Posted on 03/15/2015 2:51:25 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans
Vladimir Putin is 'alive' but 'neutralised' as shadowy security chiefs stage a stealthy coup in Moscow, it was claimed last night.
Former FSB chief Nikolai Patrushev was behind the plot, claimed chairman of the pro-Kremlin national Islamic Committee, Geydar Dzhemal.
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'I think that Putin is neutralised at the moment, but of course, he is alive,' said Dzhemal, seen as a Kremlin loyalist. 'He is under the control of the power-wielding agencies, who have, in my opinion, organised a coup d'etat.'
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'My information is that Patrushev met Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov in Pyatigorsk on 11 March and tempted him over to his side.'
With feverish speculation in Moscow over Putin's health and whereabouts, and claims of a bitter power struggle in his entourage which could even trigger an attempted coup, the head of Chechnya spoke emotionally of people 'trying to harm the president of Russia - and Russia itself'. And he claimed that forces were scheming 'to break us apart', referring to him and his guarantor Putin.
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The voices of prime minister Dmitry Medvedev, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Chief of the Kremlin staff Sergei Ivanov - and Putin's intelligence tsars - have remained silent. Kadyrov has enjoyed extraordinary power and largesse under Putin as a reward for keeping an iron grip on the rebellious oil-rich Chechen region, scene of two bloody wars since the collapse of the USSR. As a result he is hated by many senior Putin loyalists. But Kadyrov's enemies claimed yesterday that the 38 year old bearded regional potentate is in 'panic' because he can no longer contact his mentor. 'He is phoning anyone he can in an attempt to arrange a talk with Putin - but he fails,' alleged a website linked to Islamic hardliners seeking to overthrow Kadyrov.
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Nemtsove was killed to start the Moscow Maidan.
Is that really what you believe?
http://20committee.com/2014/09/25/what-if-everything-you-know-about-terrorism-is-wrong/
Euromaidan is real. Moscow Maidan is the hope and dream of neocons,demoncrats and bureaucrats everywhere.
I see any “threat” out there that Russia intends to snatch other countries as part of the propaganda to keep people afraid. Both sides using it unfortunately...and both sides have hawks in the military and among the Gov. leaders.
Kennedy and Kruschev had to deal with such in the Cuban Missile crisis...........just goes with the territory of political unrest and conflicts playing out. While all this is going on Obama put sanctions on leadership in Venezuela..... Oh the joy of economic war-fare to get nation "leaders" to bend to your strong-arm.....Obama's on a role.
Russia Can’t Beat NATO—But Putin May Try
Can Russia defeat NATO? The answer is “no.” Vladimir Putin’s armies cannot prevail in a direct contest with the NATO alliance.
This, however, is the wrong question. The West’s more pressing concern should be whether Putin, for his own reasons, will force Russia’s military into a clash with NATO regardless of the consequences. The Russian president is a neo-Soviet nostalgist who not only craves revenge for the collapse of the USSR, but who still harbors old-school Kremlin fantasies about the weakness of the decadent West. If Putin’s adventure in Ukraine turns into an attempt to test NATO, his miscalculation will result in global disaster, and so it is imperative that U.S. and Western policy now should be to stop the Russians right where they are and to end Putin’s reckless gambling streak.
http://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2015/02/25/russia_cant_beat_nato—but_putin_may_try.html
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