Interesting book:
by Ken Alibek
FYI, *Ken Alibek* [formerly Kanatjan Alibekov] was the Deputy Chief of Soviet Bioweapons program until his defection in 1992.
Posted on 11/30/2006 11:02:53 AM PST by GarySpFc
If I simply stood anywhere near Boris Berezovsky, I’m sure my hair would fall out and my skin would turn yellow.
Alexander Litvinenko is simply the last in a long line of stiffs associated with Boris, a line of corpses that stretches back to the mid-nineties. One died from a mysterious nerve toxin applied to the rim of his coffee cup.
If you want to know about Boris Berezovsky, ask former Forbes editor Paul Klebnikov. Except you can’t, because he was blown away in 2004, shortly after writing up Berezovsky’s bullet-ridden bio, ‘Godfather Of Crime’.
The Litvinenko case is notable for the disinformation spread by the UK’s press, where the ‘facts’ have changed daily. Who makes this stuff up? Why, story and pictures supplied by The Godfather’s PR Firm - one with the sole aim of naming the killer as the Kremlin. Or might that just be a smokescreen for a mafia hit? At the very least, it’s a case of Pottinger calling the kettle black.
The media first linked Litvinenko with the poisoning of Yushchenko. How did that come about? Well, PR just happened to contact John Henry, the toxicologist, to put the Thallium rumour about. Shamefaced John now regrets his diagnosis and admits he was misled about aspects of the case. He stood near Boris and, as the Guardian put it today, got his fingers burned.
The BBC reported radioactive metal objects lodged in Litvinov’s intestines. Source? Potttinger PR. Litvinenko’s doctor subsequently complained about the BBC’s unhelpful speculation. But, who cares about facts as long as Putin gets maligned.
Litvinenko didn’t care much for facts either. He was a loose cannon who would say anything and was paid handsomely by Boris for so doing. A good example of one of Livinenko’s rants is an interview where he blames the London 7/7 bombings on Putin. According to Litvinenko, Yassar Arafat, Saddam and al-Zawahiri are all KGB agents too. Litvinenko would give gullible journalists declassified, old 1970s documents marked ’secret’ to prove his cred. Boris bought him a half a million pound house in London. Good job.
The other political link the media has sought to forge is between Litvinenko and Politovskaya. Well, there is a link, but not the one generally publicised. Shortly before Paul Klebnikov was hit, he was investigating the embezzlement of Russian funds intended for reconstruction in Chechnya - a fatal line of enquiry the investigative Politovskaya was also following,
Litvinenko’s rants were published in the UK Chechen press. An interesting link is between Berezovsky, Litvinenko and Zakayev, the Chechen warlord, is that they were all mysteriously given asylum in the UK as ‘needy human rights cases’. Yeah, right.
Why London needs a coterie of foreign criminals is beyond me, but they appear to have some friends in very high places. Even Zhirinovsky has asked the perfectly reasonable question ‘ why Cherie Blair works in a law firm which is servicing our Russian thugs, Berezovsky included.’
It’s bad enough having Lord Bell influence the media on behalf of the Mafia. Even more disturbing is that Scotland Yard did not investigate the case until several days after the poisoning was reported. Does Boris have friends there too? Not important. By this time Britain’s media had secured a conviction.
Copy Dude on Berezovsky and Litinenko
Is there any connection between Gaidar and Berezovsky from the early 90s?
Interesting book:
by Ken Alibek
FYI, *Ken Alibek* [formerly Kanatjan Alibekov] was the Deputy Chief of Soviet Bioweapons program until his defection in 1992.
I just reserved it at the library - thanks!
FReepers should also know that, if they follow the link to the website above, they'll find a piece titled "Capitalism, past its sell-by date?" Undoubtedly also an interesting read.
All of this (including somewhat crude blame-shifting - like in the article posted) reminds me last years of Brezhnev, when quite a bit of high-profile guys lost their lives.
Obviously in 2008 "people" will kindly ask Putin to stay as President.
Nope, Putin will not run for president.
What KOmmersant has to say today.
Chubais also tied the occurrence with Gaidar to two well-publicized murders. He is convinced that “the death construct of Politkovskaya-Litvinenko-Gaidar, who has been averted only by a miracle, would be extremely attractive to supporters of an unconstitutional forcible coup d'etat in Russia,” Chubais said.
Gozman commented on Chubais's statement that “We know what the three events led to. In the West, it was a terrible blow to the image Russia and the president of Russia. That is advantageous to people who want to isolate Russia from the outside world, from the West. People who want to return to the Cold War and local hot wars and to cause disorder during that isolation. Some of those people live in our country
Check out the source link for a good laugh. Don't forget to read some of the bios of the contributors.
"People" have already asked Putin to stay-and he has said no. Some in the Duma have suggested amending the constitution so he can stay-and he has opposed them.
Putin IS a bloody-minded SOB - no two ways about it-but I doubt this "trail" leads anywhere NEAR him !
Incidentally,some of the people who engineered the theft of 100 BILLION dollars in foreign aid money and loans have suddenly "remembered their heritage" - a la George Soros-and are suggesting Russia's desire to prosecute and imprison them is "an anti-semitic plot".
Yup,yup,yup.
Why not 100 TRILLION dollars? As we at it...
Concur. His business interests, the Russian Yukos oil conglomerate in particular, will require more of his hands-on attention. But he'll first have to find a trustworthy or frightened enough ally to take over as President of the Russian Federation.
I'll settle for the 100 billion,thank you !
I'm amazed that UK decided to give BAB and assorted Chechen terrorists asylum, but the world long ago moved beyond my comprehension.
Hmmm. Has anyone noticed if Sasha Umalatova has had any of her hair falling out lately? I wonder if DOE/NNSA/GTRI missed anything during their Chechnya expeditions.
The prisoner Streisand has been removed to the headquarters building of the All-Russia Insurance Company, and there confessed her involvement in these crimes against the state, to her involvement with the criminal Trotsky in Mexico, and to detonating an explosive device at Tunguska.
Felix
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