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How to make monsters of legitimate rulers - learn from international media. (Indian media has already done it with Hindu leaders in India.)
Two news reports on the 'Evil' that is Russia - according to US version of the story, of course. Some countries are obviously shaking in their boots about emerging Russia, and feeds the viewers timely reminders not to root for it.
http://au.news.yahoo.com//070414/19/133tu.html
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Saturday April 14, 10:09 PM
<b>Russian police swoop on protest, arrest Kasparov</b>
Photo : AFPÂ
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian riot police detained as many as 200 demonstrators Saturday, including opposition leader and former chess champion Garry Kasparov, in a crackdown on a banned protest in central Moscow.
Thousands of riot police and interior ministry soldiers in camouflage battledress locked down the city centre to prevent a march by <b>The Other Russia, a coalition of groups that accuse President Vladimir Putin of dismantling democracy</b>.
(Oh who could have set up and be funding 'The Other Russia' front? This is <i>such</i> a hard question.
arcasm
Kasparov, one of the leaders of The Other Russia, was detained as he attempted to lead demonstrators on to the historic Pushkin Square, an AFP correspondent saw. Scores of other activists were seen being detained and loaded on to police buses.
According to Interfax news agency, Kasparov was released about three hours later, although this could be immediately confirmed.
Opposition leaders had been warned not to gather on Pushkin Square, but said they were outraged at the massive security operation.
"What's going on with the authorities? Have they lost their minds? What's going on with this military operation?" asked former prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov, as paramilitary OMON police blocked him from entering Pushkin Square.
Tensions are rising ahead of the March 2008 presidential election to replace Putin, who is constitutionally required to step down at the end of his second term.
Putin, who has overseen rapid economic growth in Russia, is widely popular. Opponents say this is largely the result of a powerful state media machine and the marginalisation of real opponents.
The Other Russia -- ranging from pro-Western liberals to radical leftists -- dubbed its protest Saturday the "March of Dissent" and said the Kremlin was rattled.
"We are pushing for change through elections. But we want real, free elections, not imitations, in our country," Kasyanov told supporters.
The demonstration comes after one of Putin's most outspoken critics, mulit-millionaire Boris Berezovsky, said he was planning a "revolution" from his exile in London.
Moscow called on London to expel Berezovsky, who has political asylum in Britain, following the comments published Friday in The Guardian newspaper.
The episode further strained ties between Britain and Russia, already badly frayed by the mysterious poisoning in London of another exiled Russian, Alexander Litvinenko.
Moscow is also at loggerheads with Washington over recent US government reports criticising the state of democracy in Russia.
The Other Russia activists had hoped to gather on Pushkin Square, a major crossroads near the Kremlin, despite a ban by the city authorities.
Kasparov was arrested because "he came and began to provoke police into taking harsh action, while knowing that the demonstration on Pushkin Square was forbidden," a police spokesman was quoted as saying by Interfax.
After being blocked, hundreds of protestors marched toward a site outside the city centre, where they were authorised to rally.
"We need another Russia!" they chanted. "Russia without Putin!"
A spokesman for Moscow police, Viktor Biryukov, told ITAR-TASS news agency that 9,000 police and troops were deployed to control both the opposition and a series of other demonstrations, including by the pro-Kremlin youth group Young Guard.
"Our colleagues have been ordered to ensure order in a calm, polite way," Biryukov said.
The last two marches by The Other Russia -- one in Saint Petersburg and one in Nizhny Novgorod -- were violently dispersed. A third, held in Moscow last December, gathered approximately 2,000 people and 7,000 police.
"This was a gross violation of human rights," the respected head of the <b>Moscow Helsinki Group</b>, Lyudmila Alexeyeva, told Interfax after Saturday's rally.
"This was a violation of the constitution, according to which Russian citizens have the right to demonstrate."
Echo of Moscow radio, considered one of the few remaining independent broadcasters in the country, reported that police were drafted in from across Russia for the event.
