The world has already forgotten the Duma elections in Putin's Russia which, as a foregone conclusion, his rubber stamping party, United Russia, won rather comfortably.
We should not forget that,
"These 'crushing gains' that he achieved should, however, be viewed against the fact that,
"Less than half Russia's registered voters turned up at polling station
in this election, meaning that the new Duma was chosen by less than 50
percent of Russians. In some regions, less than one third of registered
voters participated. Turnout in Russia as a whole was at 47.9 percent." (Meduza : 19 september 2016) (my emphasis)
In the West, such figures would be a reflection of 'voter apathy', more than anything else.
In Putin's Russia it represents something more than mere 'apathy'. And Putin is well aware of this." (blog entry:21/09/2016)
Then we have the bombing of the aid convoy on the outskirts of the besieged Syrian town of Allepo.
As reported in the Japanese Times,
"The U.S. accused Moscow of “barbarism” over the worsening carnage in Aleppo, as Syrian and Russian warplanes pounded the city in one of the heaviest bombing raids of the five-year war.
It now also transpires that,
"For weeks, American officials have been saying that Russian intelligence agencies were behind hacks into the DNC, state election databases and other political entities, but they weren't definitive about the motive since nations routinely hack into their adversaries' political organizations to gather information for spying purposes.
In recent days, U.S. officials tell NBC News, American spy agencies have determined that the Russian government was behind the leaks of Democratic National Committee emails to Wikileaks and others — and that the goal was to undermine confidence in the American presidential election." (Sep 29 2016) (my emphasis)
And it has also rather definatively being proved that,
What all of this tells us is that Putin must now becoming more desperate in trying to save face by pushing even harder those Minsk2 elections, with the active help of Putinversteher Walter Steinmeier.
As reported by Tass,
"Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and German Foreign Minister
Frank-Walter Steinmeier had a telephone conversation on Thursday, in the
course of which they underlined the importance of synchronizing the
efforts to attain security in eastern Ukraine and to fulfill the Minsk
accords, a report uploaded by the Russian Foreign Ministry at its
official website said." (Tass : September 29, 2016) (my emphasis)
It is also therefore no wonder that, suddenly,
"Pro-Russian
separatists in eastern Ukraine are being actively advised by people
close to the Kremlin on how to conduct a "propaganda campaign" against
Kiev and the West, German media reported Thursday.
We should not forget that,
"These 'crushing gains' that he achieved should, however, be viewed against the fact that,
"Less than half Russia's registered voters turned up at polling station
in this election, meaning that the new Duma was chosen by less than 50
percent of Russians. In some regions, less than one third of registered
voters participated. Turnout in Russia as a whole was at 47.9 percent." (Meduza : 19 september 2016) (my emphasis)
Video Showing Ballot Stuffing in recent Russian elections
In the West, such figures would be a reflection of 'voter apathy', more than anything else.
In Putin's Russia it represents something more than mere 'apathy'. And Putin is well aware of this." (blog entry:21/09/2016)
Then we have the bombing of the aid convoy on the outskirts of the besieged Syrian town of Allepo.
As reported in the Japanese Times,
"The U.S. accused Moscow of “barbarism” over the worsening carnage in Aleppo, as Syrian and Russian warplanes pounded the city in one of the heaviest bombing raids of the five-year war.
At an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to demand Russia
rein in its ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and halt intense
airstrikes, Moscow and Damascus were repeatedly accused of war crimes. (Japenese Times (AFP-JIJI) : Sep 26, 2016) (my emphasis)
The following Sunday, during a BBC interview, UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson was also in no doubt that Putin is guilty of a 'war crime'.
It now also transpires that,
"For weeks, American officials have been saying that Russian intelligence agencies were behind hacks into the DNC, state election databases and other political entities, but they weren't definitive about the motive since nations routinely hack into their adversaries' political organizations to gather information for spying purposes.
In recent days, U.S. officials tell NBC News, American spy agencies have determined that the Russian government was behind the leaks of Democratic National Committee emails to Wikileaks and others — and that the goal was to undermine confidence in the American presidential election." (Sep 29 2016) (my emphasis)
And it has also rather definatively being proved that,
"A Dutch-led investigation has concluded that the powerful surface-to-air missile system used to shoot down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine two years ago, killing all 298 on board, was trucked in from Russia at the request of Russian-backed separatists and returned to Russia the same night.
The report largely confirmed the Russian government’s already widely documented
role not only in the deployment of the missile system — called a Buk,
or SA-11 — but also in the subsequent cover-up, which continues to this
day." (New York Times : SEPT. 28, 2016) (my emphasis)
What all of this tells us is that Putin must now becoming more desperate in trying to save face by pushing even harder those Minsk2 elections, with the active help of Putinversteher Walter Steinmeier.
As reported by Tass,
"Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and German Foreign Minister
Frank-Walter Steinmeier had a telephone conversation on Thursday, in the
course of which they underlined the importance of synchronizing the
efforts to attain security in eastern Ukraine and to fulfill the Minsk
accords, a report uploaded by the Russian Foreign Ministry at its
official website said." (Tass : September 29, 2016) (my emphasis) It is also therefore no wonder that, suddenly,
"Pro-Russian
separatists in eastern Ukraine are being actively advised by people
close to the Kremlin on how to conduct a "propaganda campaign" against
Kiev and the West, German media reported Thursday.
In
what it called the "Donetsk-Leaks", investigative television programme
Frontal21 and newspaper Die Zeit said they had obtained "10,000 emails"
from the inbox of the self-proclaimed Donetsk Republic's information
minister Elena Nikitina, shared online by pro-Ukraine activists.
Moscow
has always denied that it provides support to separatists in eastern
Ukraine, but the documents demonstrate the opposite, the reports said,
showing "advisors" working directly with the rebels." (Yahoo News (Berlin AFP) : September 29, 2016) (my emphasis)
We can now expect even more frenzied 'diplomatic' and 'covert' operations being put into effect by Putin as the US Presidential elections draw near.
No longer can he now stand on the international stage and continue to claim that his soldiers are not fighting his war against Ukraine in the Donbas.
No longer can he deny that it was his soldiers, with his weapons, that shot down MH17.
No longer can he deny that his 'hackers' are trying to undermine the US Presidential election.
And he cannot deny that he is complicit in causing the carnage in Allepo, and in bombing the Humanitarian Aid convoy outside Allepo. He now also wears the mantle of a 'war criminal'.
(to be continued)
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