Friday, April 13, 2007

Tough, revolutionary words from Berezovsky

London exile Berezovsky says force necessary to bring down President Putin

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THE GUARDIAN: The Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky has told the Guardian he is plotting the violent overthrow of President Putin from his base in Britain after forging close contacts with members of Russia's ruling elite.

In comments which appear calculated to enrage the Kremlin, and which will further inflame relations between London and Moscow, the multimillionaire claimed he was already bankrolling people close to the president who are conspiring to mount a palace coup.

"We need to use force to change this regime," he said. "It isn't possible to change this regime through democratic means. There can be no change without force, pressure." Asked if he was effectively fomenting a revolution, he said: "You are absolutely correct." I am plotting a new Russian revolution (Cont’d)

GUARDIAN AUDIO: Berezovsky on change in Russia

THE GUARDIAN: Berezovsky on his personal safety

BBC: Russia probes Berezovsky 'plot'

BBC VIDEO: Russia probes 'Putin plot'

NZZ: Beresovsky widerspricht sich selbst

LE FIGARO: Manifestation sous haute tension à Moscou

THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: Hundreds held in Moscow anti-Putin protests

Mark Alexander

2 comments:

avantepelotin said...

He looks less trustworthy than Putin.
Why does England have to give safe havens to all the nutters and trouble makers of the World?
Do we need their cash that much Gordon?
Kick em out to face the consequences.
Rip up the human rights bullshit and get real.
We cant defend ourselves properly, let alone attract all the scumbags of the world.

Mark said...

How trustworthy are any of them at the top?

Why does England have to be a safe haven for the "nutters and troublemakers" of the world? Probably because the powers that be are intoxicated by the money many of these people can bring in to the country. For example, I recently watched a report on the BBC which boasted that London, because it had attracted so many foreign multi-millionaires and billionaires, was one of the three cities in the world with the most rich people, topping, if I remember, even New York. It went on to say that our government attracts these people to our nation by giving them tax breaks (as if they needed any!), allowing them not to pay tax on any income from abroad. (Why should they enjoy such privileges, whilst real British people do not?)

You are right about not being able to defend ourselves properly; and you are right, too, that the human rights nonsense should be ripped up to enable us to kick the troublemakers out. But a lot of that problem with human rights legislation comes from Europe, as I understand it. The EU complicates such problems no end.