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Yawn. 'Human rights' is becoming a laughable term when it is bandied left and right without real concern about actual humans' rights, and instead the only motive in bringing it up at all is in order to topple governments seen as a threat to continued dominance of West and further West.
How about these subversive groups funded by foreign interests stop purposefully precipitating situations whereby they <i>know</i> and are indeed <i>counting on</i> harsh government action?
http://au.news.yahoo.com/070414/15/133uk.html
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Saturday April 14, 09:30 PM
<b>Russia police arrest 170 anti-Kremlin protesters</b>
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police detained at least 170 people, including chess champion Garry Kasparov, on Saturday as they snuffed out an attempt by opponents of President Vladimir Putin to protest near the Kremlin.
Activists had planned to gather at a city center square about one km (half a mile) from the Kremlin to protest at what <b>they say is Putin's trampling of democratic freedoms and demand a fair vote to choose a new president in 2008</b>.
Teams of riot police, acting on a ruling from the city authorities banning the protest, pounced on protesters as they appeared in small groups near the square and swiftly loaded them into buses, Reuters witnesses said.
"The authorities are afraid of their own citizens and they do not want citizens to influence what is happening in the country," Mikhail Kasyanov, a leader of the Other Russia opposition coalition that organized the protest, told Reuters.
"On the eve of the elections ... of course the authorities are terribly scared of this and today's excessive actions by the police (are proof of that)," said Kasyanov, a former prime minister under Putin.
(How much was he paid to work for the other side? I want to know. I suspect Russian turncoats are not as cheap as Indian ones.)
An aide to Kasparov, also an Other Russia leader, confirmed the former chess grandmaster was among those detained. A police source said he was likely to be charged with incitement to violence.
Later, small groups of protesters gathered at another square a few kilometers away waving Russian flags and roses and shouting "Russia without Putin." Police dispersed them and a Reuters reporter saw several being led away to police vans.
<b>The protesters have marginal influence in Russia. The vast majority of voters back Putin, who has overseen rising incomes and political stability. But Kremlin loyalists say the protesters are dangerous extremists plotting a revolution.</b>
(Like in India. Psecularists and their media are small in number and influence, but likes to throw at least three times its weight around.)
<b>The protest came a day after Russian multi-millionaire Boris Berezovsky said in a newspaper interview from his London base that he was fomenting revolution in Russia. The protest organizers distanced themselves from Berezovsky.</b>
"Thanks to the well-coordinated actions of the riot police and Moscow police, we were able to prevent an illegal gathering being carried out," said Moscow police chief spokesman Viktor Biryukov.
"Police acted in a proportionate way ... and strictly in accordance with the law. As of 1:30 p.m. (0930 GMT), about 170 people have been held, these were the most aggressive participants in the unauthorized actions."
Four Reuters journalists -- two photographers and two camera crew -- were detained as they covered the clashes. All four were later released without charge.
Police said they had mobilized 9,000 officers around the center of Moscow on Saturday to keep order.
There was a massive security presence around the square, in the shadow of a statue to poet Alexander Pushkin, where the protesters had planned to congregate.
At least a thousand police could be seen in the square and on the streets leading into it. A water cannon truck and several police trucks were stationed on the street leading from the square to the Kremlin.
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Oh, poor victimised 'The Other Russia'. Thank goodness for Reuters relating their carefully-planned tribulations and letting them speak the words rehearsed for the interview.
What? No interview with Putin this time, edited to make it look like he's the next Stalin and major threat to the world? Not even any images of Putin next to images of Stalin? That's the shame about the media these days, they do everything by halves. They can't even go overboard wholeheartedly.
Guess either readers are more sophisticated nowadays (mwahahahaha, yeah right) or we're not as interested as in decades past.
Putin may not be the best of men, but he cares for his country and is actually doing something for it. Russia has so many people ashamed of their own country (thanks to brainwashing and 'international'/western media) you'd think they were psecular Indians. Putin is putting faith in Russia back into many people. Some brainwashed Russians can't stand it. By the time the next leader is elected - hopefully a pro-Russian too - fewer Russians may believe in badmouthing their nation, they'll certainly have even less cause then.
