And Then There Were Twelve [yes, Russian spy again]

The Ivanov Report ^ | July 15, 2010 | Eugene Ivanov

[vertolet888]

One would assume that after the 10 members of the notorious "Russian spy ring" were sent to Moscow on July 9 (and the 11th disappeared in Cyprus), the number of Russian spies in the United States should have gone down. At least a bit. But it hasn't. As if produced by the skillful hand of a Secret Magician, Russian spies keep popping up -- to the joy of people who're craving to derail recent improvements in U.S.-Russia relations. On July 13, supreme forces running secret operations around the world introduced us to the "12th Russian spy", a Alexey Karetnikov, who was arrested in Seattle on June 28 and was deported to Russia on Tuesday.

What do we know about Mr. Karetnikov? Not much. That he's 23 and is a Russian citizen. That he entered the U.S. in October 2009 on a valid visa and for the next 9 months, has worked for Microsoft. What else? That according to "one senior federal law enforcement official", "the FBI was monitoring the Russian almost immediately upon his arrival..."

Why? If something was wrong with Mr. Karetnikov, then why had he been granted a U.S. visa? If everything was fine, then why was he monitored by the FBI? Because he was Russian?

The above mentioned "senior federal law enforcement official" made it clear that Mr. Karetnikov "obtained absolutely no [classified] information." (And, to cross this "t", "was not part of the same ring." You know which one, don't you?). Instead, he was detained "on immigration violations because there was insufficient evidence to charge him with a crime." Which crime? Which crime would the FBI have charged Mr. Karetnikov if they had "sufficient evidence"? (If, I guess, they had enough resources in their Seattle office to send to Mr. Karetnikov one of their omnipresent "federal undercover agents posing as Russian intelligence handlers").

Now, let me get it straight. There are between 11 and 12 million people in the U.S., some of them low-skilled seasonal workers, who entered this country illegally (committing "immigration violations", so to speak). Efforts are now underway (a.k.a. immigration reform) to legalize them to the extent of eventually providing them with a "path to citizenship." And here we have a young Russian, capable enough to get a job at Microsoft at a time of high unemployment, who's being deported on vague accusations of being a spy. Is there a message out there that the FBI is trying to send to the Russian community in the U.S.?

As if sensing that somewhat wasn't adding up, the very same "senior federal law enforcement official" provided an explanation. Sort of. It turns out that Mr. Karetnikov "...was just in the early stages; had just set up shop." I love it! That means that if a Russian-American, like myself, isn't charged with spying, it's not because I'm not spying. It's because I'm in my early stages; just setting up shop.

(Speaking of "shops." We were told that Karetnikov was "just doing the things he needed to do to establish cover, including holding down a job." Russian spies, beware! Staying out of a job and collecting unemployment benefits is the best way to preserve your cover. Holding highly-paid jobs, especially in "finance and media", may send a signal to the FBI that you're setting up shop).

There are some encouraging signs, though, that we're done for now with creating new Russian spy rings (summer vacation season, I guess):

"Asked whether further arrests are possible, one official said U.S. law enforcement authorities are closely monitoring all potential espionage activity but added, 'I don't think there will be a 13th or a 14th arrest here.'"

But he spoke about this side of the Atlantic. Back in Moscow, some folks are working tirelessly on cloning additional "Russian spies." Here goes a staunch Russian "democrat" and the conscience of Russian "liberalism", Yulia Latynina, who suggested recently that people of Russian descent trying to improve U.S.-Russia relations -- and they do exist -- operate on the orders of Russian secret services.

Russian "democrats" and Lords of the Rings working together? Even the great Tolkien couldn't have conceived a thriller of this magnitude!

[hoosiermama]

Am I remembering correctly that the Russian papers were publishing articles about BO’s BC? Is he trying to Alinsky them?

[ETL]

There must be a good (in their view) reason Obama immediately released these Russian spies back to his comrades in Moscow. They probably have a ton of info on us. Meanwhile, the ones we will get back were likely harshly interrogated and found to have very little of value on Russia. Nearly everything Obama does, foreign policy wise, is aimed at helping the Russians reform the Soviet Union and to help them create the "new international order" they, the ChiComs, Chavez, and the rest of the one-world-communist-government alliance is seeking.

