Is Russia any different a year after Medvedev’s election?
Marzipan6@gmail.com28 May, 2009, 11:04
Jüri Lina seems to be a bit of a loose cannon. I am flattered that Johnx assumes that just because Lina is an Estonian, what he says must therefore be true. Pity he doesn’t extend the same graciousness to me. But of course, I don’t expect or want him to; truth is determined not by who is talking, but by the verifiability of what is said. I must admit that I don’t know much about Lina’s writings. However, conspiracy theorists in general have a very poor track record of credibility. And even if the Bolshevik revolution was the product of the most amazing conspiracy in the history of the universe, that is not contemporary Russia’s responsibility. Rather, Russia is responsible for its own current actions. Part of those actions involve a determined refusal to bring Russians who committed crimes against humanity in the name of the Soviet state to account. No amount of obfuscation can get around that simple fact. (Marzipan6)
Yes , from an outside perspective Pr Medvedev had some big goals namely the domestic ingrained corruption issues, along with others, these things could not be directly addressed without fundamental structural Law reform of course, and this I believe reform takes the form of the direct Pressure and more importantly incentive based polices, of which i would just estimate is split oh say for example 30% Force and 70% Incentive, this is where Pr Medvedev I believe has been an essential and positive force for incentive based polices.
Of course we never see the full team behind the men, but Russia for Pr Medvedev and PM Putin is in a great position 2009, with great opportunities for the future, the one that helps the future of the human existence, too a stronger and more healthy Russia in the future.
28 May, 2009, 11:04 Marzipan6
It's not a conspiracy theory but a conspiracy FACT the offer cites official reference from the Estonian National Archive.
And I guess it's just a coincidence that the same disproportionate number of people just happened to occupy the most senior positions of the post WW2 soviet governments. Out side of the USSR 9 of 10 people arrest and prosecuted as Communist were of the same ethnic component as well as top spies.
What is a fact, Johnx, is that under Soviet tyranny more than 30,000 Estonians civilians, mostly women and children and many aged people, were transported in cattle wagons into Siberian slavery, where most died. Thousands more were executed outright. More than than number were enslaved and killed each in Latvia and Lithuania. This happened both before and after Moscow entered WW2, and Moscow's oppression of the Baltics ended only in 1991. These crimes were committed overwhelmingly by Russians, some of whom continue to live quietly in Russia enjoying their state pensions. The fact that post-Soviet Russia has not brought one single perpetrator of crimes against humanity to justice is an obscenity that is not fitting for a country that likes to think of itself as being civilized. And the fact that this same country then turns around and criticises on human rights issues is simply breathtaking, and goes a long way towards explaining why Russia's neighbours have the attitude they do towards that strange place. (Marzipan6)
Let's not drift away from the topic. I think crisis may be a great opportunity for people in Russia to reconsider direction it's moving in. Medvedev is PR for Putin. Oligarchs wanted to legitimize their new wealth before the crisis - this is the reason for laws against corruption etc. But after the crisis is better to legitimize their debt (as a result of crazy borrowing abroad) - so, they are not interested in real order, especially while the wealth exchanges hands. We need new social agreement on two levels - oligarchs and population with the state.
I think Medvedev is unlucky because of the global criris. When the economy boosts, even the incapable leaders seem to be successful to people. I dont mean that Putin is incapable but the most important thing is to be successful at crisis not at shiny days...
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