How to make monsters of legitimate rulers - learn from international media. (Indian media has already done it with Hindu leaders in India.)
Two news reports on the 'Evil' that is Russia - according to US version of the story, of course. Some countries are obviously shaking in their boots about emerging Russia, and feeds the viewers timely reminders not to root for it.
http://au.news.yahoo.com//070414/19/133tu.html
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Saturday April 14, 10:09 PM
<b>Russian police swoop on protest, arrest Kasparov</b>
Photo : AFPÂ
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian riot police detained as many as 200 demonstrators Saturday, including opposition leader and former chess champion Garry Kasparov, in a crackdown on a banned protest in central Moscow.
Thousands of riot police and interior ministry soldiers in camouflage battledress locked down the city centre to prevent a march by <b>The Other Russia, a coalition of groups that accuse President Vladimir Putin of dismantling democracy</b>.
(Oh who could have set up and be funding 'The Other Russia' front? This is <i>such</i> a hard question.
arcasmKasparov, one of the leaders of The Other Russia, was detained as he attempted to lead demonstrators on to the historic Pushkin Square, an AFP correspondent saw. Scores of other activists were seen being detained and loaded on to police buses.
According to Interfax news agency, Kasparov was released about three hours later, although this could be immediately confirmed.
Opposition leaders had been warned not to gather on Pushkin Square, but said they were outraged at the massive security operation.
"What's going on with the authorities? Have they lost their minds? What's going on with this military operation?" asked former prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov, as paramilitary OMON police blocked him from entering Pushkin Square.
Tensions are rising ahead of the March 2008 presidential election to replace Putin, who is constitutionally required to step down at the end of his second term.
Putin, who has overseen rapid economic growth in Russia, is widely popular. Opponents say this is largely the result of a powerful state media machine and the marginalisation of real opponents.
The Other Russia -- ranging from pro-Western liberals to radical leftists -- dubbed its protest Saturday the "March of Dissent" and said the Kremlin was rattled.
"We are pushing for change through elections. But we want real, free elections, not imitations, in our country," Kasyanov told supporters.
The demonstration comes after one of Putin's most outspoken critics, mulit-millionaire Boris Berezovsky, said he was planning a "revolution" from his exile in London.
Moscow called on London to expel Berezovsky, who has political asylum in Britain, following the comments published Friday in The Guardian newspaper.
The episode further strained ties between Britain and Russia, already badly frayed by the mysterious poisoning in London of another exiled Russian, Alexander Litvinenko.
Moscow is also at loggerheads with Washington over recent US government reports criticising the state of democracy in Russia.
The Other Russia activists had hoped to gather on Pushkin Square, a major crossroads near the Kremlin, despite a ban by the city authorities.
Kasparov was arrested because "he came and began to provoke police into taking harsh action, while knowing that the demonstration on Pushkin Square was forbidden," a police spokesman was quoted as saying by Interfax.
After being blocked, hundreds of protestors marched toward a site outside the city centre, where they were authorised to rally.
"We need another Russia!" they chanted. "Russia without Putin!"
A spokesman for Moscow police, Viktor Biryukov, told ITAR-TASS news agency that 9,000 police and troops were deployed to control both the opposition and a series of other demonstrations, including by the pro-Kremlin youth group Young Guard.
"Our colleagues have been ordered to ensure order in a calm, polite way," Biryukov said.
The last two marches by The Other Russia -- one in Saint Petersburg and one in Nizhny Novgorod -- were violently dispersed. A third, held in Moscow last December, gathered approximately 2,000 people and 7,000 police.
"This was a gross violation of human rights," the respected head of the <b>Moscow Helsinki Group</b>, Lyudmila Alexeyeva, told Interfax after Saturday's rally.
"This was a violation of the constitution, according to which Russian citizens have the right to demonstrate."
Echo of Moscow radio, considered one of the few remaining independent broadcasters in the country, reported that police were drafted in from across Russia for the event.
