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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: JamesV6CDX on 15 March 2015, 23:37:29
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http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/vladimir-putin-says-russia-was-preparing-to-use-nuclear-weapons-if-necessary-and-blames-us-for-ukraine-crisis-in-crimea-documentary/ar-AA9NISZ?ocid=TSHDHP
Putin has said Russia was so fearful of attack at the height of the Ukraine crisis that it was preparing to arm its nuclear weapons, in extraordinary claims aired on state TV on Sunday night.
Amid ongoing Russian media speculation that the President was watching the Crimea documentary from his sickbed, Mr Putin’s full interview with Rossiya One provided new insight into his country’s involvement in the annexation of the Black Sea peninsula.
In the documentary, which marks a year since the referendum that saw Russia take control of Crimea, Mr Putin described the Ukrainian revolution to oust Viktor Yanukovych in February 2014 as an armed coup “masterminded by our American friends”.
He said Washington tried to “trick” the world into thinking the regime change was “supported mostly by the Europeans”, according to a translation of the interview on Russia Today.
But he instead accused the US of orchestrating the crisis, saying: “They helped training the nationalists, their armed groups, in Western Ukraine, in Poland and to some extent in Lithuania. They facilitated the armed coup.”
Mr Putin expanded on comments aired ahead of the full documentary that well-armed forces known as the “little green men” who helped bring about the referendum in Crimea were indeed Russian soldiers.
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting at the Kremlin, in Moscow© AP Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting at the Kremlin, in Moscow He also revealed that as part of the operation to take control of the peninsula, Russia deployed K-300P Bastion coastal defence missile “in a way that made them seen clearly from space” as a military deterrent to the perceived threat of attack from the West.
And on Russia’s willingness to arm nuclear weapons if necessary, Mr Putin said: “We were ready to do this ... (Crimea) is our historical territory. Russian people live there. They were in danger. We cannot abandon them.” 9 controversial Putin quotes
The documentary comes as speculation continues to grow about Mr Putin's 10-day absence from public view. After a number of cancelled meetings in the past week, the opposition TV station Dozhd reportedly cited anonymous sources on Sunday saying the leader was recuperating from the flu in one of his country manors outside Moscow.
On Monday, he is scheduled to take part in a meeting with the president of Kyrgyzstan, in what would be his first public appearance before the news media since 5 March.
Other admissions made by Mr Putin in the documentary, which was entitled “Crimea: The Road Back Home”, were that he ordered the defence ministry to deploy elite units to Crimea “under the cover of strengthening the protection of our military facilities”.
But despite admitting this subterfuge, Mr Putin said Russian troop numbers in the peninsula never exceeded the 20,000 allowed under the terms of basing its Black Sea fleet there.
The comments were reported on the state broadcaster’s website, after the documentary aired in the Russian Far East but before it was due to go out in Moscow.
Mr Putin also confirmed that Russian forces oversaw the movement of the ousted president Yanukovych from Kiev to Russia, and suggested that those who benefited from the “armed coup” had plotted to assassinate him.
“I invited the heads of our special services, the Defense Ministry and ordered them to protect the life of the Ukrainian president,” he said. “Otherwise he would have been killed.”
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Note - I am simply sharing a news link, not posting any personal views :y
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It's a bit strange that Putin's gone missing. :-\ Maybe Rods knows where he is.... ::) ;)
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It's a bit strange that Putin's gone missing. :-\ Maybe Rods knows where he is.... ::) ;)
I hear Sebastapol is nice this time of year... ::)
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Go on James, share your views!
It is a good question to ask where is Putin? I wonder if he has been done in perhaps by a nemsotv supporter?
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It's a bit strange that Putin's gone missing. :-\ Maybe Rods knows where he is.... ::) ;)
For the last week he has been personally searching the river for the assassins gun, where Nemerov's murder happened. ::) ::) ::) ::)
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It's a bit strange that Putin's gone missing. :-\ Maybe Rods knows where he is.... ::) ;)
For the last week he has been personally searching the river for the assassins gun, where Nemerov's murder happened. ::) ::) ::) ::)
You'd think he'd remember where he threw it! ::) What a muppski! ;D
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;D :y Nail on head!!
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Well Putin has been seen again in public.
I wonder if during the last ten days he has been recovering from an assannation attempt?
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Thought I saw him in Watford the other day, looking at a nice Omega that was on Ebayski.
More like suicide than assassination.
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Note - I am simply sharing a news link, not posting any personal views :y
Remember this is targeted at his domestic audience and his grasp of history and facts is based on what fits his agenda. Much of this can easily be debunked as propaganda, but it is always useful stuff to judge Putin's and the Kremlin's current thinking and their justification, like any criminal, for breaking the law. What he has stated is being studied where he has admitted breaking International law and Crimea is now in his charge with the severe human rights abuses going on there to see if there is enough evidence, along with various incidents in East Ukraine for him to be charged now or at sometime in the future with crimes against humanity. Then, if he ever leaves or is deposed in Russia he is opening himself up to arrest and being tried in The Hague. So what might work well to preserve his domestic popularity may long term count against him.
I hope with all of the available evidence that he is also held directly to account for MH17. I'm awaiting this report later in the year with interest on whether the Dutch authorities point fingers using all of the available evidence or whether it is a more 'diplomatic' report.
When you are a Tyrant like Putin, it is all about staying in power, at any price, as the alternatives as Yanukovych, Mubarak and Gaddafi have found out and this is what he fears most. Don't ever underestimate how ruthless Putin will be in his pursuit in staying in power. He will use nukes at anytime in anyway, if it gives him a survival route and he thinks he can get away with it and live.
There are lots of rumours on various power struggles at the moment where many observers have been voicing, that it is beginning to feel like the end of the Putin era. The current Putin, FSB and Chechen Oblast leader Kadyrov power struggle is an interesting one. Chechens being arrested by the FSB, for the Nemerov murder, are close to Kadyrov and by implication he has given his nod of approval. Kadyrov has seen the danger and sworn utter allegiance to Putin, but will it be enough to save him? These sort of 'royal court' power struggles go on all of the time, between the various siloviki organisations (FSB, GRU etc.) and other powerful factions like the Oligarchs but up until now Putin has always been well on top of them.