Russia a Virtual Mafia State ?
Focusing on “one spec of dust” inside a vacuum is like trying to save an ocean one drop at a time…
“We don’t know whether these dispatches, cables are authentic or some kind of fakes,” Dmitri Peskov told Itar Tass news agency. “They look like total nonsense.”
According to the cable from the U.S. Embassy in Madrid, Grinda believes that Russia’s Federal Security Service and military intelligence effectively control the Russian mafia. The cable also says Grinda claims to have information that some Russian political parties work “hand in glove” with organized crime.
One of the cables released Thursday cites a Spanish prosecutor regarded as an authority on Russian organized crime as calling Russia a “virtual mafia state.” The document, dating from February, summarizes comments made by Jose Grinda Gonzalez.
ns, seems the same to me.
o”, Solzhenits yn described how the NKVD/MVD/K GB used the criminal gangs in the labor camps as “class allies” against the political prisoners. One merely has to extrapolat e that realtionsh ip out over the past 50 years since then to see that relationsh ip is still alive and well.
What can you say about us that you have not said before ?
You do not like but tolerate us; and we, likewise.
We must always make an effort to interact civilly with one another for the sake of the world.
There are no illusions between us.
Boris
