Last week I went to Brussels to testify before the European Parliament's new committee on foreign threats to European democracy. Here's what I told them.
Western democracies really are struggling to keep up with the actions of rogue regimes everywhere, and where Russia leads others follow, even (especially) including today's US administration (see Francesca Albanese etc). Systems are built on an assumption of common rules and standards that no longer apply, sadly.
10 years he spent in russian jails, without any real trial.
A local & political criminal, accused for his business opportunities & activities in chaotically released Russia during 90' (about petroleum)
Suddenly jailed to simplify, in the middle 2000' , the reattribution of Ioukos (the biggest russian firm at the moment) to dear Setchine, Poutine's driver.
A quite very small player, according to russian law standards (specially at high level of the society, out of the civil game, according on which side to stand : the right & strong, or the bad & weak)
Information intéressante à connaitre sur la collaboration involontaire des systèmes européens d'identification caractérisée des citoyens russes (étrangers plus généralement), par reprise de la classification opérée de ses citoyens (ayant fui la guerre et sa mobilisation forcée induite pour soutenir les desseins trés spécialement conçus de cette opération de tentavive de reconstitution de grosses bribes d'ex-empire soviétique glorieux (après quelques mises en jambes accompagnées de succès petits mais réels ni internationnalement contestés) ) par l'administration russe souffrant d'autant d'un manque de recrutables.
Would it be possible to reduce & contract so tactically illuminating advices to european citizens (which don't all benefit from assistants to read & take in consideration such clear reports) in worried care of global security (jointly & inclusevely), thanks
You were the most egregious of the oligarchs created by the American State Department's system of "Shock Therapy". A rigged auction by your own bank, enabled you to purchase Yukos Oil Company for under 1% of its true value. When Putin stopped people like you asset stripping Russia, you transferred your shares to Jacob Rothschild! And then when Putin returned Yukos to Russian state ownership. Mi6 and the CIA started escalating preparations for a proxy war they had been engineering since 1943. What is there about this that the Russian government should like?
I am very sorry for your imprisonment, and I thank you for your important work.
After 21 years, and living in the U.S.A. my entire life, I think I have recently been marked off (or at least downgraded on) the U.S.A. terrorism suspect list. Due to President Trump insisting resources be redirected against immigrants. I don’t know for sure, as no one in government ever acknowledges the investigation or deceptive - and sometimes illegal - abuses stemming from it.
Naturally there is nothing to it, except yet another of this country’s endless moral panics (possible terrorists, immigrants, and a third one mentioned at the end here). This one began with 9/11, the subsequent creation of Homeland Security, and Congress over funding anti-terrorism activities. In order to find a terrorist behind every tree.
There have been varied and numerous abuses, including but not limited to repeated attempts to not only lure me into terrorism, but to also manufacture terrorism charges. We humans are serious about our moral panics.
Though the abuses have been deceptive and substantial, fortunately they have not been nearly as bad as you have endured.
An additional twist: Even though I complained about these abuses at least hundreds of times, publicly, on the social media pages of hundreds of our elected federal officials, with photographic evidence, not one politician ever responds. Because they fund the abuses.
And not a single citizen has ever championed my case. Hundreds of millions of citizens utilize their government to bully an innocent citizen for decades, fund the abuses with their tax dollars, and vote for - and even donate hundreds of millions of dollars to the political campaigns of - officials directing the abuses in yet another nationwide moral panic. But not a single citizen, other than the victim, tries to do anything about it. Not even ONE. Now THAT is human nature!
So when I see the endless social media posts inferring how righteous their U.S.A. national politician or political party is, I just want to 🤮 on people posting what I have personally experienced as bullshit.
I notice you mention journalists in your essay, and I am angry about all the journalists Putin badly abuses.
So far I have gotten off quite easy compared to all of you. As Andrei Sakharov’s wife, Yelena Bonner, replied to me decades ago when I asked about her view of gays being treated as second class citizens here in the United States, ‘Would that we had your problems.’
Western democracies really are struggling to keep up with the actions of rogue regimes everywhere, and where Russia leads others follow, even (especially) including today's US administration (see Francesca Albanese etc). Systems are built on an assumption of common rules and standards that no longer apply, sadly.
You are a convicted criminal.
You got pardoned by a request by the German government.
But truly, you should be in jail.
You should also return the stolen billions from your hide-out in Switzerland.
Which crimes, mister the Judge ?
10 years he spent in russian jails, without any real trial.