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Yawn. 'Human rights' is becoming a laughable term when it is bandied left and right without real concern about actual humans' rights, and instead the only motive in bringing it up at all is in order to topple governments seen as a threat to continued dominance of West and further West.
How about these subversive groups funded by foreign interests stop purposefully precipitating situations whereby they <i>know</i> and are indeed <i>counting on</i> harsh government action?
http://au.news.yahoo.com/070414/15/133uk.html
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Saturday April 14, 09:30 PM
<b>Russia police arrest 170 anti-Kremlin protesters</b>
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police detained at least 170 people, including chess champion Garry Kasparov, on Saturday as they snuffed out an attempt by opponents of President Vladimir Putin to protest near the Kremlin.
Activists had planned to gather at a city center square about one km (half a mile) from the Kremlin to protest at what <b>they say is Putin's trampling of democratic freedoms and demand a fair vote to choose a new president in 2008</b>.
Teams of riot police, acting on a ruling from the city authorities banning the protest, pounced on protesters as they appeared in small groups near the square and swiftly loaded them into buses, Reuters witnesses said.
"The authorities are afraid of their own citizens and they do not want citizens to influence what is happening in the country," Mikhail Kasyanov, a leader of the Other Russia opposition coalition that organized the protest, told Reuters.
"On the eve of the elections ... of course the authorities are terribly scared of this and today's excessive actions by the police (are proof of that)," said Kasyanov, a former prime minister under Putin.
(How much was he paid to work for the other side? I want to know. I suspect Russian turncoats are not as cheap as Indian ones.)
An aide to Kasparov, also an Other Russia leader, confirmed the former chess grandmaster was among those detained. A police source said he was likely to be charged with incitement to violence.
Later, small groups of protesters gathered at another square a few kilometers away waving Russian flags and roses and shouting "Russia without Putin." Police dispersed them and a Reuters reporter saw several being led away to police vans.
<b>The protesters have marginal influence in Russia. The vast majority of voters back Putin, who has overseen rising incomes and political stability. But Kremlin loyalists say the protesters are dangerous extremists plotting a revolution.</b>
(Like in India. Psecularists and their media are small in number and influence, but likes to throw at least three times its weight around.)
<b>The protest came a day after Russian multi-millionaire Boris Berezovsky said in a newspaper interview from his London base that he was fomenting revolution in Russia. The protest organizers distanced themselves from Berezovsky.</b>
"Thanks to the well-coordinated actions of the riot police and Moscow police, we were able to prevent an illegal gathering being carried out," said Moscow police chief spokesman Viktor Biryukov.
"Police acted in a proportionate way ... and strictly in accordance with the law. As of 1:30 p.m. (0930 GMT), about 170 people have been held, these were the most aggressive participants in the unauthorized actions."
Four Reuters journalists -- two photographers and two camera crew -- were detained as they covered the clashes. All four were later released without charge.
Police said they had mobilized 9,000 officers around the center of Moscow on Saturday to keep order.
There was a massive security presence around the square, in the shadow of a statue to poet Alexander Pushkin, where the protesters had planned to congregate.
At least a thousand police could be seen in the square and on the streets leading into it. A water cannon truck and several police trucks were stationed on the street leading from the square to the Kremlin.
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Oh, poor victimised 'The Other Russia'. Thank goodness for Reuters relating their carefully-planned tribulations and letting them speak the words rehearsed for the interview.
What? No interview with Putin this time, edited to make it look like he's the next Stalin and major threat to the world? Not even any images of Putin next to images of Stalin? That's the shame about the media these days, they do everything by halves. They can't even go overboard wholeheartedly.
Guess either readers are more sophisticated nowadays (mwahahahaha, yeah right) or we're not as interested as in decades past.
Putin may not be the best of men, but he cares for his country and is actually doing something for it. Russia has so many people ashamed of their own country (thanks to brainwashing and 'international'/western media) you'd think they were psecular Indians. Putin is putting faith in Russia back into many people. Some brainwashed Russians can't stand it. By the time the next leader is elected - hopefully a pro-Russian too - fewer Russians may believe in badmouthing their nation, they'll certainly have even less cause then.