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    Post  GunshipDemocracy Wed Feb 10, 2016 11:27 pm

    Werewolf wrote:PVO party is pro russian with biggest and most known Nikolai Starikow.

    Starikov is very much OK but I am afraid his society "penetration" might be too low to be in parlament. BTW Fedorov has interesting views on economy an p olitics. More radical then Starikov but interesting.


    I wonder if thsy would support Dyumin in next elections?
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    Post  sepheronx Thu Feb 11, 2016 6:47 pm

    Ignoring Calls of West's Hired Agents, Ramzan Kadyrov Continues to Defend Russia

    Good read.
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    Post  higurashihougi Fri Feb 19, 2016 7:40 am

    https://www.rt.com/politics/332881-liberal-party-yabloko-rules-out/

    One of Russia’s oldest political parties, the liberal Yabloko, said it will not participate in the Open Elections project launched and sponsored by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, or any of the former oligarch’s other projects.

    “Yabloko and its members do not intend to accept - and are even less likely to request - financial, organizational or any other support from Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s structures during the approaching State Duma campaign,” read the letter released by Yabloko’s press service on Thursday.

    Yabloko emphasized that the party considered Khodorkovsky’s political views unacceptable, especially in the part the concerned the ‘oligarchic’ system of merger between big business and state power. However, the liberals also dismissed Khodorkovsky’s recent attempts to discuss revolution and a leftist turn in Russia as unacceptable.
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    Post  Project Canada Sat Feb 27, 2016 11:07 pm



    FSB should pay close attention to the organizers of this rally as they are obviously 5th column agents working for NATO Rolling Eyes
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    Post  AlfaT8 Sun Feb 28, 2016 3:18 am

    Project Canada wrote:

    FSB should pay close attention to the organizers of this rally as they are obviously 5th column agents working for NATO Rolling Eyes

    As i thought, this fool is actually getting presented as some actual "Martyr", the guy that went to the U.S to give an open presentation on how to bring down the Russian state is now being presented as a "Martyr", it looks like Russia also has a bunch of "Maidan" nutcases.

    Be ready to see them again in the next Russian elections, coz as soon as there guy losses, there gonna call the elections illegitimate and backed-up by the western media, they'll try bring down the "evil" Kremlin. Rolling Eyes

    I wish the FSB or whoever, good hunting. Neutral
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    Post  higurashihougi Fri Mar 04, 2016 1:04 pm

    Who say Russia doesn't have freedom of speech ? lol1 lol1 lol1

    https://www.rt.com/politics/334504-veteran-russian-liberal-vows-to/

    The founder of the old, but minor political party Yabloko, Grigory Yavlinsky, told reporters he expects the presidential elections to take place earlier than currently scheduled and that he hopes to win them, in spite of current popularity ratings.

    In a major interview released by the Interfax on Friday, Yavlinsky said the fact that Vladimir Putin’s electoral rating is now over 80 percent “plays no role,” and assured journalists that his own chances for victory are real.

    “I make this conclusion precisely because Vladimir Putin’s rating is exceptionally high today. From my point of view, the situation in economy looks so bad that, in a year, early elections could become a reality – Putin will want to have the elections ahead of term in order not to wait for the situation to deteriorate further … So far, he has never held elections in the situation of downward trends,” Yavlinsky said.

    lol1 lol1 lol1 lol1 lol1 lol1 lol1
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    Post  GunshipDemocracy Fri Mar 04, 2016 1:10 pm

    higurashihougi wrote:Who say Russia doesn't have freedom of speech ? lol1 lol1 lol1

    https://www.rt.com/politics/334504-veteran-russian-liberal-vows-to/

    The founder of the old, but minor political party Yabloko, Grigory Yavlinsky, told reporters he expects the presidential elections to take place earlier than currently scheduled and that he hopes to win them, in spite of current popularity ratings.

    In a major interview released by the Interfax on Friday, Yavlinsky said the fact that Vladimir Putin’s electoral rating is now over 80 percent “plays no role,” and assured journalists that his own chances for victory are real.

