs, the MID noted, “About one police officer in 100 has been involved in criminal abuse, including sexual harassment, indecent behaviour, or rape”. On prisons, it observed, “The USA remains the country with the largest prison population in the world… 2.2 million”. Another concern was secret CIA prisons, in particular, in Poland, Afghanistan, Iraq, Thailand, Morocco, Romania, and Lithuania. The report also criticised American legislation permitting the special services {intelligence and police investigatory agencies: editor} to monitor all private electronic correspondence without a court order. In 2011, they filed more than 1.3 million requests for information on mobile users. The MID pointed up, “Between 2004 and 2007, the number of electronic messages monitored by the American special services rose by 3,000 percent”.

19 October 2012

RIA-Novosti

http://en.ria.ru/russia/20121019/176758620.html

Editor’s Note:

If you vote for Willard Romney, you vote for someone whose advisors want to bring back the practise of torture at secret sites abroad, without ANY legal oversight. That is, they’re worse than Stalin was… the Stalinists always convened a “troika“, at the least. The American rightwing is so evil that they believe that they’re above all law, human and divine. Here’s what makes it even worse… most of those endorsing torture or carrying it out are “Evangelicals” and “Mormons“… people who are supposedly religious. Such sects aren’t religions in the strict sense, they’re only the religious expression of  the lowest forms of American Exceptionalism.

THIS is why our Church can have nothing to do with Evangelicals or Mormons… they’re enablers of the most vicious and nasty cabal in the world. If you vote for Willard Romney, you vote for a torturer to kick someone in the face, full-force. When that happens, all those who voted for such evil shall have it on their souls. I, for one, shall not. Ponder that well before 6 November…

BMD

Wednesday, 26 September 2012

Russia Says “NO” to USAID Meddling in Russian Internal Affairs

US Embassy official Kyle Hatcher with schismatic scummer Valentin Rusantsov (1939-2012) in GWB’s time… how much green did Kyle leave in Valentin Rusantsov’s palm? Now, that’s something worth investigating… Orthodox people, take note… THIS is what the Republican Party smiles at…

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The government of the Russian Federation was forced to take measures against American interests to protect its sovereignty; after allowing USAID to operate freely in the Russian Federation for 20 years, it informed the organisation that, as of 1 October, it’s no longer welcome. USAID proved that its stated objectives aren’t in keeping with its real activities in the country, activities that served to undermine Russia and advance American interests. As of 1 October 2012, USAID (United States Agency for International Development) must cease all of its operations in the Russian Federation by order of the Russian government, ending decades of deep and far-reaching involvement on the post-Soviet space. The Russian government determined that USAID attempting to, amongst other things, influence the internal politics of the Russian Federation; this is true, clear, and obvious, and mustn’t continue. However, that’s only the very tip of an enormous iceberg of American involvement and meddling, which goes to the very foundations of Russian society.

USAID, which has been a known CIA front for years, would like to paint a picture of itself as an innocent “humanitarian” group trying to advance the societal interests of the countries where it operates. Instead, for all intents and purposes, it attempts to buy influence. This might have been believable in the innocent days of the 90’s, when much of the world still believed that the USA was interested in advancing the betterment of all mankind, but things have changed. The world has grown up, and it’s seen that the USA is bent on a path of world domination, and it’s willing to do everything and anything to advance its selfish imperialistic interests. If we take off the rose-colored-glasses and look at USAID for what it really is and accept the self-admitted pretext that American financial aid is tied to the advancement of American interests, then, USAID becomes another animal entirely, a world apart from the image it attempts to portray as a guardian of humanity and democracy. For what it truly and really is, when you take away the propaganda and the spin, is a US tool to undermine, coerce, usurp and force countries to bend to the American will.

The tentacles of USAID are vast and far-reaching, are everywhere, and encompass everything from day-care centres to the largest private banking institutions. No part of Russian society has been immune from its penetration; there isn’t an area that hasn’t been “touched” in some way by USAID’s 2.6 billion dollar (81.6 billion Roubles. 2 billion Euros. 1.6 billion UK Pounds) hand. That’s right folks, 2,600,000,000.00 USD; let’s respect that number by printing out all the zeros. 2.6 billion USD… that’s a very healthy investment. It was an investment, for the American Government wouldn’t spend that kind of money if there were no strings attached. They hoped to use those “strings” to manipulate Russia and countries worldwide, to make them pliable, and to make them amenable to American interests. In the recent past, at last, the USA officially stated and admitted that American financial assistance and aid is tied to advancing American interests.

