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Boris Kagarlitsky: Eastern Ukraine people’s republics between militias and oligarchs

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By Boris Kagarlitsky, Moscow; translated by Renfrey Clarke

August 16, 2014 – Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- The war between the Ukraine government and the republics of Novorossiya [New Russia] is gradually taking on the character of a positional stand-off. The resources of both sides are exhausted, and fighting reserves are at an end. For the people’s republics, defending themselves against the many times larger military forces of the Kiev regime, the well-known principle of “a government needs to win, but for an insurrection it is enough not to lose” operates with full force.

The deteriorating economic situation in Ukraine, the growing demoralisation of supporters of the Kiev regime and the gradual development of a partisan movement on government-controlled territory together herald a new phase in a civil war that will clearly extend far beyond the boundaries of the south-east.

Boris Kagarlitsky: Eastern Ukraine people’s republics between militias and oligarchs

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Boris Kagarlitsky: Eastern Ukraine people’s republics between militias and oligarchs

                                                               Boris Kagarlitsky

Democracy and Class Struggle publishes this analysis of the situation in the Eastern Ukraine from Boris Kargarlitsky for information.

We are trying to verify what he says but if it is true what he says about Akhmetov

"The Russian press is already reporting openly on an agreement reached between the Moscow bureaucrats and the Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov ".

This is extremely concerning.

PS: We can now verify the worrying fact that Akhmetov is back on the scene from our sources.

August 16, 2014 – -- The war between the Ukraine government and the republics of Novorossiya [New Russia] is gradually taking on the character of a positional stand-off. The resources of both sides are exhausted, and fighting reserves are at an end. For the people’s republics, defending themselves against the many times larger military forces of the Kiev regime, the well-known principle of “a government needs to win, but for an insurrection it is enough not to lose” operates with full force.

OFFICIAL WARNING - U S to hit RUSSIA with FIRST STRIKE - PREPARE NOW

Glazev is dead nuts on, to use a Shakespearean term.

1. No limits to the Ukie warfare.
2. It is a War against Russia.
3. Time is on Kiev's side.
4. The Americans are militarizing and mobilizing all Ukraine against Russia.
5. After Donbass, Crimea is next.
6. Ukraine is an occupied territory of the America.
7. Europe is the next theatre of war. It is where America gains its biggest economic thrust and wealth-stealing.
8. China is the next big national target, using the same techniques and Japan and South Korea as levers.
9. Russia is the target now along the Ukraine border and Black Sea, also later with Europe as a wider theatre, the Baltic region, and finally, with China as the third region of war, the Far East and arctic.

​Ready, reset, go! ...to Cold War 2.0

http://rt.com/op-edge/176068-eurasia-new-great-game-war/#.U9aK8_iNAHs.facebook
The New Great Game in Eurasia never ceases to thrill with extreme plot twists. The Big Three players remain the same: the US, Russia and China. The devil is in the concentric subplots.
In Washington, the deep state Russia ‘policy’ has revealed itself to be sanctions, sanctions, sanctions; because of Crimea, because of support for federalists in Eastern Ukraine, because of the MH17 tragedy.

http://journal-neo.org/2014/07/29/mh17-another-israeli-cover-up/
Author: Gordon Duff

MH17: Another Israeli Cover Up?

Column: Society

Region: Middle East

Country: Israel

The latest disaster, one that has scrubbed Israel’s bizarre onslaught into Gaza off newspaper front pages, 298 dead, can be nothing but more than yet another cover up operation. Every news asset, every politico known to be a creature of the Israeli/organized crime nexus, has weighed in. Their every lie tells one story; “Israel did it.”

The facts tell another story, one of false flag terrorism. If only McCain and Tony Abbot, if only Fox and CNN, the Huffington Post and, worst of all, accused Israeli spy, Jane Harmon’s Daily Beast:

“Why would Putin want to shoot down a commercial airliner? And if it was an accident, why would Putin allow the separatists to have a weapon this powerful without having full control over how it was used?”

You couldn’t scream “Israel did it” any louder. It is almost embarrassing. There is nothing innocent about these utterly fabricated stories, particularly when the truth, a very different truth, is out there as well, substantiated, validated and verified.

