The Past Is Not Quite Past

Posted by Matt in September 29th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Geopolitical, History, Arabs, Billions Of Dollars, Bush, Dictatorship, Global Prices, Iran, Israel, KGB, Lucrative Trade, New Oil, Nuclear Power, Oil Profits, Oil States, Proper Question, Risk, Russia, Thug, Western Europeans

In other words, Iran is a win/win/win deal for a Russian dictatorship, always was and probably will be. We wonder why is Putin causing trouble, or why did Bush offend him? The only proper question is why not cause trouble without much risk if you’re an ex-KGB thug?
Trouble means lucrative trade, with rogue oil states [...]

Russia and Islam are not Separate: Why Russia backs Al-Qaeda by Konstantin Preobrazhensky

Posted by Matt in September 24th, 2009 | 3 comments

Published in Russia, Al-Qaeda, American Attitudes, Distinction, Global Threat, Islam, Islamic Terrorism, KGB, Konstantin Preobrazhensky, Logical Connection, Manipulation, Russia, Victory, World Communism

A key distinction between Russian and American attitudes towards Islamic terrorism is that while for America terrorism is largely seen as an exterior menace, Russia uses terrorism as an object as a tool of the state for manipulation in and outside the home country. Islamic terrorism is only part of the world of terrorism. Long [...]

Fear Comes to the Russian Heartland

Posted by Matt in February 16th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, Array, Colonel, Current, Democratic Opposition, Duma, Fear, Financial Crisis, Global Economy, Global Financial Crisis, Independent Media, KGB, Mass Riots, Mass Unemployment, New Highs, Oil Prices, Protests, putin, Riots, Russian Heartland, Russians, Rust Belt, Security Committee, Unrest

It may be too late for Putin to avoid trouble in hundreds of rust-belt ‘monotowns.’
While the global economy was pushing oil prices to new highs, Putin could do no wrong. Many Russians only shrugged as he crushed democratic opposition and strangled the independent media. Now serious unrest seems imminent despite those autocratic moves. “We are [...]

Vladimir Putin

Posted by Matt in February 1st, 2009 | no comment

Published in Global Elite, Middle East, Russia, 27 January, Alexander Litvinenko, Amazon, Amazon Co Uk, Amazon Uk, Anna Politkovskaya, Array, Bilateral Trade, Blomfield, Cathedral Of Christ The Saviour, Centralized Authority, Challengers, China Ditch, Defector, Democracy In Russia, Document Write, Eighties, Enthronement Ceremony, Expe, Free Encyclopedia, Iron Grip, KGB, Little April, Man At The Top, Medvedev, Mr Putin, New York Times, News Agencies, Patriarch Of Moscow, President Of Russia, Prime Minister Of Russia, Putins Russia, Ria Novosti, Rian Ru, Russian News, Russian Presidency, Russian Prime Minister, Similar Pages, State Of The Nation, State Of The Nation Address, Ussia, Vladimir Putin, Wikipedia, World Europe, Worldnews, Www Amazon, Yuri Andropov

Vladimir Putin – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Prime Minister of Russia · Incumbent. Assumed office 8 May 2008 ….. On 12 September 2007, Russian news agencies reported that Putin dissolved the …

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Putin’s Iron Grip on Russia Suffocates Opponents – New York Times

Mr. Putin’s Russia is [...]

Militant Possibilities on the New-Old Front

Posted by Matt in September 17th, 2008 | no comment

Published in New Cold War, Russia, Confrontation, Espionage, Fred Burton, FSB, Hallmark, Intelligence Agencies, Islamist Rebels, KGB, Military Action, North Koreans, North Vietnamese, Propaganda Campaigns, Proxies, Rebels In Afghanistan, Resurgence, Russia And The United States, Russian Power, Russian Strategic Bombers, Soviet Support, Sphere Of Influence

By Fred Burton and Scott Stewart
Over the past several months we have written quite a bit about the Russian resurgence. This discussion predates Russia’s military action in Georgia. Indeed, we have discussed the revival of Russian power since at least 2005, the implications of the FSB’s return since April and the potential return of the [...]

My warning to Britain: your democracy is under attack from Putin’s KGB infiltrators

Posted by Matt in July 12th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Britain, Espionage, Russia, Alexander, Alexander Litvinenko, Democracy In Russia, First Steps, KGB, Proof, putin, Spymaster, Strategic Plan, Sunday Herald, Western Democracy, Western Leaders

EXCLUSIVE: A former Soviet spymaster writes for the Sunday Herald
THE?LATE?ALEXANDER LITVINENKO once spoke to?me?about?Putin’s strategic plan for damaging Western democracy and reducing it to the level of what passes for democracy in Russia. I believe that this plan is already being successfully accomplished. For proof, just look at how all Western leaders are today happy [...]

Understanding the New Russian Threat

Posted by Matt in June 15th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Russia, Assassinations, Bad Habits, Cold-War, Enemies, Fall Of Communism, KGB, Neighbors, Russia, Russian Threat, weapons

The rise of the newly aggressive Russia carrying out international assassinations, threatening its neighbors, distributing weapons to America’s enemies, confronting US forces and seemingly bent on resurrecting all its old bad habits baffles many who thought that the Cold War had ended with the fall of Communism.
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Russia under Putin: The making of a neo-KGB state

Posted by Matt in August 23rd, 2007 | no comment

Published in Russia, FSB, KGB, Russia

Political power in Russia now lies with the FSB, the KGB’s successor
Over the two terms of Mr Putin’s presidency, that â€œgroup of FSB operativesâ€ has consolidated its political power and built a new sort of corporate state in the process. Men from the FSB and its sister organisations control the Kremlin, the government, the media [...]