Ivan Nechepurenko reports that,
"Twelve members of the 13-member Central Election Commission voted on
Monday to bar Navalny (left) from registering as a presidential candidate,
citing his suspended prison sentence in a fraud case, a prosecution he
has denounced as politically motivated." (The Star : 26 December, 2017) (my emphasis)
At the same time,
"In a move that seems designed to ensure the master of the Kremlin remains in place until 2024, the [United Russia] party has decided to back a Putin re-election campaign, but only if he stands as an independent candidate, a candidate for all Russians the reasoning goes, in March 2018." (Euronews : 26 December, 2017) (my emphasis)
Similarly,
"Hundreds of Russian celebrities, sportspeople and politicians nominated
President Vladimir Putin for re-election on Tuesday, hours after the
Kremlin said it wanted opposition leader Alexei Navalny investigated for
calling for a boycott of the vote." (Andrew Osborn & Polina Nikolskaya: Reuters : 26 December, 2017) (my emphasis)
Let us now recall that,
"In 1992, Putin was investigated [by St. Petersburg Councillor Marine Salye] for a deal he oversaw while an official in the mayor’s office. The deal involved the export of $100m worth of raw materials in exchange for food for the citizens of St Petersburg. The materials were exported, but the food never arrived." ( Maeve McClenaghan :Bureau of Investigative Journalism : April 19 2012) (my emphasis)
When Putin was first elected to the Russian presidency in 2000, the case against him was immediately dropped by the Russian Prosecutor General who argued that criminal cases against a Russian president cannot be pursued.
Compare this to the fact that this trumped-up criminal case against Navalny, which twelve members of the 13-member Central Election Commission used to bar him from registering as a presidential candidate,
" ... [has] been overruled by the European Court of Human Rights and that the Council of Europe had urged Russia to allow him to run for the presidency." (ibid Ivan Nechepurenko) (my emphasis)
Oh! how US President Donald Trump wishes he had the power of Putin simply to disappear the Mueller investigation into the collusion between himself and his lieuetenants, and Putin and his Kremlin 'siloviki', during the 2016 US Presidential elections, which ultimately got him elected into the White House.
What Trump has also singularly failed to do is to alter the Republican Foreign Policy on Ukraine that he has inherited.
As reported on MSNBC (26 December, 2017), retired 4 star US Navy Admiral, James Stavridis stated that,
" ... the new National Security Strategy, which was just issued last week, is shockingly normal .... When you look back on what the Trump candidacy was talking about ... backing out of NATO ... nuclear weapons to Japan and South Korea ... a close personal relationship with Russia ... None of those things have happened ...." (my emphasis)
More specifically, the Javelin anti-tank missiles now heading for Ukraine will neutralise Putin's attempt to try to build a land-bridge between Russia and annexed Ukrainian Crimea.
This is why Putin is apoplectic with rage now that Trump has failed to prevent the Republicans from supplying Ukraine with the lethal weapons that it needs to defend itself against Putin's continuous buildup of military hardware in the Donbas.
Putin's military build-up of tanks in the Donbas is a prelude to attack Mariupol, specifically to gain that land-bridge with Ukrainian Crimea that he so desperately needs to further consolidate his hold over Ukrainian Crimea.
The Javelin anti-tank missiles now heading for Ukraine has spiked this strategy of Putin's generals.
Having failed to help his friend Putin by preventing the US Senate and Congress from sending lethal weaponry to Ukraine, Trump and his friends in the US Congress are now focussed on discrediting the FBI and, by implication, the Mueller investigation into his collusion with Putin during the 2016 US presidential elections.
The attacks on the FBI by Trump and US Republican Congressmen are now ramping up and, significantly, are echoing the attacks of Putin on the FBI.
Are Putin and Trump combining their attacks on the FBI to stop the Mueller investigation, just as the Russian General prosecutor stopped the investigations into Putin's criminality in St. Petersburg in 1992 when he was elected president in 2000?
