Kasparov: Russia's Allies Should Not Help Vladimir Putin

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February 09, 2009, 11:17:16 PM
Russia's Allies Should Not Help Vladimir Putin
By Garry Kasparov

Allowing Putin's regime to fall would help not only the Russian people but also the world's poisoned economic climate. The downfall of a regime that has trampled on moral values for a decade would signal change.

Last June, when Russian Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin was invited to open this year's World Economic Forum confab of business and political leaders in Davos, he surely expected to be speaking from a position of strength. Seven months later oil prices have plunged, the Russian stock market has collapsed, and the ruble is in free fall. Instead of reasoned discourse, what the audience got on Jan. 28 was bluster, blame, and a cry for help.


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A member of the National Bolshevik Party is arrested by police officers on January 31, 2009 during an opposition rally in the center of Moscow.
But the world should not help Vladimir Putin. For too long, too many myths have surrounded him and his dictatorial regime. "At least Russians are better off than during the days of the Soviet Union" was the frequent refrain of Western leaders afraid to confront Putin over his domestic crackdown. When he discarded the last pretense of Russian democracy during the 2008 presidential transition, the chorus shifted to: "Even though Russians aren't free, even though elections are rigged and the media controlled by the state, at least the economy is doing well and investors are happy."

Now the myth of the strong economy has crumbled. Make no mistake: This is not just a sudden reversal of fortune. The fall in energy prices and the global financial crisis have only revealed what was going on behind the scenes all along. Putin and his government have hollowed out the economy by failing to invest in sectors other than the energy export business. More than half of state investment goes to oil and gas production, says think tank Carnegie Moscow Center. Meanwhile, in the last six months, industrial production has plunged 20 percent. Steel output is down more than 45 percent since early 2008. Skyrocketing oil prices gave Putin enough cash to keep the macroeconomic scenario rosy. The charade is over.

Big Brother Thriving in BritainIn 2000, Putin inherited an economy ready to boom after years of painful liberalization. That year, with oil at $20 a barrel, gross domestic product grew 10 percent. The federal budget was out of the red for the first time since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Nine years later, despite a stretch of phenomenal luck and oil prices that peaked close to $150, Russia is again in crisis. Oil has now fallen to $40. Even if it rises to around $50, Finance Minister Alexei L. Kudrin forecasts a budget deficit of 5 percent of GDP, or $60 billion in 2009 — a number many experts call optimistic.

Where did the money go? Where is it still going? Cash reserves are no substitute for the economic pillars of industry, agriculture, infrastructure, and education. Those have been allowed to decay while the elite's pockets have swelled from sales of natural resources.

While Putin has failed to invest in the foundations of the economy, he has devoted considerable efforts to keeping his grip on power. And he has cultivated a long list of allies in the political and business worlds, including former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. Putin's speech in Davos was his signal that it was time for them to come to his rescue by backing his agenda for corporate debt write-offs around the globe. Russian companies are burdened with close to $500 billion in debt, with at least $100 billion due in 2009.

Putin was vague on how such a program would work. But any support for his regime must be denied. As long as he remains in charge, hardships for Russians will only worsen. The state-controlled media will continue to blame "irresponsible Americans" for everything from rising food prices to the ruble's collapse. With no political outlet, many more Russians may take to the streets—as they did while Putin was in Davos.


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Many leaders at Davos spoke about improving the world's poisoned economic climate. A leap in this direction can be taken by letting the Putin regime fall. It knows that time is running out. Now that the Putin economy is being exposed as a fraud, the West must let market forces unleash the invisible hand of political change to push Putin from power. (President Dimitry Medvedev is in Putin's shadow even though Medvedev could fire Putin with the stroke of a pen.)

By rejecting Putin's agenda, the world can send a clear signal to Russia's elites not to bet on the old regime. That would improve the chances for a peaceful transition. "We must rely on the moral values that have ensured the progress of our civilization," Putin said in Davos. I could not agree more. The downfall of a regime that has trampled on those values for a decade is an excellent place to begin.

Kasparov is chairman of the opposition group United Civil Front and co-leader of the pro-democracy coalition The Other Russia (theotherrussia.org).

