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History does not end; it runs in cycles. The failure to defend Ukraine today is the failure of the Allies to defend Czechoslovakia in 1938. The world must act now so that Poland in 2015 will not be called on to play the role of Poland in 1939. (Garry Kasparov, Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped)
Navalny’s[1] body is dead – his legacy lives on! In the mid- to long-term, Putin’s War against the Ukraine is likely to be fueling either a Russian Revolution[2], a Collapse of Russia under different premises[3] or, the World Community might be witnessing Sick Tsar Vlad’s natural death.
Unfortunately, international press coverage of Putin’s most recent tenor of action and speeches, seems to have unwittlingly echoed Russia’s perceptions of indecent sources having demonised their beloved President.
Well you know, Guillaume[4] Putin has never, neither been a demon, nor a moron or phantom, but has rather fleshed out the poor epitome of tediousness having turned opportunism into a minimally exceptional secret service career on enticing compensation including fringe benefits bearing voyeuristic thrills. Just as well, he could‘ve pursued a career as a counter clerk at a local post office.
So to speak, it’s about time to be putting an end to viral fairy tales on the strong – black-belt – man Putin. His kind of persona[5] epitomises the ability to not to have developed any personality at all.
Surprisingly, a true anecdote on his earlier career in St. Petersburg[6] has almost been forgotten, deserving further attention. Most of the corresponding press coverage originated from German[7] newspapers, with the exception of MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow’s report on Prostitutes, Hidden Hotel Camera's: Familiar Putin Tools.
Making a long story short, during Boris Yeltsin's terminal breaths of incumbency as Russia’s President at that time in 1999, Anatoly Sobchak, St. Petersburg’s Mayor had already been accused of multiple traits of long-standing corruption. Yury Skuratov, St. Petersburg’s Attorney General having assiduously investigated these issues, was about to be drafting an indictment versus Sobchak.
Overwhelming evidence hint at Yeltsin having enjoyed a great relationship with Sobchak on dodgy dealings himself, deploying Putin, the Head of FSB[8] – also a confident of his – to thwarting Skuratov’s task force.
Shortly after Skuratov’s indictment versus Sobchak had gotten underway, a video out of nowhere, was channelled to various broadcasting stations, allededly featuring Skuratov[9] and two fancy ladies, all barely dressed if not naked going for a gang bang. This incident is said to have taken effect at the Intourist[10] Hotel in St. Petersburg.
One of the strengths, and weaknesses, of liberal democratic societies is giving the benefit of the doubt even to one's enemies. (Garry Kasparov, Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped)
By the way, Intourist[11] Hotels a are a peculiar case and definitely a location whose history is worth being studied – please help yourself in the following order specified: NKVD[12]/ODPU[13], KGB[14], FSB[15]/SVR[16].
Frame of Reference
When Mike Wallace Put Vladimir Putin's Balls To The Wall
Come on, Lyrical Political D‘Mitry
[1] What we know about Alexei Navalny's death in Arctic prison | Reuters ––– Aleksey Navalny | Facts, Biography, Poisoning, Death, & Imprisonment | Britannica ––– related (1) as follows: Political repression in the Soviet Union (Wikiped) ––– The Evolution of Soviet Policies towards Dissidents | Wilson Center ––– Soviet dissidents (Wikiped) ––– List of Soviet and Russian assassinations (Wikiped) ––– List of Soviet and Russian assassinations (Wikiped) ––– The long, terrifying history of Russian dissidents being poisoned abroad - Chicago Tribune ––– related (2) as follows: Political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union (Wikiped) ––– Sluggish schizophrenia (Wikiped) ––– related information on Vladimir Putin as follows: Vladimir Putin (Wikiped) ––– Curriculum vitae of Vladimir Putin (xs4all.nl) ––– From spy to president: The rise of Vladimir Putin - YouTube [Espionage (Wikiped), Recruitment of spies (Wikiped) ––– Inside the Mind of the Spy: Agents Struggle in the Shadows (brookings.edu) ––– What Are Qualities That Spies Have? (chron.com) ––– Exploring the Mind (noaa.gov) ––– 10 Character Traits of an Espionage Hero | Writers In The Storm (writersinthestormblog.com) ––– | ––– KGB (Wikiped), Federal Security Service (Wikiped), Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia) (Wikiped)] ––– Putin's Rise to