    “I make this conclusion precisely because Vladimir Putin’s rating is exceptionally high today. From my point of view, the situation in economy looks so bad that, in a year, early elections could become a reality – Putin will want to have the elections ahead of term in order not to wait for the situation to deteriorate further … So far, he has never held elections in the situation of downward trends,” Yavlinsky said.

    lol1 lol1 lol1 lol1 lol1 lol1 lol1

    This is not for Russians but western public. Also there are already prepared provocations thet elections were rigged. Bad economy is in Russia (3,7% fall) however industrial prod grows in U-crying is officially ~10% down 20-30% really and what ? economy is blooming!
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    Post  higurashihougi Thu Mar 10, 2016 7:00 am

    From the Communists and other "moderate oppositions"

    https://www.rt.com/politics/335015-communist-mps-demand-parliamentary-probe/

    The Communist Party has demanded an investigation into a recent incident in which police first tried to prevent and then later dissolved a public meeting between lawmakers and voters in Moscow, reportedly inflicting injuries to a lower house MP.

    The head of the Communist Party’s Moscow City Committee, Valery Rashkin MP, told Kommersant daily that 90 lower house lawmakers had signed the petition asking State Duma speaker Sergey Naryshkin to start a parliamentary enquiry into the incident, which took place in mid-December last year.

    Back then, several Communist Party deputies held a meeting with voters in central Moscow, which according to Rashkin was attended by about 1,000 people. The city police had allegedly attempted to disrupt the event before it had even started by blocking entry to the square where it was due to be held and telling the public the meeting had not been coordinated with the authorities. When people refused to leave, law enforcers started to push them away from the square, detaining several demonstrators and inflicting light injuries to lower house MP Aleksandr Potapov, who showed his ID and tried to persuade the police that the meeting between voters and lawmakers was legal and required no licensing.

    “In the light of forthcoming elections many State Duma MPs are interested in the probe into these events because they feel that their immunity status is now under threat,” Rashkin told reporters. “It is very important for our country that no one threatens the constitutional right of voters to meet the lawmakers,” he added.
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    Post  sepheronx Fri Mar 18, 2016 11:23 pm

    Khodorkovsky Plans to Return to Russia 'if Regime Falls Apart' Read more: http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160318/1036526213/khodorkovsky-russia-putin.html#ixzz43IPAQsnk

    Well, he clearly not doing all too well then since Putin's popularity is as strong as ever and Khodorkovsky is severely hated in Russia. Now he is a wanted man too. The parties that are opposition to United Russia are not fond of him either and are actually the ones who want to hang the guy. And United Russia party is Putin more or less. So whatever "he is doing" as he claims he is, it clearly is a joke. But that is the point, the guy is a joke. And I don't think any Russians want him to return, other than to face trial and a prison sentence.

    Dunno why Russian gov decided to pardon him.
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    Post  sepheronx Sat Mar 19, 2016 12:02 am

    New Russian party critical of economic policies, supports political course

    Never heard of this guy. Hope to hear more from him.

    Now this one is absolutely funny though:

    Veteran Russian liberal vows to beat Putin in 2018 presidential race

    This guy lives in fantasy land:

    Yavlinsky said the fact that Vladimir Putin’s electoral rating is now over 80 percent “plays no role,” and assured journalists that his own chances for victory are real.

    and

    The Yabloko (Apple) founder also rejected any possibility that the situation in the country would improve before 2018, saying that this could happen only if Russia “returned” the Crimean Republic to Ukraine and stopped supporting the self-proclaimed republics in Donbass.

    So he hopes to win by pissing off majority of the country? I think his ratings just dropped further Laughing
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    Post  GunshipDemocracy Sat Mar 19, 2016 12:22 am

    sepheronx wrote: Dunno why Russian gov decided to pardon him.

    maybe on purpose? ... known discredited traitors ar every good at dissipation of hamster-plankton movent, with 90% of support united 10%c(aka 15mln citizens)  can make at least meaningful demonstrations...




    higurashihougi wrote:From the Communists and other "moderate oppositions"

    The Communist Party has demanded an investigation into a recent incident in which police first tried to prevent and then later dissolved a public meeting between lawmakers and voters in Moscow, reportedly inflicting injuries to a lower house MP.