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After the Revolution of 1905, the Czar had prudently prepared for further outbreaks by transferring some $400 million in cash to the New York banks, Chase, National City, Guaranty Trust, J.P.Morgan Co., and Hanover Trust. In 1914, these same banks bought the controlling number of shares in the newly organized Federal Reserve Bank of New York, paying for the stock with the Czar\'s sequestered funds. In November 1917,  Red Guards drove a truck to the Imperial Bank and removed the Romanoff gold and jewels. The gold was later shipped directly to Kuhn, Loeb Co. in New York.-- Curse of Canaan

mgt23

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February 10, 2009, 03:31:03 PM
i'm a big fan of bobby fischer being a chess teacher myself. Bobby told it how it is and my thoughts are with him. I have always wondered why chess became so political (was it because it was a game of royalty?) I wonder how many of the top players in fide have zionist views see todays independent for a isreali jewish match by john speelman. on a slight tangent has anyone noticed just have many jews-crypto jews are mentioned in the obituaries, honestly review them and there is almost 1-2 everyday its phenomonal. also in every broadsheet there is always a piece on the jewish question. it is these pieces of evidence which convinced me of ridiculous amounts of jewish influence in the media and confirmed the conspiracy. a statistical count of the obituiaries in the broadsheets could be a powerful tool for illuminating people to the danger.
peace

sullivan

#2
February 11, 2009, 04:48:38 PM
Quote from: "&c."For what it's worth:

Kasparov is a crypto jew, who (apart from being a criminal charlatan himself) has alliances with the banished (and remaining, obviously) Russian mishpucka oligarches
Kasparov is no crypto, and to my knowledge has never made a secret of his chosen-ness. At least in Russia, his Jewishness is public knowledge.  This loudmouth chess player doesn't even live in Russia, but still thinks he can interfere in the politics of the country. His party has little or no popular support, so he bitches about Putin's autocratic nature. Russia's Allies should pay no attention to this windbag.
"The real menace of our Republic is the invisible government which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy legs over our cities, states and nation. At the head is a small group of banking houses generally referred to as \'international bankers.\' This little coterie... run our government for their own selfish ends. It operates under cover of a self-created screen, seizes our executive officers, legislative bodies, schools, courts, newspapers and every agency created for the public protection."
John F. Hylan (1868-1936) - Former Mayor of New York City

sullivan

#3
February 12, 2009, 07:43:23 PM
I don't disagree with you totally, but I do know that Kasparov's paternal surname is well known at least in Russia, and many I've encountered out of Russia seem to know of his chosen-ness. Kasparov is a Russification of his mother's surname, Kasparian.

The change of name appears to have something to do with the death of his father when he was quite young. I don't think he has ever made an attempt to hide his background, which is what would qualify him as a true crypto.

Actually, I'd say Kasparyan and the russified verison is probably Jewish too, given that it is derived from the Chaldean (Babylonian) word 'Gizbar', meaning 'treasurer', and as we know, any name having anything to do with money is inevitably Jewish.
"The real menace of our Republic is the invisible government which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy legs over our cities, states and nation. At the head is a small group of banking houses generally referred to as \'international bankers.\' This little coterie... run our government for their own selfish ends. It operates under cover of a self-created screen, seizes our executive officers, legislative bodies, schools, courts, newspapers and every agency created for the public protection."
John F. Hylan (1868-1936) - Former Mayor of New York City

CrackSmokeRepublican

#4
February 12, 2009, 09:18:56 PM
I read that he was born in the Baku. I think Kasparov is upset Putin has frustrated the Russian Jewish Oligarchs from fully exploiting the Caspian region for oil and gas. Kasparov wants a cut of the money if the Jews run the show there.  Basically, Putin is frustrating a lot of Jews in that region.

His Jew Dad and Armenian Mom:
http://www.cilicia.com/armo19d.html
After the Revolution of 1905, the Czar had prudently prepared for further outbreaks by transferring some $400 million in cash to the New York banks, Chase, National City, Guaranty Trust, J.P.Morgan Co., and Hanover Trust. In 1914, these same banks bought the controlling number of shares in the newly organized Federal Reserve Bank of New York, paying for the stock with the Czar\'s sequestered funds. In November 1917,  Red Guards drove a truck to the Imperial Bank and removed the Romanoff gold and jewels. The gold was later shipped directly to Kuhn, Loeb Co. in New York.-- Curse of Canaan

high_treason

#5
February 13, 2009, 03:05:38 AM
QuoteActually, I'd say Kasparyan and the russified verison is probably Jewish too, given that it is derived from the Chaldean (Babylonian) word 'Gizbar', meaning 'treasurer', and as we know, any name having anything to do with money is inevitably Jewish.

That actually reminded me of Islamboli (The assasin who killed Saddat in October 1981), as his mother's family in Egypt is called Meetkees (in reference to a hundred bags of gold)....might be crypto that would explain his fuzzy love with Zawahri and AlQaida
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