(to be continued)
"Twelve members of the 13-member Central Election Commission voted on
Monday to bar Navalny (left) from registering as a presidential candidate,
citing his suspended prison sentence in a fraud case, a prosecution he
has denounced as politically motivated." (The Star : 26 December, 2017) (my emphasis)At the same time,
"In a move that seems designed to ensure the master of the Kremlin remains in place until 2024, the [United Russia] party has decided to back a Putin re-election campaign, but only if he stands as an independent candidate, a candidate for all Russians the reasoning goes, in March 2018." (Euronews : 26 December, 2017) (my emphasis)
Similarly,
"Hundreds of Russian celebrities, sportspeople and politicians nominated
President Vladimir Putin for re-election on Tuesday, hours after the
Kremlin said it wanted opposition leader Alexei Navalny investigated for
calling for a boycott of the vote." (Andrew Osborn & Polina Nikolskaya: Reuters : 26 December, 2017) (my emphasis)Let us now recall that,
"In 1992, Putin was investigated [by St. Petersburg Councillor Marine Salye] for a deal he oversaw while an official in the mayor’s office. The deal involved the export of $100m worth of raw materials in exchange for food for the citizens of St Petersburg. The materials were exported, but the food never arrived." ( Maeve McClenaghan :Bureau of Investigative Journalism : April 19 2012) (my emphasis)
When Putin was first elected to the Russian presidency in 2000, the case against him was immediately dropped by the Russian Prosecutor General who argued that criminal cases against a Russian president cannot be pursued.
Compare this to the fact that this trumped-up criminal case against Navalny, which twelve members of the 13-member Central Election Commission used to bar him from registering as a presidential candidate,
" ... [has] been overruled by the European Court of Human Rights and that the Council of Europe had urged Russia to allow him to run for the presidency." (ibid Ivan Nechepurenko) (my emphasis)
Oh! how US President Donald Trump wishes he had the power of Putin simply to disappear the Mueller investigation into the collusion between himself and his lieuetenants, and Putin and his Kremlin 'siloviki', during the 2016 US Presidential elections, which ultimately got him elected into the White House.
What Trump has also singularly failed to do is to alter the Republican Foreign Policy on Ukraine that he has inherited.
As reported on MSNBC (26 December, 2017), retired 4 star US Navy Admiral, James Stavridis stated that,
" ... the new National Security Strategy, which was just issued last week, is shockingly normal .... When you look back on what the Trump candidacy was talking about ... backing out of NATO ... nuclear weapons to Japan and South Korea ... a close personal relationship with Russia ... None of those things have happened ...." (my emphasis)
More specifically, the Javelin anti-tank missiles now heading for Ukraine will neutralise Putin's attempt to try to build a land-bridge between Russia and annexed Ukrainian Crimea.
This is why Putin is apoplectic with rage now that Trump has failed to prevent the Republicans from supplying Ukraine with the lethal weapons that it needs to defend itself against Putin's continuous buildup of military hardware in the Donbas. Putin's military build-up of tanks in the Donbas is a prelude to attack Mariupol, specifically to gain that land-bridge with Ukrainian Crimea that he so desperately needs to further consolidate his hold over Ukrainian Crimea.
The Javelin anti-tank missiles now heading for Ukraine has spiked this strategy of Putin's generals.
Having failed to help his friend Putin by preventing the US Senate and Congress from sending lethal weaponry to Ukraine, Trump and his friends in the US Congress are now focussed on discrediting the FBI and, by implication, the Mueller investigation into his collusion with Putin during the 2016 US presidential elections.
The attacks on the FBI by Trump and US Republican Congressmen are now ramping up and, significantly, are echoing the attacks of Putin on the FBI.
Are Putin and Trump combining their attacks on the FBI to stop the Mueller investigation, just as the Russian General prosecutor stopped the investigations into Putin's criminality in St. Petersburg in 1992 when he was elected president in 2000?
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