QUE BONO?

Putin Adviser Urges Dumping US Bonds In Reaction to Sanctions

http://en.ria.ru/business/20140304/188081405/Putin-Adviser-Urges-Dumping-US-Bonds-In-Reaction-to-Sanctions.html
MOSCOW, March 4 (RIA Novosti) – An adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that authorities would issue general advice to dump US government bonds in the event of Russian companies and individuals being targeted by sanctions over events in Ukraine  

Sergei Glazyev said the United States would be the first to suffer in the event of any sanctions regime.


Full Sanction Program:

 Exchange controls and capital controls.  No more hot money.  You have to get gov permission to send money in or out
You have to protect the ruble against Anglo American attack using above all credit default swaps.  Probably ought to ban CDS immediately

State monopoly on international trade

The threat on defaulting on all money owed to New York and London Banks

Dumping the entire portfolio of US Treasury Securities

The central bank.  Elvira Nabiullina replaced.  Abandon current position of being a satellite of the US Federal Reserve.  Only creates new rubles when they have dollars in the vault.  You have to start issuing your own ruble denominated loans at very low interest rates as close to zero as you can get and that has to be lent for infrastructure, foreign trade financing, mfg, ag, mining, forestry, scientific research,

How Russia Can Respond to the West's Economic War

1. Exchange controls and capital controls.  No more hot money.  Gov permission to send money in or out of country.  Protect the ruble against Anglo American attack who will use credit default swaps.  Ban CDS immediately

2. State monopoly on international trade

3. Default on all money owed to New York and London Banks

4. Dump the entire portfolio of US Treasury Securities

5. The central bank: replace Elvira Nabiullina as head.  Abandon being a satellite of the US Federal Reserve.  Start issuing ruble denominated loans at very low interest rates - zero century - to be lent for infrastructure, foreign trade financing, mfg, ag, mining, forestry, scientific research

6. Put Sergei Glazyev in charge.


 1.  Increase its domestic investments
2.  Increase its investment in China , S.America and the Silk Road
3.  More military aid to Syria, Iraq, Iran
4.  Eliminate Saudis/US Terrorism
5.  Create a new oil syndicate: Russia, Brasil, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Venezuela, Azerbaijan, China


Putin's Move

1. Put Sergei Glazyev in charge of the following

2. Exchange controls and capital controls.  Govt permission to send money in or out of country.  Protect the ruble against Anglo American attack.  Ban credit default swaps

3. State monopoly on international trade

4. Default on all money owed to New York and London Banks

5. Dump the portfolio of US Treasury Securities

6. The Russian Central Bank: replace Elvira Nabiullina as head.  Abandon being a satellite of the US FED.  Start issuing low interest ruble denominated loans to be lent for infrastructure, foreign trade financing, mfg, ag, mining, forestry, scientific research

Evidence to Frame Russia For MH17 Shoot Down Fabricated?

BUSTED! Ukraine Caught Trying to 'Frame Russia' for Shooting Down Malaysia Flight MH17!

EU's united front on Russia falling amid gas needs

http://news.yahoo.com/eus-united-front-russia-falling-amid-gas-needs-093909049--finance.html
VIENNA (AP) — A clutch of countries is breaking ranks with the EU's efforts to put economic and diplomatic pressure on Russia over Ukraine and building a pipeline meant to carry huge amounts of Russian gas to their doorstep.

“Pussy Riot” is re-Branding – Will Form “Human Rights” Group (a.k.a. “destabilization NGO”)

http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2014/01/08/pussy-riot-is-re-branding-will-form-human-rights-group-a-k-a-destabilization-ngo/#more-28520

They claim they won’t be taking money from the billionaire neoliberal thief who is now living in Germany, instead they claim their will be crowd-sourcing their little NGO.
For those of you who don’t understand that, when an NGO “crowd-sources” their projects, what happens is big globalist U.S. and Western interests use various programs which create “personae” and donate randomly generated amounts to the crowd-sourced project. This way they can protect the NGO from being exposed as being funded by regime change operations like the National Endowment for Democracy and other State Department ops. They can even make the personae look like they reside in Russia if they want. That way they can pretend their is a certain legitimacy of support behind them.
If anyone out there still thinks Pussy Riot was legit at any point… here you go. Enjoy

LUBMIN, GERMANY: GEOPOLITICAL PIVOT

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German Chancellors disappear who deviate from Washington agenda. Schroeder was first in opposition to the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, and second, more serious strategically negotiations with Putin for new gas pipeline bypassing Poland.