    []

    Back then, several Communist Party deputies held a meeting with voters in central Moscow, which according to Rashkin was attended by about 1,000 people. The city police had allegedly attempted to disrupt the event before it had even started by blocking entry to the square where it was due to be held and telling the public the meeting had not been coordinated with the authorities.

    the main question here is was it or not...
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    Post  GunshipDemocracy Sat Mar 19, 2016 12:31 am

    sepheronx wrote:New Russian party critical of economic policies, supports political course

    Never heard of this guy.   Hope to hear more from him.


    Titov? good news then, he is IMHO OK (SME business ombudsman) This move might be good way to start real pro-Russian opposition with different look at economy...



    sepheronx wrote:

    Yavlinsky said the fact that Vladimir Putin’s electoral rating is now over 80 percent “plays no role,” and assured journalists that his own chances for victory are real.

    and

    The Yabloko (Apple) founder also rejected any possibility that the situation in the country would improve before 2018, saying that this could happen only if Russia “returned” the Crimean Republic to Ukraine and stopped supporting the self-proclaimed republics in Donbass.

    So he hopes to win by pissing off majority of the country?  I think his ratings just dropped further Laughing


    His clear disregard for 90% of Russians is based on Euro-Atlantic principles, don´t matter what kind of scum you are important is if you do what US banksters demand....
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    Post  higurashihougi Sat Mar 19, 2016 12:06 pm

    http://vn.sputniknews.com/russia/20160316/1327350.html?utm_source=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F&utm_medium=short_url&utm_content=aRcT&utm_campaign=URL_shortening

    In short:

    64% Russian citizens support the idea of preserving the USSR. However much of them are senior citizens.
    20% oppose that idea.

    27% believe that Gorbachev is the main culprit for the death of USSR.
    17% believe the culprits were the whole goverment and politicians at that time.
    13% put the blame on Yeltsin et al.
    40% say "I dunno".
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    Post  Viktor Wed Mar 23, 2016 12:44 am

    Shifthing of the Russian politics can be clearly seen from its reflections on the military with the little support from the Russian Academy of Sciences Very Happy Very Happy

    Russian Academy of Sciences has made proposals to improve the Russian military strategy

    Shoigu: YUVO permanent units should be staffed with contract

    "Almaz-Antey", in Russia carried out test of new missile defense systems and aerospace defense
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    Post  higurashihougi Tue Apr 12, 2016 9:50 am

    @GunshipDemocracy: I looked your new signature and then at this article Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes

    http://sputniknews.com/art_living/20160410/1037794261/jeff-monson-communist-party-russia.html#ixzz45S6kZKqR

    Being a life-long believer in equality and the ideas of socialism, famous MMA fighter Jeff Monson said he wants to become a member of the Russian Communist Party, according to RT.

    "I'd like to sincerely thank Gennady Zuganov [the head of the Russian Communist Party] for his invitation to meet with him and talk about joining the Russian Communist Party [KPRF]. All my life I've been an ardent believer in communism and came to Russia, among other things, to join the Communist Party," Monson told RT in an interview.
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    Post  NationalRus Tue Apr 12, 2016 12:05 pm

    higurashihougi wrote:@GunshipDemocracy: I looked your new signature and then at this article Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes

    http://sputniknews.com/art_living/20160410/1037794261/jeff-monson-communist-party-russia.html#ixzz45S6kZKqR

    Being a life-long believer in equality and the ideas of socialism, famous MMA fighter Jeff Monson said he wants to become a member of the Russian Communist Party, according to RT.

    "I'd like to sincerely thank Gennady Zuganov [the head of the Russian Communist Party] for his invitation to meet with him and talk about joining the Russian Communist Party [KPRF]. All my life I've been an ardent believer in communism and came to Russia, among other things, to join the Communist Party," Monson told RT in an interview.

