And how did the Political Capital Institute come into existence, referred to in the paragraph just before the above?Pro-Russian sentiment remains largely confined to the fringes of European politics, though Mr. Putin also has more mainstream admirers and allies on both the right and the left, including Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian prime minister, and Gerhard Schröder, the former German chancellor.
"Russian influence in the affairs of the far right is a phenomenon seen all over Europe," said a study by Political Capital Institute, a Hungarian research group. It predicted that far-right parties, "spearheaded by the French National Front," could form a pro-Russian bloc in the European Parliament or, at the very least, amplify previously marginal pro-Russian voices.
- Prince Charles likened President Putin to Adolf Hitler during Canada tour
- Kremlin condemned words as 'unacceptable, outrageous and dishonourable'
- British diplomats make no reference to prince's remarks during talks with Moscow's London deputy ambassador - and instead focus on Ukraine unrest
- Pro-Putin media is now linking the Royal Family to Nazis in retaliation
PUTIN: THE BROTHER I LOST IN SIEGE OF LENINGRAD
Vladimir Putin has described his family's loss when his elder brother Viktor died during the siege of Leningrad.
The boy, who was around a year old at the time, died of diphtheria in a children's home. He was taken from his family during the 872-day siege, one of the bloodiest and most destructive of the Second World War.
Putin is a famously private man, but spoke about his brother two years ago on a visit to a cemetery in the city, now St Petersburg.
He said: 'My brother, whom I have never seen and did not know, was buried here. I don't even know where exactly. My parents told me that children were taken from their families in 1941 and my mother had a child taken from her – with the goal of saving him. They said he had died, but they never said where he was buried.'
His brother's death, which took place before he was born, gives Putin a personal link to one of the great events of Russian history. Some 650,000 people died of starvation in the city between 1941 and 1944. In January, Putin honoured the victims of the Siege at a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of its lifting in St Petersburg.
He told survivors: 'Without those who worked on the erection of the defensive lines, without those who worked in the factories, without volunteers and units that were formed by the citizens of Leningrad, I know this from my own family history, without these people victory would have been impossible.'
Putin walked with several dozen siege survivors in a procession through the Piskaryovskoye cemetery, laying flowers and making the sign of the cross at the mass grave where, it was recently revealed, his brother is believed to have been interred.
Of course, he is Royalty - he has to display the IQ of a cabbage. Next time he attempts to travel to India, I hope the India High Commission slaps a persona-non-grata sticker on his passport and return it. It is time to stop entertaining such useless clowns.Another senior diplomatic official in Moscow, Maria Zakharova, said sarcastically: 'Prince Charles and Prince Harry have a special kind of relations with Nazism, I must say.'
BBC continues it political demagoguery while the NATO puppet regime in Kiev continues to indiscriminately kill civilians in air attacks.
The data peddled here is from GlobeScan, a UK, US, and Canada based "research" organization. No one knows where they got their data from, or whether they just made up some numbers.
Interestingly, all these aforementioned countries are supporting the Kiev regime.
Words of wisdom: Research shows that research often finds conclusions favourable to the one funding the research.
There is a dedicated thread for criticizing Putin. Please post there. If you cannot find that thread, ask @Peter to help you out.When even media organizations like Guardian who known for their anti-American position is harshly criticising Putin and Russia, then it is time for both Putin and Russia to start asking hard questions about themselves, although I doubt this happening (in particular with Putin).
Putin is not the same as Russian generals. So, if the comparison is between Stalin and Khrushchyov on one side and Putin on another, then what is the relevance of Russian generals?This week Putin has said, that he can take Kiev in two weeks. Russian generals have said that they are ready to use tactical nuclear weapons. That makes Stalin and Hruchtsov look like Mahatma Gandhi.
That is not news. That is a US funded US based non-Russian propaganda website, run by a so called "institute" masquerading as a "Russian institute."Putin Accepts Only 'Imperial-Militarist' Component of Soviet Inheritance, Shtepa Says | The Interpreter
Russian current "doctrine" is pretty hollow...
The Interpreter is a propaganda and myth-peddling site run by the "Institute of Modern Russia," a western funded NGO masquerading as a Russian entity.
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