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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"Joint war games are a logical outcome of the Sino-Russian Friendship and Cooperation Treaty signed in 2001, and reflect the shared worldview and growing economic ties between the two Eastern Hemisphere giants."

http://www.heritage.org/Press/Commentary/ed092605a.cfm
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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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“We are creating a new world, a balanced world. A new world order, a multipolar world,” Chavez told reporters during a visit to Communist China, one of many. His “new world order” includes [RUSSIA], China, Iran,... and a significantly weakened United States, he explained.

Resurgent Communism in Latin America
by Alex Newman, March 16, 2010:

http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/world-mainmenu-26/south-america-mainmenu-37/3122-resurgent-communism-in-latin-america?tmpl=component&print=1&layout=default&page=

[ETL]

Did Communism Fake Its Own Death in 1991?
American Thinker ^ | January 16, 2010 | Jason McNew

In a bizarre 1984 book [New Lies for Old], ex-KGB Major Anatoliy Golitsyn predicted the liberalization of the Soviet Bloc and claimed that it would be a strategic deception. ..."

"Golitsyn's argument was that beginning in about 1960, the Soviet Union embarked on a strategy of massive long-range strategic deception which would span several decades and result in the destruction of Western capitalism and the erection of a communist world government."

"Golitsyn published his second book, The Perestroika Deception, after the Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991. This book contained further analysis of the liberalization, in addition to previously classified memoranda submitted by Golitsyn to the CIA. The two books must be read together to get a complete picture of Golitsyn's thesis."

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/01/did_communism_fake_its_own_dea.html

[Yo-Yo]

Note to Moscow: Send more spies like this one.

[ETL]

Note to Moscow: Send more spies like this one.

Why, to make it easier for them to steal our secrets?

[Smith Winston]

ETL did you read the article at all, or are you just posting the same stuff all over again wherever you see the tag “russia”??

[ETL]

When I see anything of this sort involving Russia, I consider it an opportunity to provide critical background info on what they have been up to. Unfortunately, the media rarely if ever tells us these things and so very few people are aware of it.

[DustyMoment]

No one should be surprised that Russia is re-igniting the Cold War. We have to remember that Putin is former KGB and he has slowly been taking Russia back to the “glory” days of the Soviet Union and the Cold War.

We will see many, many more incidents like this and worse . . . . . ESPECIALLY as long as our politicians REFUSE to secure our borders and enforce our national sovereignty!!

[ETL]

ETL did you read the article at all

Yeah, just did now. It sounds like yet another example of pro-Russian propaganda being posted on FR.

[ETL]

No one should be surprised that Russia is re-igniting the Cold War. We have to remember that Putin is former KGB and he has slowly been taking Russia back to the “glory” days of the Soviet Union and the Cold War.

KGB Putin thinks the "collapse" of the Soviet Union was the worst thing that happened in the 20th century.

"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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"'The Black Book of Communism,'; a scholarly accounting of communism’s crimes, counts about 94 million murdered by the supposed champions of the common man (20 million for the Soviets alone), and some say that number is too low."

Forgetting the Evils of Communism: The amnesia bites a little deeper
By Jonah Goldberg, August 2008:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZmY0MjI1MDgyYjg1M2UwNDMzMTk2Mjk5YTk0ZTdlMWE=
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[ETL]

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
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From National Public Radio (NPR):
August 29, 2006
"Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been visiting countries such as China, Iran and Russia as part of an effort to build a 'strategic alliance' of interests not beholden to the United States. He considers the United States his arch enemy.":
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5729764

[ETL]

Russian nuclear bombers in Cuba?
July 23, 2008

The media has been abuzz today at the prospect of Russian nuclear bombers being stationed in Cuba if the US goes ahead with plans for missile defense bases in Eastern Europe.

The story has riled the US enough that a US general has been wheeled out to tell the world’s press that any Russian attempt to build another nuclear base in Cuba would cross US “red line”.

The story broke earlier this week, when Russian newspaper Izvestia quoted an un-named source from within the Russian military. He told the Russian daily:

“While they are deploying the missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic, our strategic bombers will already be landing in Cuba.”

The quote hasn’t been independently confirmed, but the Russian Defense Ministry added fuel to the fire when they refused to comment on the story.