Back in the 1990s, when the American government was more transparent and it was possible to gain information about the inner workings of the government, it was common knowledge that USAID was under the CIA in the budgetary hierarchy. The CIA was under the DCI, the Director of Central Intelligence, as was the US State Department. Is an organisation that advances American interests and funded by the American intelligence apparat, which strives to gain access to critical infrastructure and the most vulnerable segments of civil society under the pretext of “advancing and assisting” the societies of the target countries, something that the world’s states really want operating on their territories? Russia’s expulsion of USAID should be a wake-up call for all countries that allowed it to sink its hooks into their countries. Slowly, Russia’s waking up; it realises that an enemy, not a friend, wants to surround us with missiles, to dictate to us whom our enemies should be, whom our friends should be, and whom our rulers should be. The USA is an enemy that supports those who divide society, blaspheme our religion, and undermine our government and our elected leaders.

Since 1992, USAID has funded NGOs such as the Moscow Helsinki Group, which was used as a cover for MI-6, which refused to register its source of income and as a “foreign agent” with the Russian government, Transparency International’s Russian branch, an NGO which has consistently denigrated and demonised Russia, the Golos NGO which has directly meddled in Russian elections and attempted to sow doubt as to the legitimacy of power in the Russian Federation as well as other groups and NGOs which have done little to actually strengthen and improve Russian society but which have allowed thousands of Western “operatives” to operate unhindered and advance their own agendas. USAID has a long history of funding groups all over the world that have brought about “colour revolutions” (the current American Ambassador to Russia’s specialty), bringing about régime change and the fall of governments all over the world. Their meddling in Latin America is clear and widespread, and examples of such are easy to find by anyone with an internet connection.

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs not only told USAID to end its operations by 1 October, but to recall more than a dozen American diplomats working in Russia for USAID. Statements by American officials are unapologetic, they don’t deny the accusations, and are almost a direct admission to meddling, which they, for the most part, say would continue. Senior American officials issued statements such as this one from a senior American official in Moscow, “Washington will look for new ways to achieve their ends” and US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland’s statement, “Our diplomats look forward to continuing… cooperation with Russian non-governmental organizations”. As if to underline their wish to undermine the legitimacy of the government of Russia, and in a shameful parting shot, USAID issued an ignominious statement saying they’d funded some “unspecified” activities of the United Russia party, prompting the head of the United Russia faction in the RF Gosduma, Andrei Vorobyov, to say, “This is crafty/sly information. No funds from this organisation have been received, and no agreements were signed with it”.

Countries worldwide… beware and take heed, you may have allowed a Trojan horse into your country, and they may be next door, waiting for the right moment to attack.

25 September 2012

John Robles

Voice of Russia World Service

http://english.ruvr.ru/2012_09_25/Russia-s-says-no-to-USAID-s-meddling/

Editor’s Note:

American meddling in the Russian religious scene is well-documented. US Embassy officials meet with schismatic “Orthodox” such as the late Valentin Rusantsov, and they confab with Uniate impostors… do they fund them? There’s no open proof of that, but since these named groups don’t have much of a following in Russia, it’s clear that the State Department/Langley front them the money that they need to operate. Portal-credo.ru is a “fellow traveller”… this website pumps up Uniates and schismatics as being equivalent to Real Orthodox (most Russians believe it to be a CIA front like the BBG (where Potapov work/ed)). Note well that Lyonyo has links to this questionable website through one Svetlana Vais, who’s labelled as a parishioner of the OCA Chancery chapel in Syosset.

There are deep ties to Langley in both the OCA and ROCOR First Families, through connections in the Rodzianko clan. ADS got a gig on Radio Liberty via Basil Rodzianko… and Victor Potapov married into the Rodzianko clan, which facilitated his hiring by Langley through its BBG front. Alexander Lebedeff admitted that Jordanville took Langley’s shilling… “We were grateful for it”, he posted on the Indiana List. Jordanville, for its part, fibbed about its ties to a fictive “catacomb church”, so, one wonders who used whom (probably, both… in ways that the other didn’t suspect). ADS was persona non grata in Moscow due to his Langley ties, the story on the Schememann hagiography website that he refused to go to Russia is pure moonshine and bullshit. As a Russian friend of mine said, “Do you invite a rattlesnake into your house?” Lyonyo also has ties to Rodzianko’s cabal (which got him into the CFR), as did Tikhon Fitrzgerald (who had a gig at the World Bank at one time). One wonders if the feud between Lyonyo and Fitzgerald started then, as a competition for Rodzianko’s clout.

