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Posted on 09/18/2007 2:32:45 PM PDT by UKrepublican
Britons are 'cheats and bandits' says scathing Russian leader
Britain is a nation of cheats and bandits and has no right to seek the handover of the man suspected of killing Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, a Russian ultra-nationalist leader has said. "Britain will disappear under the water one day," a livid Vladimir Zhirinovsky said. "And it will serve you right ... Even your sheep die every day and every hour due to your sickening British policies."
Zhirinovsky flew into a rage when questioned at a press conference about Andrei Lugovoy, a former KGB officer who is wanted by London on suspicion of killing Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko. Lugovoy will be a candidate for Zhirinovsky's Liberal Democratic Party in December parliamentary elections.
Sitting next to Zhirinovsky at a news briefing, Lugovoy disavowed a statement yesterday that he would like to become president, saying: "Vladimir Volfovich (Zhirinovsky) has all the qualities for the job".
Minutes later Zhirinovsky - known for his flamboyant and sometimes violent rhetoric - flew into a temper when a Western journalist mentioned the murder of Litvinenko.
"Britain, you keep the whole world soaked in blood, the whole world will hate you," yelled Zhirinovsky, who is also a deputy speaker of the Duma lower house of Russia's parliament.
Litvinenko died in a London hospital on November 23 after receiving a dose of radioactive polonium-210, a rare and highly toxic isotope. Lugovoy has always said he was innocent.
Zhirinovsky said London could not prosecute Lugovoy because Britain itself was providing a safe haven for Kremlin opponents such as tycoon Boris Berezovsky. "You cover cheats, extremists and criminals," he said.
"You are all accomplices, all of you are similar bandits and criminals, your whole government, together with your Queen," he said, adding his party was "most loved by ordinary Russians" and would score a fifth of all seats in the next Duma.
He blamed Britain for backing Bolsheviks during the 1917 Russian revolution, financing Chechen rebels and opening the second front too late during World War Two.
"Half of your embassy should be thrown out of Moscow," he barked at the reporter representing a US media outlet. "They are not diplomats, all of them are spies ... You in Britain are good-for-nothing, you only plundered Europe."
He said if parties like his win in the election, "new Russia will be alright, all will be calm and quiet".
LDPR, headed by Zhirinovsky since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union, has 30 seats in the 450-seat Duma.
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“Vee vill bury you!”
“He blamed Britain for backing Bolsheviks during the 1917 Russian revolution”
Now c’mon... That’s really stretching things, though I’m glad they are bashing communism this hard in general.
PING
Seems like this comrade has been at the Smirnoff.
And this from a nutjob whose nation occupied half of Europe for about fifty years. I guess Britain could have curried favor with Russia, if only it had occupied the other half.
Another Liberal Democrat going off his rocker.
LOL. This fellow sure got carried away.
Mad Vlad is Back
But not before we see the green flag with Arabic splatter-script flying over Saint Paul's.
Good. Means it will never happen.
Well, this does take some of the heat off the U.S. /s
BDS
British Derangement Syndrome.
It must be the new Communist shtick.
He’s right though....
About what?
He’s a nut, and so are you if you believe him.
Zhirinovsky ... the Morton Downey Jr of Russia.
Zhorovovsky a leader? Very funny:))))
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