Power - Top Documentary Films ––– | ––– The Putin System - Top Documentary Films ––– The Power of Putin - Documentary - YouTube ––– | ––– Inside Putin's Russia -- Watch the full documentary - YouTube ––– | ––– Vladimir Putin's Secret Riches - Documentary - YouTube ––– Putin's pride: Cossacks and the church | DW Documentary - YouTube ––– | ––– Putin's private army is trying to increase Russia's influence in Africa (cnn.com) ––– || ––– related socio-economic information on Russia as follows: Social justice and equality/inequality issues in modern-day Russia (unesco.org) ––– Unequal Russia: is anger stirring in the global capital of inequality? | Inequality | The Guardian ––– The top 1% controls a third of the wealth, and the poor are getting poorer. How Russia became one of the most unequal places on Earth. — Meduza ––– Socioeconomic inequality in Russia (europa.eu) ––– Socio-economic inequalities in modern Russia and their perception by the population (nih.gov) ––– Social Inequality and Access to Higher Education in Russia on JSTOR ––– Russian Federation - WID - World Inequality Database ––– Russian Federation - WID - World Inequality Database ––– Economic Factors of Russian Inequality (ed.gov) ––– After Equality: Inequality trends and policy responses in contemporary Russia (openrepository.com) ––– related information on Deep Corruption in Russia as follows: Thief in law (Wikiped) (German documentary: Russische Mafia DOKU deutsch 2018 | Diebe im Gesetz | Воры в законе | - YouTube)
[2] By analogy: How World War I Fueled the Russian Revolution | HISTORY: Ineffective leadership and a weak infrastructure during the war led to the demise of the Romanov dynasty. ... Less than three years later, in March 1917, after soldiers in Petrograd joined striking workers in protest against Nicholas’ rule, the czar was forced to abdicate. The following July, he and his family were herded into a cellar by Bolshevik revolutionaries and shot and stabbed to death, ending the Romanov dynasty’s three centuries of rule. Soon, amid the ruins of the Russian empire, the Soviet Union arose to become a world power.
[3] By analogy: Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse? | Britannica
[4] Günter Guillaume (Wikiped): Günter Guillaume (1 February 1927 – 10 April 1995) was a German spy who gathered intelligence as an agent for East Germany's secret service, the Stasi, in West Germany. Guillaume became West German chancellor Willy Brandt's secretary, and his discovery as a spy in 1973 led to Brandt's downfall in the Guillaume affair.
[5] Inside the Mind of the Spy: Agents Struggle in the Shadows (brookings.edu)
[6] Vladimir Putin, Saint Petersburg administration (Wikiped)
[7] Russia – Sex Videos as a Weapon against Political Opponents [Russland - Sexvideos als Waffe gegen politische Gegner (deutschlandfunkkultur.de)]: Skuratov had become a trouble source. He had collected material on corruption in the periphery of then President Boris Yeltsin. In a book, he later described, how he was summoned to the head of the Presidential Administration in 1999, who auditioned the tape and then suggested, he better resign. ––– "Kompromat": This is how the Russian secret service derails opponents - WORLD ["Kompromat": So bringt der russische Geheimdienst Gegner zu Fall - WELT]: It concerned then-Prosecutor General Yuri Skuratov, who took massive action against corruption and tangled with powerful figures from Yeltsin's entourage. [...] In February 1999, Skuratov was summoned to meet with Nikolai Bordyusha, the head of the Presidential Administration and Security Council. Skuratov later described in his book, how Bordyusha suddenly pulled out a videotape. Together they watched the video, which allegedly showed Skuratov in bed with two women. The Prosecutor General should resign "as long as the scandal is not public," Bordyusha is said to have indirectly threatened him. He found the tape on his desk in an envelope. He didn't know where it came from. ––– Russia: Better villain than a loser | ZEIT ONLINE [Russland: Besser Bösewicht als Loser | ZEIT ONLINE]: Of all things, it was a Kompromat story that really got the career of his FSB successor Vladimir Putin going: In the spring of 1999, then Prosecutor General Yuri Skuratov had been investigating allegations of corruption that extended into President Boris Yeltsin's entourage. Then a video suddenly appeared: one man, two women, their faces barely visible. For FSB chief Putin it was clear at the time: The man is Skuratov, the women are prostitutes. A short time later, Skuratov lost his post, and Putin rose to become prime minister and Yeltsin's successor.