Today, Nord Stream has reached Mecklenburg-Vorpommern town of Lubmin, a geopolitical pivot for Europe and Russia. Bill Clinton demanded Schroeder, if elected, support a US-NATO war against Serbia in 1999.

By 2005, Bush turned its attention to a successor. Schroeder's last act was to approve Nord Stream from Vyborg to Lubmin. Upon his defeat, he became chairman of Nord Stream AG, a joint venture between state-owned Gazprom and E.ON-Ruhrgas and BASF-Wintershall. He alsoaccused Georgia of initiating the 2008 war against South Ossetia.

In 2006, Poland’s For. Min. Sikorsk compared Nord Stream to the 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact. The US has used Poland as a wedge to block Russian-German economic and political cooperation. This month, Nord Stream's first pipeline reached Lubmin. The second string will be completed later this month and begins operation in late 2011. It will be the world’s biggest subsea route through Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Germany, avoiding Poland and the three Baltic States.

From Lubmin it will go through Saxony to the Czech border. From there, Other routes to Holland, France and the UK, France’s GDF Suez bought a 9% share, Holland's Nederlandse Gasunie has 9%. It has broad EU support.

a major geopolitical accomplishment with strong US opposition. Nord long-term agreements is with Denmark, the UK, France, Netherlands and Belgium as well as Germany.

Gazprom is advancing South Stream from Russia under Black Sea to Bulgaria and to Italy. South Stream, bypassing Ukraine. from the Soviet era pipelines transited Ukraine. in Jan 2005 “Orange Revolution” brought pro-NATO regime to power. Recent elections has taken a more neutral stance. The offshore part of South Stream is jointly between Gazprom and Italy’s ENI. From there, pre-existing pipelines through Bulgaria will be used.

Washington is applying major pressure on EU countries and Turkey to build Nabucco. To date, little backing in the EU and insufficient gas to fill it.

Completion of the gas line will result in a major geopolitical bond between EU, Central Europe and Russia and a geopolitical nightmare for the US.

US policy since WW2 has been to dominate, first by fanning the Cold War, and then after 1990 by pushing NATO eastwards towards Europe. Europe turning east has been a major defeat for the “sole Superpower”.

Lubmin is now a major geopolitical pivot

AFGANISTAN OPIUM

Afghanistan’s major product is opium and opium production has increased remarkably during the present war. the real agenda of the Afghan war has been control of the opium trade. the opium trade has tracked across Southern Asia for the past five decades from east to west, following US wars, and always under the control of US assets

1960s, secret war in Laos using the Hmong opium army of Vang Pao as its proxy, Southeast Asia produced 70% of the world’s illicit opium

Since 2002, Afghan opium production has reached 93% of world illicit production, an unparalleled performance. In the 1980s the US supported the Mujahideen against the Soviets. peasants to grow opium as a revolutionary tax and in Pakistan, under the protection of Pakistani Intelligence, operated hundreds of heroin labs.

Golden Crescent eclipsed the Golden Triangle To hide US complicity the DEA were required to look away from US allies such as the ISI and the Pakistani banks

CIA’s mission was to destabilise the Soviet Union by promotion of militant Islam inside the Central Asian Republics. CIA facilitated anti-Soviet rebels in Uzbekistan, Chechnya and Georgia. Drugs were used to finance terrorism.



Soviet withdrew in 1989 leaving a civil war until 1992. Afghan lapsed into warlordism. opium thrived. Then the Taliban emerged to remove war lords and apply
Sharia law. The captured Kandahar in 1994, capturing Kabul in 1996. opium was curbed. September 1999, a decree was issued to reduce output by one-third. A second decree in July 2000 to completely stop. 2001 was the worst year. Through the nineties the global average was 4000 tonnes, during the Taliban, it fell to less than half.