    Hahahaha

    he came to russia a orthodox christian conservative country in search of "communism" HAHAHAm at least when he is dissatisfied he only neads to take the train now till north korea lol1 choo choooooo!
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    Post  sepheronx Mon Apr 25, 2016 7:20 pm

    http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/story-how-two-russian-exiled-millionaires-planned-topple-putin/ri14062

    The two British nitwit who think they have popularity to overthrow Putin. But they now realise this and now mentions they need emigrants.... LOL

    A joke. At least Open Russia was banned.
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    Post  sepheronx Thu May 12, 2016 3:59 pm

    Western Attempts at Colour Revolution in Russia Collapse into Farce
    http://theduran.com/western-attempts-colour-revolution-russia-collapse-farce/

    A good read.
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    Post  sepheronx Sun May 22, 2016 6:15 am

    This is an older article but on south front, and well worth the read:
    Is Putin Preparing a Governmental Purge?
    An important post worth repeating – Is Putin Preparing a Governmental Purge?
    As he does once a year, last week President Putin spend over three and a half hours answering 80 questions out of the 3+ million questions which were received. The show, which was aired live on Channel One, Rossiya-1 and Rossiya-24 TV channels, and the Mayak, Vesti FM and Radio Rossii was an unprecedented success which was watched and commented upon by millions of Russians. You can read the full transcript of the show by clicking here, and the transcript of a conversation between Putin and the journalist corps following the show here.

    The main Russian TV channel, Rossia-1, also aired not one, but two special talk-shows (see here andhere) solely dedicated to a discussion of Putin’s performance. These talk-shows are the famous “Evening with Vladimir Soloviev” – by far the highest visibility talk-show on Russian TV. Just for the record, Rossia-1 is the crown-jewel of the powerful and state-controlled All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK) media holding. Between the call-in show with Putin (3 hours and 40 minutes), the first talk show (2 hours and 12 minutes) and the second talk show (1 hour 44 minutes) the Russian public was exposed to a stunning seven and a half hours of discussion. Some will call it “propaganda”, which can be viewed as negative or as positive, but which changes little. The main issue here is that this was a major, huge, public-communications effort. So what was the overall message which was conveyed by all this? Let me summarize it for you:

    First, Putin is the unchallenged and beloved leader of all the Russian people, he is an extremely effective manager, a defender of the simple Russian people everywhere and he is the last recourse for those who have been wronged by the authorities. Let me add here that all the opposition party heads fully agreed with this. Right now, nobody in Russia dares to criticize Putin personally, not because some KGB goons are going to come in the night and drag you away to a concentration camp, not at all, but simply because bad mouthing Putin is now tantamout to political suicide. Even some members of the non-system political opposition (aka 5th columnists) are realizing this now.

    Second, a lot of Russian people are hurting, badly. Not because of sanctions or the drop in the prices of gas and oil, but because of the corruption, incompetence and ideological blindness of the “economic block of the Russian government”. The economy is a mess due to corrupt governors, lazy government bureaucrats and outright sabotage by a quasi-universally hated “economic block of the government”. Sanctions (especially the denial of credits) and the fall in the price of oil do make things worse, but they are not the real problem or even a major part of the problem.

    Third, the individuals responsible for this mess are regularly mentioned by name. This hatred for the “economic block of the government” is never openly encouraged by Putin himself who, when directly asked, praises the work of the government’s ministers. Everybody else, however, including all the opposition figures and even the host Vladimir Soloviev, is now openly calling not only for resignations but even for jail terms for the guilty governors and even ministers. While Medvedev himself is rarely the personal target of such denunciations, Arkadii Dvorkovich (Deputy Prime Minister), Igor Shuvalov (First Deputy Prime Minister), Alexei Uliukaev (Minister of Economic Development) and Anton Siluanov (Minister of Finance) are now “openly hated” on Russian TV.

    For example, when a woman calls in to denounce the horrible condition on the main road of her city and Putin promises to take action, all the commentators agree that it is a crying shame and a disgrace that only the President is willing to listen to such concerns, while all those who are directly responsible for such matters are indifferent, are doing nothing or, even worse, corrupt to the bone. Another example: workers treated like slaves by a gang of thugs on an island of the Russian Far East have complained to the local police and prosecutors and were completely ignored. One call to the President, and the Russian Investigative Committee (roughly the equivalent of the US FBI) will now investigate not only the mobsters involved, but also the local police forces and regional prosecutor himself. As for Putin, he personally apologized to these workers in the name of the entire Russian government. By the way, it is well known in Russia that the local bureaucrats are absolutely terrified by these call-in shows with the President, as they never know who might call. What they do know is that the investigation and sanctions “from above” will be swift and merciless. As for the Russian general public – he absolutely love it.

