Posted on 09/25/2014 12:17:26 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Russia is the target of a global plot orchestrated by the United States and involving fighters from the self-styled Islamic State (IS) and nationalist Ukrainian troops - that is the latest conspiracy theory broadcast on Russian state TV.
"America is everywhere, the West is everywhere, Nato is everywhere. Everything is organised against Russia," the veteran Russian nationalist MP Vladimir Zhirinovsky railed during a talk show on Channel One, Russia's most popular TV station.
There was a "certain link", he hinted, between Ukrainian troops "raiding our western regions" and IS, which he said was being armed by the US.
Joining the studio discussion by video link, pro-Moscow Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov alleged that IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was a "CIA employee". He suggested that he had been recruited while in prison.
Mr Kadyrov and Mr Zhirinovsky were speaking on Time Will Tell, a new daytime political talk show on Channel One. Its appearance at a time of day normally reserved for soaps, cookery shows or celebrity chat is just one example of how highly emotive coverage of the Ukraine crisis is increasingly dominating Russian TV schedules.
'Gallery of horrors'
Time Will Tell host Pyotr Tolstoy took up the IS-Ukraine conspiracy theme by suggesting a link between IS leader Baghdadi and Ukrainian ultra-nationalist leader Dmytro Yarosh - they were both born in 1971, both went to university, both have written a book, he said.
Mr Zhirinovsky eagerly agreed. They were both members of a "new generation of gunmen" being trained by the US, he claimed.
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Channel 1? channel 2 must reallt suk!
Soviet TV had only two channels. Channel 1 was nothing but propaganda. Channel 2 was KGB colonel barking “Turn back to Channel 1!!”
Anyway, Russia Today TV & Al-Jazeera TV are identical in their anti-US verbiage. Worthless to watch, IMO.
With our current regime and ISIS, they might actually have a point. :/
I don’t doubt anything stated here. I’d love to see facts, either that this theory is true or not true.
Russian TV should do a story on all their missing Manhole covers
I guess it wouldn’t surprise you then that Shemp Smith just reported that Assad has launched another chemical attack in Syria. Says he can’t confirm.
I do not believe Assad had any reason to do that at this moment, but Obama does. The only reason we are in Syria is to depose Assad for the Saudis, not go after ISIS. You also probably noticed those lame bombings of supposed ISIS sites.
We been had again.
Not you and me. A lot of good that does. Civilization is on its way out, and not much us little folk can do about it.
Russia the victim...Americans and now Ukrainians conspiring against Russia... this tune is almost a 100 years old.
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