""They were led on a leash. Our self styled 'friends' having been working for several decades, I deem, to dismember Russia."
What 'friends' are they talking about? Any ideas?
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Depends, I think he is talking about the US.
I don't think it is the US. They are writing how we are sending money and medical supplies and how Americans lined up at the embassy of Russia to sign a book of condolances.
They aren't mad at the US. They know we would naver do that.
It does sound like a state, however. Maybe Iraqi diehards? Syrians? There are a lot of bad politics right in Russia without bringing Al Qaeda into it. I guess it could be someone who wants to oust the Ossetian leaders or Putin.
Don't forget that Russia has still ostensibly had friendly ties with Iran and Syria, as well as the former regime in Iraq.
Almost certainly, they were referring to the Arab world, with whom the USSR had close ties. This could possibly include the Iranians, although the Russians were not close to them until the agreement to build a Nuclear power station.
Nor are they close to the Pakistanis.
Their friends now would still include the Syrians, Lebanese, current Iraqi terrorists, possibly Sudan, Somalia, Eritria, all of who have elements of Al Qaeda operating within them.