    Still, there is a strong sense that as soon as the call-in show is over, all those who did not get caught this time are breathing a huge sigh of relief and are immediately returning to their (bad) old ways. The truth is that there is only that much that such an event can deal with and that it is, alas, very much in the Russian mentality to hope that “maybe” (авось) the next again “another guy will be caught but not me”. And thus very little changes in reality.

    I should add that some Ministers receive extremely high praise on Russian TV. These are Foreign Minister Lavrov, Defense Minister Shoigu, Lieutenant-General Vladimir Puchkov (Minister of Emergency Situations), Dmitri Rogozin (Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, in charge of defense industry, a ministerial-level rank) and a few others. Notice an interesting pattern here?

    All the the “Putin allies” (I call them “Eurasian Sovereignists”) are getting high marks. All the “Medvedev allies” (whom I call “Atlantic Integrationists”) are getting all the blame. Not only that, but the worse the economic situation becomes, the better Putin and “his” men look and the worse all the “westernizers” in power look. In fact, the latter now are openly blamed for it all.

    Trust me, seven and a half hours of Atlantic Integrationists bashing on Russian TV did not “just happen” by some coincidence. In Russian way would say that Putin is clearly “digging under” (which could be translated as “scheming against”) the 5th columnists in power.

    And now let’s look again at the nomination of Viktor Zolotov as the new Commander-in-Chief of the Russian National Guard. As I wrote in my initial commentary about this, I do not think that Putin needs any Praetorian Guard to protect himself, not with the Military and Special Services solidly behind him, not to mention some 85% plus popularity rating. However, I do think that the position is Commander in Chief is important enough to make the person holding it a member of the Russian Security Council. And, in fact, Putin did make Zolotov member of this body which gives the “Putin camp” a very powerful ally in a top position. True, Putin did remove another powerful ally from the Security Council, Boris Gryzlov, the Speaker of Russia’s State Duma and Chairman of the Supreme Council of the United Russia Party, but he did so to have him in charge of the “Ukrainian policy” of Russia (Gryzlov will now represent Russia at the Contact Group on the Ukraine). But that is an advantageous trade for Putin, because even of both Gryzlov and Zolotov are equally loyal to him, Zolotov bring a lot more “muscle” to the table. Besides, with the Ukraine now clearly in its death throes, a real Putin-man needs to be on top of the situation as things are about to get very serious there.

    There is another most interesting development taking place: the meteoritic rise of Putin’s “All-Russia People’s Front” or “ONF” which is, by itself, quite an amazing organization. Let’s look into this unique phenomenon.

    The ONF and its role in Russian politics

    The ONF is not a political party, at least not officially, but a movement of “like-minded political forces”. Still, Putin is the official leader of the ONF. His co-chair and, I would say, acting leader is Stanislav Govorukhin, a very talented and popular film director who is very ideologically close to Putin (and to the late Alexander Solzhenitsyn, would I add). The ONF is an immense patchwork of private individuals, social and political organizations, entire corporations, unions, clubs, social organizations, government agencies (such as the Russian Post Office or Rail Service) and many other entities. Officially, the ONF shares the strategic and tactical goals of the President’s “United Russia” Party, so this begs the question of what the main difference between the two is?

    The answer is simple: United Russia was founded by a group of individuals which included Sergei Shoigu, but also the late Boris Berezovskii and its purpose was to promote the “Putin+Medvedev” tandem. The ONF was created by Putin himself. You could say that the ONF is Putin’s personal “political Praetorian guard” without being wrong. In fact, the ONF serves a number of very important political functions for Putin:

    1) This is the main non-governmental “organizational tool” Putin has to know what is really going on in the country. The ONF is always at the forefront of all the denunciations about corruption, nepotism, bureaucratic abuse, administrative incompetence, etc. The ONF creates special investigative groups which put a great deal of effort into finding and reporting what is really going on in the country. Recently, ONF activist made a survey of over 65’000km or roads in Russia and reported to the President and the general public a rating of each and every one of these roads thereby exposing the governments, cities and towns who let the road infrastructure decay to public criticism. In fact, the ONF plays a key role in Russia as a type of “watchdog for the President” and the ONF is regularly featured in Russian TV and its leaders are often guests on Russian talk-shows.

