Putin: Terror rooted in USSR breakup

The Washington Times ^ | Nov. 1, 2005

[RightWhale]

That's okay. We'll just say what needs to be said. There are usually no winners in these debates since there are no rules and no authorities to act as judges.

[JasonC]

No, not quite. Under the Soviet Union, terrorism was state policy and happened in plush offices and urban basements across the land, as well as abroad in a hundred places, while terrorists flocked to Moscow to attend university classes on the construction of improvised bombs, hijacking, kidnapping, torture methods, etc.

[RightWhale]

But, Russia is making some gains in recording clear title to real estate and legal businesses. Long ways to go; it is very complicated to do this fairly, especially coming out of a communist system.

[fortunecookie]

"Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday his country's problem with terrorism is rooted in the breakup of the Soviet Union."

He just NOW figured this out???

LOL. For sure. No, I think he really means NOW, in the recent past, it's getting out of HIS control, starting to affect things closer to home, Moscow and St. Pete, not just places in the US, Europe, and the outlying regions of the former USSR.

[spanalot]

"Communism is dead. Even China recognizes that. Russia's sphere still includes Iraq and Iran and once Russia gets its wealth on the taxrolls as private property so they have some collateral for private investments, then Russia can resume its proper place among nations."

Have you checked oil prices - they are plummeting as will the Russian economy. Russia is morally bankrupt and still run by the same opportunistic thug mindset that has occupied the Kremlin for the past 200 years.

Record prices have propped up this system temporarily - but don't put any money into the ruble - it will soon be rubble.