Some of my Russian sources insist that SVS took Langley’s gelt, too… I have no proof, though, but all my Russian friends are adamant… SVS took NO KGB money. That means that the rumours circulating at the time were only half true… that is, people believed that Langley was bankrolling Jordanville and that the KGB was funding SVS. Surprise, it may be that Langley was playing a complex game and supported both SVS and Jordanville, with Rodzianko and (later) Potapov as the fixers and middlemen (one wonders how much “stuck” to their fingers… perspirin’ minds wanna know).

Note well that all of this hanky-panky went on during the Church War… that is, when there was supposedly this big brouhaha between the OCA and the ROCOR, they were confabbing openly at Potapov’s parish in the District, and they all worked together for Langley. That is, the First Families had their own fish to fry, and to hell with the institutions and the believers. It’s still going on today… but is the party going to end? I haven’t the foggiest notion, but the London Conference and Parma Sobor haven’t happened yet. After both, we’ll all have a better idea.

There just might be a tectonic shift…

BMD 

Wednesday, 22 August 2012

Syrian Conflict: Russia Stands Firmly Against Foreign Intervention

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Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned the West not to take unilateral action in Syria. His comments came after US President Barak Obama warned of what he termed “enormous consequences” if the Syrian government used chemical or biological weapons. Mr Lavrov met senior Syrian officials in Moscow, where he called for national reconciliation and an end to the fighting in the Middle Eastern country.

A stoned-faced President Obama issued a stark warning to the Syrians, “We’ve been very clear to the Assad régime, but also to other players on the ground, that a red-line for us is that we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilised. That would change my calculus”. This was President Obama’s strongest language on this issue to date. It came after Syria said last month that it possessed chemical and biological weapons. Damascus also said that it’d use them if foreign countries intervene in the conflict that’s raged for 17 months now. That seems to have prompted President Obama’s comments and an implicit threat of military action.

David Roberts of the Royal United Services Institute, a defence think-tank, noted, “It’s not even clear what weapons of mass destruction Syria possesses. As with a lot of things when it comes to Syria, especially at the moment, I think we need to be quite clear about things that we’re certain about, and things that we’re not certain about. In terms of certainty, I don’t know of any enormously-reliable sources that say they have chemical weapons, or a certain amount of biological weapons, or whatever it may be. I think they most likely do, but the specific quantities, where they are, and what they are… I don’t think there’s any accurate public information about that”.

Russian officials sought to distance their country from any talks of Syrian stockpiles, stating categorically, “Chemical weapons weren’t supplied to Syria either by the Russian state or by the USSR”. On Tuesday, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met a Syrian government delegation headed by Jamil Qadri, Vice Premier for Economic Affairs. The two men said they discussed chances of achieving national reconciliation in Syria. Lavrov added to the pressure on the Syrian government saying, “Damascus is moving in the right direction, but it’s not moving fast enough towards national reconciliation”. So, why is the Russian government continuing to defend its ally? Despite constant Western pressure, the Syrian government’s showing unwillingness to make moves towards talks with the rebels.

Professor Maksim Bratersky of Moscow’s Higher School of Economics says, “There’s genuine fear in the Russian foreign policy establishment that the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad could lead to violence across the Middle East. Russians believe that régime change, especially with foreign intervention in Syria, would lead to further problems in the region, possibly to a large-scale conflict. More and more specialists here are writing pieces in the newspapers about a new wave of religious wars in the Middle East”. However, for the Professor, keeping Bashar al-Assad in power isn’t the main Russian foreign policy aim, he said, “Moscow’s more worried about the principle of foreign interference in other countries. There were some circulations that Russia’s pursuing something really important and long-term in Syria. I don’t see that. Russia doesn’t have particular economic interests. Yes, there’s a refuelling point for Russian naval ships in Tartus… that’s not a big deal. From the strategic point of view, Syria isn’t very significant to Russian long-term interests. So, I think, in this particular case, Russia is mostly concerned with general issues… how world politics is organised, and what’s allowed, what isn’t allowed, because Russia’s future status depends very much on how this particular conflict is resolved”.

However, the Russian hope that we can avoid substantial foreign interference look increasingly slim and Syrian weapons of mass destruction might well be the trigger. Even aside from the American threats, other nations say they may get involved if circumstances change. For example, Israel said that if Syrian-backed Hezbollah used the situation to take control of the weapons, it would act immediately and with maximum force.

22 August 2012

Hywel Davies

Voice of Russia World Service

http://english.ruvr.ru/2012_08_22/Syrian-conflict-Russia-stands-firmly-against-foreign-intervention/

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