03-08-2007, 06:51 AM
http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article...63,00.html (excerpt)
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Guardian, Wed, Mar 7, 2007 13:00
<b>Russian generals put old foe back into their sights</b>
Russia is to replace its military doctrine with a more hawkish version that boldly identifies Nato and the west as its greatest danger.
In a statement posted on its website, Russia's powerful security council said it no longer considered global terrorism as its biggest danger. Instead, Russia was developing a new national security strategy which reflected changing "geo-political" realities, and the fact that rival military alliances were becoming "stronger" - "especially Nato".
"There have been changes in the character of the threat to the military security of Russia. More and more leading world states are seeking to upgrade their national armed forces. The configuration has changed," the council said.
Although President Vladimir Putin ordered his generals to revise the country's military doctrine in June 2005, the blueprint reflects the sudden deterioration in relations with the west.
In particular Russia has been incensed by the US administration's plans to site two new missile interceptor and radar bases in Poland and the Czech Republic.
Senior figures in the Russian military yesterday told the Guardian they were infuriated by what they regard as Nato's "relentless expansion" into "post-Soviet space" - the countries of former communist eastern Europe and the Baltic. Russia felt increasingly "encircled" by hostile neighbours, they said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->I agree with this. Russia is surrounded by countries brainwashed into thinking they belong with Europe not Russia. But in reality, they're just tools to bring down Russia. When playtime's over, no one will care about them anymore.
As for the affair of Litvinenko's 'thallium poisoning ~> Russian Intelligence did him in' - read also:
http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jsp...=20070307221143
<b>Have your say. Russian dissident's death: Your reaction</b>
(One comment by a psecular Indian from Mumbai shows his ignorance: thinking that the USA and UK don't assassinate traitors and turncoats...)
Ever since Litvinenko's death made headlines everywhere turning the accusation 'Russia must have done it' into 'Russia did it', the same model is being followed. Daily, new events are springing up which not only tell the same story, but are of course also repeated by the media so we all know 'Russia is becoming evil and undemocratic' again. Some of the most recent neverending stream of media reports of mysterious deaths attributed to the Putin govt and the KGB:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6426043.stm
<b>Moscow burial for dead journalist</b>
http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0...src=rss&feed=12
<b>Russian journalist 'sacked' for speaking on police brutality</b>
http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0...src=rss&feed=12
<b>US pair fall ill in Moscow from thallium poisoning</b>
Also search BBC news for: Russia thallium
Either the Litvinenko story was such a hit that they kept regurgitating it from different angles, or they really wanted everyone to see Russia the way they wanted it to be seen: a shadowy, threatening, mammoth-sized government that sneakily suppresses democracy and goes around silencing dissenters... Wait. Quite a few countries fit this bill.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Guardian, Wed, Mar 7, 2007 13:00
<b>Russian generals put old foe back into their sights</b>
Russia is to replace its military doctrine with a more hawkish version that boldly identifies Nato and the west as its greatest danger.
In a statement posted on its website, Russia's powerful security council said it no longer considered global terrorism as its biggest danger. Instead, Russia was developing a new national security strategy which reflected changing "geo-political" realities, and the fact that rival military alliances were becoming "stronger" - "especially Nato".
"There have been changes in the character of the threat to the military security of Russia. More and more leading world states are seeking to upgrade their national armed forces. The configuration has changed," the council said.
Although President Vladimir Putin ordered his generals to revise the country's military doctrine in June 2005, the blueprint reflects the sudden deterioration in relations with the west.
In particular Russia has been incensed by the US administration's plans to site two new missile interceptor and radar bases in Poland and the Czech Republic.
Senior figures in the Russian military yesterday told the Guardian they were infuriated by what they regard as Nato's "relentless expansion" into "post-Soviet space" - the countries of former communist eastern Europe and the Baltic. Russia felt increasingly "encircled" by hostile neighbours, they said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->I agree with this. Russia is surrounded by countries brainwashed into thinking they belong with Europe not Russia. But in reality, they're just tools to bring down Russia. When playtime's over, no one will care about them anymore.
As for the affair of Litvinenko's 'thallium poisoning ~> Russian Intelligence did him in' - read also:
http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jsp...=20070307221143
<b>Have your say. Russian dissident's death: Your reaction</b>
(One comment by a psecular Indian from Mumbai shows his ignorance: thinking that the USA and UK don't assassinate traitors and turncoats...)
Ever since Litvinenko's death made headlines everywhere turning the accusation 'Russia must have done it' into 'Russia did it', the same model is being followed. Daily, new events are springing up which not only tell the same story, but are of course also repeated by the media so we all know 'Russia is becoming evil and undemocratic' again. Some of the most recent neverending stream of media reports of mysterious deaths attributed to the Putin govt and the KGB:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6426043.stm
<b>Moscow burial for dead journalist</b>
http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0...src=rss&feed=12
<b>Russian journalist 'sacked' for speaking on police brutality</b>
http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0...src=rss&feed=12
<b>US pair fall ill in Moscow from thallium poisoning</b>
Also search BBC news for: Russia thallium
Either the Litvinenko story was such a hit that they kept regurgitating it from different angles, or they really wanted everyone to see Russia the way they wanted it to be seen: a shadowy, threatening, mammoth-sized government that sneakily suppresses democracy and goes around silencing dissenters... Wait. Quite a few countries fit this bill.