The prospect of Russian nuclear forces being stationed in Cuba - which is, after all, only 90 miles from the US coast - would bring back some rather unpleasant memories for the US of the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, where the Soviet Union under Nikita Kruschev launched an audacious and foolhardy bid to station nuclear missiles on the Caribbean island.

http://www.siberianlight.net/2008/07/23/russian-nuclear-bombers-cuba/
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Russia to help Cuba modernize weaponry, train military

September 18, 2009

HAVANA, September 18 (RIA Novosti) - Modernization of the Soviet-made military equipment and training of Cuban military personnel will be the focus of Russian-Cuban military cooperation in the near future, the chief of the Russian General Staff said on Friday. Gen. Nikolai Makarov arrived on a working visit to Cuba on Monday, met with Cuban President Raul Castro and the country's military leadership, and visited a number of military installations.

"During the Soviet era we delivered a large number of military equipment to Cuba, and after all these years most of this weaponry has become obsolete and needs repairs," Makarov said.

"We inspected the condition of this equipment, and outlined the measures to be taken to maintain the defense capability of this country...I think a lot of work needs to be done in this respect, and I hope we will be able to accomplish this task," the general said.

Makarov said the Cuban request for assistance with training of military personnel will also be fully satisfied.

Although the Cuban leadership has repeatedly said it has no intention of resuming military cooperation with Russia after the surprise closure of the Russian electronic listening post in Lourdes in 2001, bilateral military ties seem to have been improving following the visit of Russian Security Council chief Nikolai Patrushev and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin to Cuba in July last year.

A group of Russian warships, led by the Admiral Chabanenko destroyer visited Cuba in December last year during a Caribbean tour.

http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20090918/156170428.html

[ETL]

The two sides [Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Russia] agreed to "promote and enhance friendly relations" in line with the joint declaration of July 19, 2000 and the Russia-DPRK friendship and good neighborly cooperation treaty of February 9, 2000.

Putin and Kim agreed during their talks to promote a Russian- DPRK political dialogue on the Korean issue and international affairs, and discussed many topical international problems, deputy head of the Russian presidential administration Sergei Prikhodko told reporters following the talks.

The two leaders spoke for an independent and peaceful solution to the issue of reunification of the Korean Peninsula, and against "any outside obstacles to this process" as "unacceptable."

http://www.china.org.cn/english/2001/Aug/17008.htm

[DustyMoment]

Trust me when I tell you that I know A LOT about these people.

[STARWISE]

CLOAK’S EXCLUSIVE AUGUST 2005 STORY EXPOSING OBAMA’s KENYAN BIRTHPLACE FORCES OBAMA TO SANITIZE HIS PASSPORT FILE

Insiders Report It Was Accomplished With The Assistance of the Clinton Mob

CLOAK EXCLUSI...VE! Filed 8/28/05

BRITISH SPY FINGERED: ACCUSATIONS CONFIRMED!

BY SHERMAN SKOLNICK

CLOAK

Co-host Sherman Skolnick prior to the 2004 Election fingered Barack Obama running in Illinois for the U.S. Senate as a British Intel agent born in Kenya. Skolnick, as a co-spy watcher unmasked Obama on his regular CLOAK program, Shop Talk From Plot H.Q.

Today Russian President V. Putin ordered U.S. Senator Barack Obama, who is also tight with MOSSAD, to be held in custody under suspicion of being a British operative illegally spying in Russia at off-limits secret facilities.

Spying with Obama, who was locked up, was U.S. Senator Richard Lugar,pro-Bush, was detained by Putin but unlike Obama, quickly released.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Richard Lugar and Committee member Barack Obama at a base near Perm, Russia. This is where mobile launch missiles are being destroyed by the Nunn-Lugar program.

Lugar delegation detained for three hours in Perm after inspecting nuke weapons facility US Senator Richard Lugar, who was briefly detained with a US delegation in Perm, Siberia, after inspecting the site, which is being dismantled with US funding.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2340129/posts

[B4Ranch]

Unfortunately, the media rarely if ever tells us these things and so very few FReepers are aware of it.

[B4Ranch]

>>Trust me when I tell you that I know A LOT about these people.<<

You are one of the very few who do.

[El Gato]

Why? If something was wrong with Mr. Karetnikov, then why had he been granted a U.S. visa? If everything was fine, then why was he monitored by the FBI? Because he was Russian?

More likely in the hopes he'd lead them to someone of more import.

[El Gato]

U.S. Senator Barack Obama, who is also tight with MOSSAD

Uh-huh, yea sure whatever.

Ditto to the notion of BO as a *British* spy.