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Originally Posted by nhvoter
Oleg, let me say this.
I would not like a delegation from a foreign country trying to influence my elections and I see where you're coming from, however it's not that simple and please read why
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Nice to meet the understanding.
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Russia is a new democracy and the fact that the Other Russia has chosen to identify with representatives from a country which they share their democratic values with does not mean we're bankrolling and 'propping up' Other Russia. You must also understand that 'Other Russia' is outgunned by the rollbacks of democracy by Vladimir Putin. They can't run TV ads, they can't have shows, their TV news gets shut down, so if you were in their position, why would you NOT accept or ask for any foreign help? The way it is now they have no chance of winning.
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Many reasons, but I'm tired now and put only one. Because on demonstrations Kasparov always shouts his speeches in English and their slogans are written in English too. Possibly he wants his words to be better understood in reports on Euronews for European and American audience.
But in Russia this is being taken clear as everythere. Imagine some opposition in the US would appeal to the street crowd in Russian, while calling the regime in White House doomed criminal band.
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But I agree with you that this gives them a bad reputation. I would be angry too. I just wish Russians could be a little bit more constructive about these things and not accuse our country of plotting a "CIA coup" like many of your youth groups do.
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We don't accuse your country. We understand the desire of the US to keep control over Russia as it was in 90-s. Sorry, it's no more possible.
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I'm not sure Georgia's political woes can compare to 3.5 million people killed in a Soviet-imposed famine. I do commend you though for acknowledging that as a crime, because your (Russian) government doesn't unfortunately.
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Russian government doesn't acknowlege the concept the famine was a crime deliberately commited by ethnical Russians against ethnical Ukrainians. The attempt to turn the crime of Bolshevicks into Russian Nazism against Ukrainian Nation will never be accepted. All died of hunger or nobody - this is only acceptance.
It's my opinion, the extremely hard actions of Bolshevicks in Ukraine was caused with desire of revenge. The Ukraine was only place in Czarist Russian Empire, there the pogroms against Jews took place. So when those guys has taken power they cruelly payed back. Eye for eye.
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So give me a few answers, don't just say it's a 'mystery.' If it's not the Kremlin who else would want people like Politskovkaya and Litivenko dead?
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No problem. The 90-s in Russia were like the 20-s in Chicago. The oligarchs led feudal wars over property they plundered. The journalists was used like fighting dogs in these battles of compromate, where money, media and power clutched in one piece. Usually you can detect the reasons of murder, answering the question "Who needed and used this".
The deaths of P and L was not necessary to Kremlin. All possible dirt and compromate against Putin they used years before. Putin was getting ready for two very important summits with European elites. Any shit of that sort was extremely undesired in that certain decisive moment. Namely with the accusations he was suddenly met there where he planned to discuss the energetic policy and push the Russian interests. This seriously weakened his positions. The shameful trade occured, the Europeans offered to withdraw the accusations for the Putin's concessions in energetic policy. Cynically speaking, both P and L were murdered to the eve of every summit.
I don't want to say that Russian FSB is way morally better than CIA and MI6, but this time you attacked, and Russian counterparts could not prevent this. The security guard for Politkovskaya was not possible.