EXILED TYCOON BEREZOVSKY THREATENS PUTIN WITH COUP BEFORE 2008 (Litvinnko)

BHHRG ^ | 1/26/2006 | Marina Lapenkova

[GarySpFc]

If Putin were going to murder anyone it would be Berezovsky, because he is a million times more of a threat than Litvinenko and Polikovskaya combined.

[oceanview]

Putin is placing his polonium stocking stuffer orders for Christmas right now!

[Jaysun]

He's damned right. Putin is as Communist as he's ever been, and that's becoming more and more evident.

[GarySpFc]

note the date on the article is January 2006. Here is Berezovsky's motive for murdering Litvinenko and Polikovskaya. How many more will he knock off to cause Putin's downfall?

[jdm]

Is his middle name Igor, by chance? A paper came out today, supposedly confirming the murderer's name, but due to "legal reasons" could only print the middle name, which was Igor.

[GarySpFc]

No, his full name is Boris Abramovich Berezovsky.

[Tangaray]

I think you're right on the money. Traces of Polonium were found in Berezovsky's mansion also, so it's reasonable to assume that it was stored there at one time. And Putin is no communist, he has seen the light, that it doesn't work. He is a Russian nationalist, trying to keep his country together. And that often quoted accusation that he now appoints governors for the various regions in his eleven time zone country. Well, France does the same thing, and you don't hear any criticism. Russia needs time for democracy to develop on its own. It can't be forced on people who have not grown up with it, as we see in Iraq.

[sageb1]

Putin bears watching. He is bringing back too much state control and playing politics with natural resources.

[Stallone]

Say it ain't so, Pootie-Poot!

[Tangaray]

Yes he bears watching. And he is being closely watched by the whole world. We will see in a year or two if he really steps down, when his presidency expires. He has his hands full trying to control political and economic corruption, and international vultures who are trying to gobble up Russian natural resources, to the detriment of his people.

[GarySpFc]

Nope, it's Berezovsky and the Chechens working together that murdered Polikovskaya to discredit Putin. They have worke together previously. Litvinenko converted to being a Muslim, and hence joined the martyr ranks to discredit Putin. How many more murders does Berezovsky have in mind?

[GarySpFc]

international vultures who are trying to gobble up Russian natural resources

Bingo! :::::Flashing Lights:::::

[alecqss]

""President Putin violates the constitution and any violent action on the opposition's part is justified today, and that includes taking power by force, which is exactly what I am working at," the oligarch, looking vibrant despite five years in self-imposed exile, told AFP at his Piccadilly office."

Right... He also apparently told exactly the same - word for word - on January 24 in the interview with Ekho Moskvy radio station. Good try; though original red propaganda was kind of fresher, to use the word...

[diesel00]

I agree with you. People here who think Putin is a Communist obviously hasn't any tangible concept of a real Russian Communist. Putin is wildly popular in Russia.

[GarySpFc]

That's not Red propaganda by any stretch of the imagination, but simply Berezovksy's own words. Note, the article is dated 1/26/2006, and so it obviously refers to the 1/24/2006 interview.

[sageb1]

You may be right about that, but there is no doubt that Russia is buying up natural resources and using them as leverage. Should Russia be allowed into the WTO?

[sageb1]

I didn't know Litvinenko had converted until you said something.

[alecqss]

How many more will he knock off to cause Putin's downfall?

I suppose - after Rokhlin, Lebed, ...string of various high-profile journalists and politicians, then Politkovskaya and Litvinineko, not many more left. He will soon probably knock off himself - just to cause trouble for Putin, of course. That's what Putin's adversaries have been doing over past several years - they kill themselves to spite him.

[Thumper1960]

The Russian Communists were/are a variant breed of Russian Nationalists and pseudo-fascists. Putin has the DNA. Whether he comes out of the closet is what will confirm or deny his heritage.

[alecqss]

"That's not Red propaganda by any stretch of the imagination".

Sure.