    2) The ONF also makes it possible for Putin to completely bypass the United Russia party apparatus and deal with the Russian public directly. More relevantly, the ONF could be turned into a “regular” political party literally overnight. Thus, if there was an attempt inside the United Party to somehow weaken Putin or to otherwise take action against him, Putin would have the option to create a nation-wide “Putin Party” almost instantly.

    3) The ONF is extremely dangerous for the local mobsters and the corrupt politicians who cannot dare to use their usual intimidation tactics against the ONF least they get a visit from an FSB SWAT team acting directly on the order of the ONF Chairman, Vladimir Putin himself. Precisely because the ONF is clearly Putin’s personal and much beloved creation, nobody in his/her right might would dare challenge or, even less so, threaten it.

    4) The ONF is a big pain in the rear for all the government agencies who are supposed to be responsible for overseeing the situation inside Russia. When the ONF unveils a case of the corruption of a local governor or the plight of factory workers who don’t get their salaries for months, this begs the question of what the responsible government agencies paid to monitor such situations are doing. Each government agency and minister know that they are in direct competition with the ONF. Worse, the ONF might even begin investigating them. A very scary thought.

    Bringing it all together

    Let’s bring it all together now. The worse the economic situation in Russia is, the stronger Putin becomes and the weaker the Atlantic Integrationists are. Therefore, far from trying to conceal the economic problems in Russia, Putin and his supporters are constantly and publicly speaking about them. Putin is now clearly using the ONF as a tool to take action against the corrupt local authorities. Furthermore, Putin is also using the ONF as a way to denounce the various forms of sabotage committed by the 5th columnists while deflecting any criticisms from himself. At the same time there is a massive media ongoing PR campaign directed directly at the “economic block” of the government who, it so happens, is composed solely of “Atlantic Integrationists” and Medvedev allies. And just to make sure that all his bases are covered, Putin bring an ally with a lot of “muscle” into the Security Council.

    Does this indicate that Putin is preparing purge of the 5th columnists?

    I am neither a prophet nor a mind reader. I cannot tell what Putin is planning or what the future holds. But I think that when we look at all the facts listed above we can say that they certainly seem to point in that direction. And if we look at the way Putin deal with similar challenges in the past we also can observe a pattern.

    Putin has a history of deliberately letting a situation rot before taking action.

    In 1999 Putin did wait for the invasion of Dagestan and the Moscow city bombings before ordering the a Russian counter-attack which developed into what became known as the 2nd Chechen War.

    In the Ukraine Putin let the Ukronazis lead a massive attack on Novorussia not once, but twice, before allowing the Novorussian to successfully counter-attack and force the junta to sign Minsk-1 and Minsk-2 agreements.

    In Syria Putin waited until Daesh was threatening Damascus before ordering a very limited but most effective Russian military intervention.

    Putin haters will say that the man is weak and indecisive and that in each situation he should have taken action much earlier. Maybe. But my sense is that Putin likes to take action only once he let a situation become so bad that his action seem like an already unhoped for miracle. This kind of “psychological preparation of the battlefield” would be, I think, very typical of how the Russian secret services operate. I also believe that this approach is the key to the entire Russian policy towards what is left of the Ukraine today.

    In theory, instead of Putin, it could also be a “deep insider” like Sergei Ivanov, Chief of the Presidential Administration of Russia, who could be coordinating such a pre-purge campaign, especially if there are reasons to avoid having untrusted members of the Security Council in the loop. But my gut feeling is that Putin likes to be in control, especially of crucial developments.

    Whatever may be Putin’s final goal, what is certain is that no government can indefinitely survive the kind of constant political thrashing the Medvedev government has been increasingly subjected to in the Russia media. Again, I should immediately add here that we are not talking about a situation where the media criticizes “the government” in the sense of “those in power”. In the Russian case, the media is heaping praise on the President and the Ministers which are associated with him, while very deliberately targeting either the so-called “economic block” or the government (as opposed to the Presidential Administration). It is all very carefully focused.