11 September 2001, the northern alliance, led by US Special Forces, supported by daisy cutters, cluster bombs and bunker-busting missiles, shattered the Taliban. The opium ban was lifted and Afghanistan became the major producer. Hillary Mann Leverett confirmed that the US knew. Thomas Schweich from the State accused Hamid Karzai and accused the Pentagon. He wrote in the New York Times.

The most prominent was Ahmed Wali Karzai. During the last election he created phony ballots, “mafia-like” control, bought the election.

Douglas Valentine shows in The Strength of the Pack, never-ending war UK) and Japan used the opium to subjugate China.

In the Twenty-First century, opium is used against Iran, Russia and former Soviet republics. They all face spiralling rate of addiction and covert US penetration as the Afghan War fuels central Asia’s heroin plague.

Dr John Jiggens is the author of “The killer cop and the murder of Donald Mackay”.

THE CURSED BOLSHEVIKS

The cursed Bolsheviks
June 12th, 2010

“Freedom only for the supporters of the government, only for the members of one party – however numerous they may be – is no freedom at all. Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently. Not because of any fanatical concept of ‘justice’ but because all that is instructive, wholesome and purifying in political freedom depends on this essential characteristic, and its effectiveness vanishes when ‘freedom’ becomes a
special privilege.

“A few dozen party leaders of inexhaustible energy and boundless idealism direct and rule. Among them, in reality only a dozen outstanding heads do the leading and an élite of the working class is invited from time to time to meetings where they are to applaud the speeches of the leaders, and to approve proposed resolutions unanimously – at bottom, then, a clique affair – a dictatorship, to be sure, not the dictatorship of the proletariat, however, but only the dictatorship of a handful of politicians, that is a dictatorship in the bourgeois sense, in the sense of the rule of the Jacobins. [. . .] Yes, we could go even further: such conditions must inevitably cause a brutalisation of public life – assassinations, shooting of hostages, etc.”

Rosa Luxemburg, The Russian Revolution (1917)

2010 Global Drug Trafficking Map – Most Drugs in the World are Produced in Non-White Countries

U.S. strategy in Eurasia and drug production in Afghanistan

In an interview released to French weekly Le Nouvel Observateur [1], Zbigniew Brzezinski, President Jimmy Carter’s national security adviser, revealed that the CIA had secretly operated in Afghanistan to undermine the regime in Kabul since July 1979, that is to say, five months before the Soviet invasion. Indeed, it was on July 3, 1979, that President Carter signed the first directive to provide secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul. That very day the Polish-born U.S. strategist wrote a note to President Carter in which he explained that this aid was going to induce a Soviet military intervention. And this is precisely what happened the following month of December. In the same interview, Brzezinski recalls that, when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, he wrote another note to President Carter in which he expressed his opinion that at that point the USA had the opportunity of giving to the USSR its Vietnam War.

In Brezinski’s opinion, this intervention was unsustainable for Moscow and in time would have led to the collapse of the Soviet Empire. In fact, the drawn out Soviet war in support of the communist regime in Kabul further contributed to the weakening of the Soviet Union, already engaged in a severe internal crisis, encompassing both political- bureaucratic and socio-economic aspects. As we now well know, the Soviet withdrawal from the Afghan theatre left behind an exhausted country, whose political situation, economy and geo-strategic assets were extremely weak. Indeed, after less than 10 years from the Teheran revolution, the entire region had been completely destabilized exclusively to the advantage of the western system. The parallel and unrestrained decline of the Soviet Union, accelerated by the Afghan adventure, and, afterwards in the nineties, by the dismemberment of the Yugoslav Federation (a sort of buffer state between the Western and Soviet blocks) changed the balance of power to favour U.S. expansionism in the Eurasian region.

STRATEGY SHIFT IN THE MIDDLE EAST

The Israeli armed forces are no longer able to control the ground. Lebanon (2006), Gaza (2008). Their tanks, Russian RPG. Their navy, land-sea missiles supplied to Hezbollah by China equipped with anti-jamming system. air dominance, Russian S-300, currently being shipped.

