Vladimir Putin has resumed wetwork in a fashion not witnessed in the Kremlin since the days of Joseph Stalin. Putin’s assassinations abroad over the last 15 years have been more aggressive than anything done during the Russian president’s KGB career. Moreover, his views on turncoats are well known: “Traitors always end badly,” he famously explained. In 2010, the year Skripal was swapped to Britain, Putin chillingly stated, “Traitors will kick the bucket. Trust me. These people betrayed their friends, their brothers-in-arms. Whatever they got in exchange for it, those 30 pieces silver they were given, they will choke on them.”
Today it’s apparent to all but the willfully blind that Cold War 2.0 is in progress and has been for some time. The greatest concern for the West ought to be the reality that the Putin regime does not feel constrained by the “Moscow Rules” of the last Cold War.
http://observer.com/2018/03/theresa-may-announces-measures-against-russia-for-sergei-skripal-case/
Today, Prime Minister Theresa May announced in Parliament her decision to expel Russian intelligence officers in the aftermath of an attack on U.K. soil. The attack, in which a Russian-developed nerve agent made Sergei Skripal and his daughter critically ill, should have prompted Corbyn to offer solemn condemnation of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state aggression. Instead, Corbyn played perfectly into the hands of Russian propaganda messaging and again proved he’s a Kremlin stooge.
First, Corbyn asked if the British government had provided a sample of the nerve agent to Russia. This has been a Russian demand over the past few days but is one that is patently absurd. The British know that if they provide the sample, the Russians will be able to figure out how, where, and when the sample fell into U.K. hands, compromising British intelligence assets. The British also know that the Russians will just deny that the sample is what it is anyway, and either destroy it or replace it with another sample.
The basic point is that the Russians will play games. Corbyn must know this, and thus, it follows that his question was designed to deflect.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/labours-jeremy-corbyn-just-nuked-himself-on-russia
back in 1971:
Originally published in the Guardian on 25 September 1971
Peter Harvey and Patrick Keatley
Sat 25 Sep 2010 17.08 BST First published on Sat 25 Sep 2010 17.08 BST
Britain is to expel 90 Soviet diplomats who have been engaged in active espionage, the Foreign Office announced last night. Another 15 Soviet officials, at present overseas, will not be allowed to return to this country. Many of these men are suspected of involvement in planning acts of sabotage. The expulsion order – affecting nearly 20 per cent of the 550 Soviet diplomats in Britain – is unprecedented in size and scope. It follows months of intensive investigation by the intelligence services, and the defection of a top KGB officer from the Soviet Embassy in London.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/sep/27/britain-expels-90-soviet-spies
Thanks.
BUMP