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THREAD on what’s going on in Russia’s Khabarovsk.
1. The @BBC is, predictably, following its usual policy of presenting absolutely any protest in Russia as some anti-govt uprising.
The British Brainwashing Corporation deliberately shirks from telling key facts about Khabarovsk. https://twitter.com/O_Rich_/status/1284444807583145985
1. The @BBC is, predictably, following its usual policy of presenting absolutely any protest in Russia as some anti-govt uprising.
The British Brainwashing Corporation deliberately shirks from telling key facts about Khabarovsk. https://twitter.com/O_Rich_/status/1284444807583145985
2. The governor of Khabarovsk, Sergey Furgal, was detained under suspicion of him being involved in many murders. One of such murders is that of businessman Roman Sandalov in 2004. At the time, Furgal headed LLC "Mif-Khabarovsk".
3. For more than a decade and a half, the mother of Sandalov tried to achieve justice. She wrote letters to all sorts of authorities, but it was all in vain. Among these letters was an appeal to the head of the LDPR party, which Furgal is a member of.
4. Four years ago, Sandalov's mother wrote a letter to Zhirinovsky, describing the horrific details of 2004. She says Furgal not only organised the murder of Roman, but also helped the perpetrator avoid punishment. Zhirinovsky ignored the mother's letter. So he's an accomplice.
5. In the letter, she states that the killer of her son was a V.V. Zhuravlev, who successfully hid for four years. In 2008, he suddenly appeared at the prosecutor's office, with expensive lawyers and a “flawless" testimony.
6. Arriving with a "confession", he said that he did not remember anything, and allegedly found the murder weapon by accident. In early May 2009, Zhuravlev was found guilty, the court sentenced him to more than 1.5 yrs, but 1 yr later he was released on parole.
7. At the time of Sandalov's murder, Furgal was a deputy of the Duma. Due to the prevailing "coincidence" of circumstances, his name was not included in the court materials.
8. In October 2004, Sandalov was shot down on one of the roads of Khabarovsk. A few days later, he died in hospital. The cause of the incident was a conflict with representatives of the "Mif-Khabarovsk" metal warehouse, owned by Furgal.
9. As a part of the criminal case, the collection of evidence began in November 2004. Searches were done at the homes of Furgal and his entourage. As a result, it turned out that the murder weapon belonged to Zhuravlev and a V.V. Sharpita.
10. And the second owner of the gun worked, together with V.A. Aleinikov (another suspect), as the personal protection of the CEO of the metal base. Thus, the wiretapping of Furgal's phone began, after which evidence of his connection with Zhuravlev was uncovered.
11. Bullets similar to those used to kill Sandalov were found in Furgal's apartment. As a result of the investigative work, it turned out that Furgal personally gave instructions to “deal with” Sandalov, but at the same time all the evidence “disappeared” during the sentencing.
12. Journalists tried to call the victim's mother, but she refused to talk in fear of another provocation. Her reply: “I don’t know who you are, because anyone can introduce themselves with your name. Therefore, I will not talk, sorry".
13. On October 29, 2004, businessman Evgeny Zorya was killed, who also had a conflict with Furgal. On January 31 2005, businessman Oleg Bulatov, who too had a conflict with Furgal, was killed. So, why is his arrest happening only now?
14. Politics is a field of struggle between authoritative groups. The top of these groups (which make up the country's elite) wage a difficult and sometimes uncompromising battle among themselves.
15. At the same time, various kinds of agreements, coalitions, & alliances are constantly made, which can be both short-term and very long-term.
16. For example, at the end of the 90s, a long-term consensus was formed in the new Russian elite aimed at prohibiting representatives of groups involved in inter-elite conflicts from appealing to the people.
17. To implement this (as it turned out, very long-term) consensus, an internal arbiter was needed, & it was to this position that Putin came to power. His first task was to eliminate those who refused to join the consensus - Berezovsky, Gusinsky, and Khodorkovsky.
18. However, this did not particularly affect the activity of the fight for resources. The rules of the fight: the entire law enforcement system has no right to touch the elite, at all.
19. Recall that Khodorkovsky's inner circle was eventually exposed. But in the 90s, no one even came close to such "respected" persons; the "autopsy" took place after the beginning of the "Khodorkovsky case" in 2003.
20. Persons who are lower in the hierarchy of "siloviki" groupings may well become victims of completely honest investigations, especially if there are groups that benefit from this.
21. One exception: if there are major agreements (e.g., between "siloviki" and "liberal" groups) & some of the non-elite, but high-status characters (like governors or ministers) are important elements of these agreements.
22. If an official (or any other representative of this or that "siloviki" group) is included in the list of “ensuring” any elite agreement, they receive the status of “untouchable”. And the guarantees of their adequacy and loyalty are taken by the leaders of their group.
23. But, unlike members of the elite, this "untouchability" is temporary and can disappear in one of two cases: 1) the basic agreement ceases to be valid; 2) new circumstances appear within the framework of intra-elite conflicts that outweigh this original agreement.
24. They are, so to speak, circumstances of force majeure. Furgal's situation is categorised as No. 2. The main reason for this is that the liberal elite group is greatly losing its power.
25. A) because it cannot present a positive scenario; B) because it can no longer invest its main resource in maintaining the intra-elite consensus - arrangements with the global dollar system. Accordingly, all agreements that the elite participates in are called into question.
26. Earlier, liberals placed a stake not only financial and administrative resources, but also the support of the IMF and the US. Today, these factors no longer play a part, since the role of the IMF has fallen sharply, & agreements with Trump are with the "patriotic siloviki".
27. This means that liberals need to find something else to replace the lost resource - e.g. extra money. There is (so far) still enough money for some agreements, but not enough for everything.
28. This means that a very large number of functionaries of the "siloviki" groups who served these agreements will be dealt with. In particular, because they are simply not used to featuring in trials where they can be legally imprisoned, without protection from above.
29. Furgal is not necessarily a liberal or a member of one of the liberal "siloviki" groups. But not all functionaries of "siloviki" groups are liberals - they simply participate in agreements in which some liberals are one of the parties.
30. Basically, Putin appointed Furgal not because he has a soft spot for bandits, but because Furgal was the missing part that completed some kind of elite arrangement. Times change, purges are required.
31. So there you go. The aforementioned is what liberal mouthpieces like @BBC “forgot” to report about. They are just lackeys for "regime change". Aka "journalists" in post-modernity.
Putin has plenty more surprised for those like Furgal
Putin has plenty more surprised for those like Furgal