    On one hand, 2016 will be an important elections year in which the Russian people will elect a new Parliament. Furthermore, the risks of yet another, desperate, Urkonazi attack on Novorussia is very real, if only to distract the public from the apocalyptic domestic situation in the Ukraine. On the other hand, the Russia economy might well come out of its slight, but real, recession and the inflation numbers are steadily getting better. Is that a good time to initiate the purge of the government? Maybe.

    One possible scenario would be that the opposition parties (Communists, the Liberal-Democrats of Zhirinovsky and the Fair Russia Party) would do better than expected in the next elections. That could give Putin a pretext to get rid of the “economic block” and replace these Ministers with members of the Communist Party (believe it or not, even if Ziuganov looks like an old Brezhnev era figure, there are quite a few very sharp and interesting young(er) leaders in the CP). One way or another, I have a strong feeling that the “economic block” of the Medvedev government will not last to the end of the year.
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    Post  kvs Sun May 22, 2016 3:21 pm

    A purge of the monetarist vermin would be a very good thing. But it should have been done right after election as it is done in the
    USA. The newly elected president has full rights to clean house. If Putin is waiting for some rot-induced crisis to justify the purge
    then he is making the vermin into martyrs. They will be converted into celebrities by NATO and "victims of Putin's oppression".

    This article highlights a very important detail. Putin is the main corruption fighter in the country. This is the total opposite of the
    propaganda spewed by NATO and its 5th column in Russia. All the demonization of Putin is because he gets in the way of the
    agenda of various foreign and domestic interests. This begs the question about the so-called NATO democracies. I never see
    the elected leaders stepping in to fix problems. And it is clear that the "system" is not perfect that these leaders just need to sit
    and watch. Given the sort of dynamics we see in Russia, it is fair to assume that there are universal aspects to it as far as human
    societies are concerned. This tells me that corruption in NATO is simply ignored and hidden.
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    Post  sepheronx Sun May 22, 2016 3:27 pm

    I think it will happen after 2018 elections.  Since doing it now will just do what you say it will do - be heavy propaganda.  By 2018 though, I bet many of the current guys will find themselves out of a job.

    Edit: and so what if they are labeled as martyrs by the west? The west is so hated now, whatever they promote in Russia is usually unpopular and hated.
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    Post  sepheronx Tue May 24, 2016 6:21 pm

    http://www.fort-russ.com/2016/05/head-of-us-embassy-in-moscows-political.html?m=1

    How are they allowed to keep doing this? Are embassy employees everywhere allowed to freely travel and meet political oppositions? And allowed to bring in anyone? Is Russia doing same in US and elsewhere?
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    Post  AlfaT8 Tue May 24, 2016 7:09 pm

    sepheronx wrote:http://www.fort-russ.com/2016/05/head-of-us-embassy-in-moscows-political.html?m=1

    How are they allowed to keep doing this? Are embassy employees everywhere allowed to freely travel and meet political oppositions? And allowed to bring in anyone? Is Russia doing same in US and elsewhere?

    Waist of time, there is no real political opposition in the U.S, just a two party system, that are like two sides of the same damn coin.

    Besides this makes it easier to know who's who.
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    Post  Project Canada Wed May 25, 2016 12:39 am

    AlfaT8 wrote:
    sepheronx wrote:http://www.fort-russ.com/2016/05/head-of-us-embassy-in-moscows-political.html?m=1

    How are they allowed to keep doing this? Are embassy employees everywhere allowed to freely travel and meet political oppositions? And allowed to bring in anyone? Is Russia doing same in US and elsewhere?

    Waist of time, there is no real political opposition in the U.S, just a two party system, that are like two sides of the same damn coin.

    Besides this makes it easier to know who's who.


    Can the FSB at least hire some thugs to kill him?
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    Post  sepheronx Wed Jun 01, 2016 1:22 am

    Differences Couldn't Be Starker as Putin's United Russia and the Liberal Opposition Hold Primary Elections

    What is interesting about all this though, is that the All Russian Popular Front candidates fared well and shows that it is growing. Sooner or later, this organization may become one of the main candidates to rule. Paranbas? failed hard.

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