With the opening of the Sochi Olympics mere days away the anti-Putin diatribes in Western media are hitting absurd heights.
If it's not homophobia, it's corruption. Or meddling in Ukraine. Or more corruption. Or stifling free speech. Or slapping the bold activists of Pussy Riot in jail. Or homophobia. Or meddling in Syria. Have I mentioned the rampant corruption?... homophobia?
At the weekend the papers were full of breathless reportage on Masha Gessen's in-depth biography of the spunky anti-Putin self-promoters Pussy Riot.
But the wicked Putin knows no bounds. Among his manifold malevolent failings there has been one kept secret until now; the man hates man's best friend. They are killing the stray dogs in Sochi in advance of the Olympics!
Who can even bear to imagine such evil?
What do you suppose happens to stray dogs in Frankfurt or Milan or New York or Toronto? Are they superannuated in doggie retirement homes? No, they are corralled and disposed of.
"Put down."
Killed.
Is it a pleasant fact to contemplate? No.
Is it newsworthy? No.
But it sure is when it happens in Russia.
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Monday, February 3, 2014
Monday, March 25, 2013
Boris Berezovsky's death will be a bonanza for Putin-haters for years to come
The demise of Boris Berezovsky by his own hand at the weekend will be exploited by the anti-Putin contingent for years.
Berezovsky was the consummate insider-turned-entrepreneur. His tenure as a member of Yeltsin's inner circle positioned him to become one of the leading oligarchs in that first wave of emerging Russian super-capitalists.
His mentoring of Putin unfortunately had an effect that Berezovsky could not have foreseen. Instead of becoming a pliant puppet of Berezovsky's largess, Putin unleashed a surprise on Berezovsky and all the other rising oligarchs.
He unleashed something that we in the Nations of Virtue claim to be all about; the rule of law.
Suddenly the state, acting on behalf of the people, was telling the oligarchs how things were going to work, instead of the other way around.
That led to a massive exodus of Russia's super-rich, including Berezovsky.
Which in turn led to the long-term campaign of America's super-rich to vilify Putin by whatever means possible, a campaign that continues unabated to this day. After all, the heresy that a government can boss the super-capitalists around has been expunged in the West for generations.
Who is this Russian upstart who threatens to upset the apple-cart?
Berezovsky was the consummate insider-turned-entrepreneur. His tenure as a member of Yeltsin's inner circle positioned him to become one of the leading oligarchs in that first wave of emerging Russian super-capitalists.
His mentoring of Putin unfortunately had an effect that Berezovsky could not have foreseen. Instead of becoming a pliant puppet of Berezovsky's largess, Putin unleashed a surprise on Berezovsky and all the other rising oligarchs.
He unleashed something that we in the Nations of Virtue claim to be all about; the rule of law.
Suddenly the state, acting on behalf of the people, was telling the oligarchs how things were going to work, instead of the other way around.
That led to a massive exodus of Russia's super-rich, including Berezovsky.
Which in turn led to the long-term campaign of America's super-rich to vilify Putin by whatever means possible, a campaign that continues unabated to this day. After all, the heresy that a government can boss the super-capitalists around has been expunged in the West for generations.
Who is this Russian upstart who threatens to upset the apple-cart?
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