MAY 2005

From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 5/6/2005 4:07 AM
May, 04, 2005

"Hunter" in the role of a prey

The Hosiyurt idiot again has begun to move his only crinkle - he now makes applications, which are so necessary for Putin. How does Ramzan Kadyrov charm the hearing of the Kremlin daddy Carlo? - He again declares that by the 9 th of May, he will kill the most hated enemy of the Kremlin - Shamil Basaev. In opinion of the leader of the Hosiyurt zonder-grouping, Basaev is the organizer of the murder of the mufti of the FSB Ahmad Kadyrov.

While there are a lot of various versions on this account, Kadyrov-junior perfectly realize, that no other version should exist in the nature, except for the one, according to which Basaev is the main accused.

If Kadyrov-junior follows any other versions, the Kremlin will dislike it very much, because other versions sooner or later will bring Kadyrov-junior there, where they should – to the Lubyanka Square . And it ...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 5/7/2005 2:37 AM
Putin a president for cops and robbers
Posted Fri, 06 May 2005

Russians believe President Vladimir Putin represents primarily the interests of the nation's security forces, including the police, army and special services as well as the "oligarchs," according to a poll published on Friday.

More than one-third of Russians — 38 percent — believe their president "defends the interests" of the security services, a figure that has changed little since Putin came to power in 2000, according to the independent Levada institute, which polled 1600 people around Russia in April.

For 28 percent of respondents, however, Putin is a president for the "oligarchs, bankers and big business," outpacing the middle class for the second-place ranking in perceptions of who has Putin's ear.

Only 17 percent of respondents believe Putin defends "ordinary people."

In 2000, only 16 percent of respondents considered Putin to be a president with a soft spot for the super-wealthy.

The change in perceptions paradoxically came after the government's attack on ...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 5/11/2005 3:36 AM
10.05.2005
A monument to tyranny

Today Russia celebrates the 60th anniversary of the victory over Nazism in a spectacular display of military and state power. It is the culmination of years of rebuilding an aggressively patriotic public culture.

The government’s emphasis on heroic clichйs has left very little room for reflection about the terrible suffering that the war brought to Russia’s people. The Russian public increasingly sees Stalin as a positive wartime leader, and many leading politicians have displayed complete unconcern for crimes committed during the war in Poland and in the Baltic States, denouncing critics of Russia’s unrepentant stance as the representatives of ’’fascist" states. The official silence on the victims of Stalinism during the war is deafening.

The focus of President Vladimir Putin’s celebration is entirely on the state and military might of Russia, and one of the most paradoxical displays of that power is taking place in the ruins of Grozny, Chechnya’s capital. Here, in this closed off, ...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 5/15/2005 4:33 AM
11.05.2005
A lesson of democracy

During years of Putin’s rule we have repeatedly heard his vulgar expressions. We believe there is no point in quoting such “aphorisms” – all of them are well known and have contributed to the image of Russia’s president. We shall a question: why, time after time, have we repeatedly witnessed Putin’s rudeness and barefaced boorishness? If previously he used inappropriate for his rank and for any decent person “strong” expressions trying to please the electorate and become “a good pal,” why hasn’t he changed his behavior over recent years?

Answering a question from an Estonian journalist at a recent press conference Putin allowed another boorishness and in fact mocked at her accent. Probably, Putin speaks German like a Dresdener, as for his English accent, we believe it is far from the Oxford pronunciation. During a recent interview an American journalist asked Putin to wish something to the American people in English. Putin produced a short ...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 5/15/2005 5:28 PM

Some March for Fear, Others Rally for Life

Monday, May 16, 2005
By Masha Gessen
Some days, Moscow feels like two different cities. On Sunday, tens of thousands of people marched along Leninsky Prospekt -- filling the city's widest avenue in a demonstration organized by Nashi, a pro-Kremlin youth movement. It was a sight reminiscent of Nazi propaganda films: They were young, good-looking and, most creepily, wearing uniforms -- T-shirts with a red star on the front and the words of the Russian national anthem on the back. They were marching in formation. Nashi spokespeople are fond of talking about the threat of fascism and civil war. The march was clearly intended to show that the Kremlin can marshal tens of thousands of people if its power is threatened.

At the same time, a couple hundred people, most of them around the same age as the Nashi participants, gathered at Bolotnaya Ploshchad, a square that has the distinction of being possibly ...
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