A local & political criminal, accused for his business opportunities & activities in chaotically released Russia during 90' (about petroleum)
Suddenly jailed to simplify, in the middle 2000' , the reattribution of Ioukos (the biggest russian firm at the moment) to dear Setchine, Poutine's driver.
See you
Besides tax evasion (but that's not a crime in Switzerland), theft and even murder.
A quite very small player, according to russian law standards (specially at high level of the society, out of the civil game, according on which side to stand : the right & strong, or the bad & weak)
I want him Gaddafi'd.
Now this is a perfect statement, comparing him with Ghadaffi.
We made up fake charges against Ghadaffi, not unlike we did to Russia and Putin, pretending to liberate their people.
And like in Libya, the truth came only a couple of days later, when the French openly stated it was after its oil and gas contracts.
I love this comparison, historically accurate. We don’t give a damn about the Ukrainians, they can die. It’s about money.
When you say "we", leave me out of it.
I disagree on most of what you say.
I don't ever want to be so cynical.
Tongue behind heart.
Information intéressante à connaitre sur la collaboration involontaire des systèmes européens d'identification caractérisée des citoyens russes (étrangers plus généralement), par reprise de la classification opérée de ses citoyens (ayant fui la guerre et sa mobilisation forcée induite pour soutenir les desseins trés spécialement conçus de cette opération de tentavive de reconstitution de grosses bribes d'ex-empire soviétique glorieux (après quelques mises en jambes accompagnées de succès petits mais réels ni internationnalement contestés) ) par l'administration russe souffrant d'autant d'un manque de recrutables.
Would it be possible to reduce & contract so tactically illuminating advices to european citizens (which don't all benefit from assistants to read & take in consideration such clear reports) in worried care of global security (jointly & inclusevely), thanks
The concept of 'Grey Passports' is ideal. Hope that the EU adopts it.
You were the most egregious of the oligarchs created by the American State Department's system of "Shock Therapy". A rigged auction by your own bank, enabled you to purchase Yukos Oil Company for under 1% of its true value. When Putin stopped people like you asset stripping Russia, you transferred your shares to Jacob Rothschild! And then when Putin returned Yukos to Russian state ownership. Mi6 and the CIA started escalating preparations for a proxy war they had been engineering since 1943. What is there about this that the Russian government should like?
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/harvard-boys-do-russia/
https://www.sott.net/article/445209-Putin-expels-the-oligarchs
https://www.voltairenet.org/article189895.html
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/10990
https://mronline.org/2022/09/14/ukraine/
I am very sorry for your imprisonment, and I thank you for your important work.
After 21 years, and living in the U.S.A. my entire life, I think I have recently been marked off (or at least downgraded on) the U.S.A. terrorism suspect list. Due to President Trump insisting resources be redirected against immigrants. I don’t know for sure, as no one in government ever acknowledges the investigation or deceptive - and sometimes illegal - abuses stemming from it.
Naturally there is nothing to it, except yet another of this country’s endless moral panics (possible terrorists, immigrants, and a third one mentioned at the end here). This one began with 9/11, the subsequent creation of Homeland Security, and Congress over funding anti-terrorism activities. In order to find a terrorist behind every tree.
There have been varied and numerous abuses, including but not limited to repeated attempts to not only lure me into terrorism, but to also manufacture terrorism charges. We humans are serious about our moral panics.
Though the abuses have been deceptive and substantial, fortunately they have not been nearly as bad as you have endured.
An additional twist: Even though I complained about these abuses at least hundreds of times, publicly, on the social media pages of hundreds of our elected federal officials, with photographic evidence, not one politician ever responds. Because they fund the abuses.
And not a single citizen has ever championed my case. Hundreds of millions of citizens utilize their government to bully an innocent citizen for decades, fund the abuses with their tax dollars, and vote for - and even donate hundreds of millions of dollars to the political campaigns of - officials directing the abuses in yet another nationwide moral panic. But not a single citizen, other than the victim, tries to do anything about it. Not even ONE. Now THAT is human nature!
So when I see the endless social media posts inferring how righteous their U.S.A. national politician or political party is, I just want to 🤮 on people posting what I have personally experienced as bullshit.
I notice you mention journalists in your essay, and I am angry about all the journalists Putin badly abuses.
So far I have gotten off quite easy compared to all of you. As Andrei Sakharov’s wife, Yelena Bonner, replied to me decades ago when I asked about her view of gays being treated as second class citizens here in the United States, ‘Would that we had your problems.’
My best wishes to you.
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