[8] Federal Security Service (Wikiped): The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB RF; Russian: Федеральная служба безопасности Российской Федерации (ФСБ РФ), tr. Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii, IPA: [fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnəjə ˈsluʐbə bʲɪzɐˈpasnəstʲɪ rɐˈsʲijskəj fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨɪ]) is the principal security agency of Russia and the main successor agency to the Soviet Union's KGB. Its primary responsibilities are within the country and include counter-intelligence, internal and border security, counter-terrorism, and surveillance as well as investigating some other types of serious crimes and federal law violations.
[9] "Kompromat": This is how the Russian secret service derails opponents - WORLD ["Kompromat": So bringt der russische Geheimdienst Gegner zu Fall - WELT]
[10] Intourist (Wikiped): Intourist (Russian: Интурист, contraction of иностранный турист, "foreign tourist") is a Russian tour operator, headquartered in Moscow. It was founded on April 12, 1929 and served as the primary travel agency for foreign tourists in the Soviet Union.
[11] Intourist (Wikiped): Intourist (Russian: Интурист, contraction of иностранный турист, "foreign tourist") is a Russian tour operator, headquartered in Moscow. It was founded on April 12, 1929 and served as the primary travel agency for foreign tourists in the Soviet Union.
[12] NKVD (Wikiped): The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних дел: Naródnyy komissariát vnútrennikh del; Russian pronunciation: [nɐˈrod.nɨj kə.mʲɪ.sə.rʲɪˈat ˈvnut.rʲɪ.nʲɪx̬ dʲel]), abbreviated NKVD (НКВД), was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union.
[13] Joint State Political Directorate (Wikiped): The Joint State Political Directorate (OGPU; Russian: Объединённое государственное политическое управление) was the intelligence service and secret police of the Soviet Union from 1923 to 1934.
[14] KGB (Wikiped): The KGB (Russian: Комитет государственной безопасности (КГБ), romanized: Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti, lit. 'Committee for State Security') was the main security agency for the Soviet Union from 13 March 1954 until 3 December 1991. As a direct successor of preceding agencies such as the Cheka, GPU, OGPU, NKGB, NKVD and MGB, it was attached to the Council of Ministers. It was the chief government agency of "union-republican jurisdiction", carrying out internal security, intelligence and secret police functions. Similar agencies operated in each of the republics of the Soviet Union aside from the Russian SFSR, with many associated ministries, state committees and state commissions.
[15] Federal Security Service (Wikiped): The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB RF; Russian: Федеральная служба безопасности Российской Федерации (ФСБ РФ), tr. Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii, IPA: [fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnəjə ˈsluʐbə bʲɪzɐˈpasnəstʲɪ rɐˈsʲijskəj fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨɪ]) is the principal security agency of Russia and the main successor agency to the Soviet Union's KGB. Its primary responsibilities are within the country and include counter-intelligence, internal and border security, counter-terrorism, and surveillance as well as investigating some other types of serious crimes and federal law violations.
[16] Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia) (Wikiped): The Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (Russian: Служба внешней разведки Российской Федерации, tr. Sluzhba vneshney razvedki Rossiyskoy Federatsii, IPA: [ˈsluʐbə ˈvnʲɛʂnʲɪj rɐˈzvʲɛtkʲɪ]) or SVR RF (Russian: СВР РФ) is Russia's external intelligence agency, focusing mainly on civilian affairs. The SVR RF succeeded the First Chief Directorate (PGU) of the KGB in December 1991. The SVR has its headquarters in the Yasenevo District of Moscow.
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