Iraqi Kurdistan engineered by the United States, economic development under Israeli control. Washington’s support of separatist Kurds under PKK compelled Turkish military to turnaround, Atlantic Alliance, no longer

Israel, an enemy tone with Tel Aviv escalate since ecip Erdogan and Shimon Peres spared at Davos.

Iraqi chaos, quasi-state in Kurdistan, forced regional neighbours to work together. Washington attempted to destabilize them all

United States and Israel covertly supported Turkey (PKK) and Iran (Pejak) and Kurds in Syria. result, Iran-Syria-Turkey triangle

Iran, leader of the Shiites. After Bremmer’s destruction of Iraqi Baath. Syria, leader of the secular. Turkey, cradle of Sunni. This alliance dropped divide and rule. end to the Fitna. Abdullah of Saudi invited Ahmadinejad to Mecca

"de-Baathisation" of Iraq unting season former executive officers. one million Iraqis have been welcomed to Syria. Initially immigration economic crisis, digested provided highly qualified executives.

turmoil by the United States in Yemen forced Saudi royal family to support King Abdhallah’s appeasement. Syria and Iran, Hariri Lebanese-Saudi clan asked to reconcile with Bashar al-Assad, recognize armed Lebanese Resistance, opening the way for a government of national unity

Washington may still destabilize, several attempts. corrupt Syrian generals to overthrow Bashar al-Assad foiled.

The multiple attacks orchestrated by the CIA in the non-Persian provinces of Iran failed to trigger separatist revolts. While the colour revolution, organized by the CIA and MI6 during the presidential election, was been drowned out by a human tidal wave. To the tens of thousands of protesters in the northern neighbourhoods of Tehran, the rest of the country responded with a massive demonstration of 5 million people.

Washington is incapable of Gladio military dictatorship in Turkey.

Washington and Tel Aviv could also fabricate fraudulent files. since 2007 Israel discovered nuclear research in Syria. Iran, vast programe of a similar nature. Syria of Scuds into Lebanon. But the accusations do not stand up, Colin Powell regarding Iraqi’s alleged possession of weapons. There have been numerous IAEA inspection, only found normal.

Petraeus set off alarm, game played by the Israelis in Palestine, in Iraq
thwarted U.S. plans. GIs in Iraq and Afghanistan hostages to Turkey, Syria and Iran
as they are the only ones to pacify rebellious populations. Israel strategic ally
has become a burden

regional enemies are now shields. Moscow has repositioned With Israel, Russia reaffirmed settlement of the conflict based on UN resolutions (including right of return and Madrid conference. return of territories, two-state solution. There are one million ex-Soviets in Israel, Moscow wants to forestall exodus. advocated reconciliation ofFatah and Hamas. met Khaled Mechaal. Russia supports rapprochement
between Iran, Syria and Turkey. entered a phase of intense cooperation. opened borders, liberalised trade, economies energised. Russia has no intention of staying out. a Turk can enter Russia. Earlier this year Hillary Clinton ordered Syria distance from Resistance. al-Assad immediately alongside Ahmadinejad, Nasrallah signed "Treaty. Khaled Mechaal could not attend, but Hamas involved

Rosatom and Atomstroyexport, completing nuclear plant in Iran (Bushehr)
another one in Turkey launched in seven years, similar project in Syria

Russia’ to provide means to accelerate development that Westerner denied so long. Stroitransgaz and Gazprom transit of Syrian gas to Lebanon. Beirut being prevented by its Israeli neighbour from exploiting its large reserves offshore. Russia new naval base in Syria confirmed. delivery of S-300 missiles to Tehran to protect Iran from U.S. and Israeli threats, Medvedev warned the United States against a war in Iran. endorsed denuclearization, dismantling of the Israeli nuclear arsenal. Russia helping Turkey clear disputes with Greece and Armenia including Cyprus and Nagorno-Karabakh
Thus, Ankara permanently from Tel Aviv and Washington. Turkey and Armenia established
relations. Russian to build a pipeline, Samsun to Ceyhan. Ankara in the South Stream
Russia ensures Tehran-Damascus-Ankara triangle shockwave could spread to the Caucasus

