Russian scholar says US will collapse — next year

Yahoo News ^ | Wed Mar 4, 4:39 am ET | By MIKE ECKEL, Associated Press Writer Mike Eckel, Associated Press Writer

[BellStar]

MOSCOW – If you're inclined to believe Igor Panarin, and the Kremlin wouldn't mind if you did, then President Barack Obama will order martial law this year, the U.S. will split into six rump-states before 2011, and Russia and China will become the backbones of a new world order. Panarin might be easy to ignore but for the fact that he is a dean at the Foreign Ministry's school for future diplomats and a regular on Russia's state-guided TV channels. And his predictions fit into the anti-American story line of the Kremlin leadership. "There is a high probability that the collapse of the United States will occur by 2010,"

[BellStar]

Hmmm!

[GBA]

Next year? Why wait? At the rate Obama, Reid and Pelosi are going, making it to August seems unlikely.

[Daveinyork]

Obama’s working on it.

[1rudeboy]

It’s rather disconcerting that FReepers find this article so popular.

[allmost]

It seems to be relevant.

[BellStar]

My Father was a retired Army Officer and Cold Warrior who died in 2002. He served during 3 wars and said the Neo-Communist were already here. Guess he was right. So the top economic minds in Russia (Neo-Communist too) say the USA will collapse into 5 regions’ by years end? What’s that all about? Was reported on FOXNC but I missed yesterday found it today here it is and your take please.

[1rudeboy]

Marginally, of course.

[demshateGod]

I feel like I’ve teleported to a couple months ago. This story is quite old.

[Fido969]

Not going to happen.

[ecomcon]

His 6 regions thing is laughable; it shows he doesn’t know a damned thing about Americans.

[allmost]

It feeds on trends. I don’t agree but it is interesting. Why am I posting to you by the way? ;)

[BellStar]

Saturday, March 07 first day I saw it and it was only reported on FNC yesterday!?

[kjam22]

Not 6 regions. Will be 3. East Coast, West Coast, and Flyover.

[ETL]

"the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the [20th] century" -Russian leader Vladimir Putin on the collapse of the Soviet Union...
"World democratic opinion has yet to realize the alarming implications of President Vladimir Putin's State of the Union speech on April 25, 2005, in which he said that the collapse of the Soviet Union represented the 'greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.'
http://www.hooverdigest.org/053/beichman.html

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From the Sino-Russian Joint Statement of April 23, 1997:
"The two sides [China and Russia] shall, in the spirit of partnership, strive to promote the multipolarization of the world and the establishment of a new international order."
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/HI29Ag01.html
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Russia, China flex muscles in joint war games
Reuters: Aug 17, 2007

CHEBARKUL, Russia (Reuters) - Russia and China staged their biggest joint exercises on Friday but denied this show of military prowess could lead to the formation of a counterweight to NATO.

"Today's exercises are another step towards strengthening the relations between our countries, a step towards strengthening international peace and security, and first and foremost, the security of our peoples," Putin said.

Fighter jets swooped overhead, commandos jumped from helicopters on to rooftops and the boom of artillery shells shook the firing range in Russia's Ural mountains as two of the largest armies in the world were put through their paces.

The exercises take place against a backdrop of mounting rivalry between the West, and Russia and China for influence over Central Asia, a strategic region that has huge oil, gas and mineral resources.

Russia's growing assertiveness is also causing jitters in the West. Putin announced at the firing range that Russia was resuming Soviet-era sorties by its strategic bomber aircraft near NATO airspace.
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-29030120070817?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0
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From the Russian News and Information Agency:
July 27, 2006
"'I am determined to expand relations with Russia,' Chavez, known as an outspoken critic of what he calls the United States' unilateralism, told the Russian leader, adding that his determination stemmed from their shared vision of the global order.":
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060727/51913498.html
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Venezuela Set to Develop Nuclear Power With Russia
September 29, 2008
CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that Russia will help Venezuela develop nuclear energy — a move likely to raise U.S. concerns over increasingly close cooperation between Caracas and Moscow.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,429441,00.html
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Venezuela's Chavez welcomes Russian warships
Nov 25, 2008
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela – Russian warships arrived off Venezuela's coast Tuesday in a show of strength aimed at the United States as Moscow seeks to expand its influence in Latin America. The deployment is the first of its kind in the Caribbean since the Cold War and was timed to coincide with President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Caracas — the first ever by a Russian president.
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22Venezuela%27s+Chavez+welcomes+Russian+warships%22&ei=UTF-8&fr=moz2

More Yahoo search results for Russia and Venezuela connections:
http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geu_X30pZJCJEAfCtXNyoA?p=Russia+Venezuela+bombers+tanks+arms&y=Search&fr=404_news

[Dog Gone]

I think this is a case of wishful thinking. Russia is a rump-state from the USSR, and its population is actually declining.

And how does he get off thinking Alaska will become part of Russia?

Sounds like too much vodka.

[xcamel]

click here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=Russian%20scholar

[chippewaman]

This article must have originated from Pravda. It’s true Barry is running this country in the ground but this is just not going to happen. Sounds like a bunch of Communist molarky. It was their USSR which broke up into 15 or 16 parts! Sorry, but this has absolutely no credibility with me.

[allmost]

Bump that. Pretending it does not exist is suicidal.