PEOPLE AND POWER, REVOLUTION GONE WRONG, KYRGYZSTAN

From Michael Andersen:

Aljazeera English has decided to RE-broadcast my 2008 documentary film about Kyrgyzstan ‘Revolution gone wrong’. The film is a personal portrait of Roza Otunbayeva, now the interim leader of Kyrgyzstan. It tells the story of the failed 2005 ‘revolution’ and also describes the anger and disillusionment of the population, leading towards the overthrow of the president 7 April 2010. I believe the film gives people who may not be that well-acquainted with Kyrgyzstan a much better idea of the situation and of the country’s new leader.

It’s definitely interesting, if for no other reason than to see how things in Kyrgyzstan so often seem to just go in circles.

KYRGYZSTAN

nestled in the shadow of the towering Tian Shan and Pamir mountain ranges. For centuries, it was part of the main Silk Road highway that connected China to the west; the ancient bazaar city of Osh to this day bears traces of its commercial past.

In 751 A.D., near the modern day town of Talas, a vast army sent forth by the Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad defeated an expeditionary force of the Chinese Tang Dynasty. Historians suggest that this decisive battle solidified Central Asia within the orbit of the Muslim cultural world rather than that of China
war prisoners taken to the city of Samarkand to produce a key Chinese invention: paper

Kyrgyz government falls

President Kurmanbek Bakiyev reportedly fleeing. Galina Skripkina, a spokesperson for the opposition Social Democratic Party. Opposition leader Temir Sariyev. Prime Minister Daniyar Usenov [said]...

Sariyev returned from a visit to Moscow. Kyrgyzstan bordering China and close to Afghanistan, relies on cash payments from the United States and Russia for the use of military bases

US airbase at Manas is logistical centers for occupation of Afghanistan. Manas airport is functioning normally.



Bakiyev, in 2005 Tulip Revolution. then-president Askar Akayev forced from office in a de facto palace coup.

frequent demonstrations protesting increased prices of basic. Bakiyev had placed Bishkek, Talas and Naryn, under curfew clamped down on independent media and Internet

Power cuts, no hydrocarbon resources, rely on remittances from workers in Russia. opposition to war in Afghanistan and the US “counter-terrorism training center” in Kyrgyzstan which is a base for CIA and Pentagon “black ops

Deputy Prime Minister Aklybek Japarov and Interior Minister Moldomusa Kongantiyev, caught and beaten by protesters. condemned the regime, violations of basic rights, journalists intimidated or killed, newspapers shut down, Prisoners abused, opposition
attacked. murder of journalist Gennady Pavluk, payback for his criticism



presidential election rigged. Washington refused to condemn. Washington’s key allies. established a base in 2001. Manas airbase crucial role for occupation and“surge” of “AfPak” war

2009, increase in rent, $17 million to $60 million. source of concern to the Russian elite. Russian government has denied involvement in events. Is now to be out of the control of Kyrgyz elite or international powers. both powers seek to impose their will on new government

China is major player, trade increasing rapidly. Beijing sees Kyrgyzstan as an important link to the energy-rich Caspian Basin

BASIJ TO NASHI

The Russian government is planning to allow pro-Kremlin volunteers to set up a nationwide youth militia by recruiting 100,000 destitute 17- to 25-year-olds to patrol the streets in return for food and shelter.

Behind the proposed militia is the Nashi, a pro-Kremlin youth movement which has already been criticised by liberals for recruiting skinheads to "patrol" opposition marches.

Set up in 2005, the movement is considered an initiative by President Vladimir Putin and it remains faithful to the current prime minister. On 3 August, they announced their proposal to the government to nationalise youth patrols.

Evgeniy Ikhov is a member of the Russian movement "For Human Rights".
These squads would be used only against the opposition and immigrants, and those people are already under attack.

Inspired by the Iranian Basij?

Various Russian Web users have compared the initiative to Iran's violent Basij militia. Here are a few examples: