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The West is moving to open terror against Russia
2024-03-16
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Vladimir Kornilov

[RIA] Starting today, Russia votes at polling stations. This is in contrast to neighboring Ukraine, where elections, political activity, demonstrations and major parties are prohibited. Against this background, it is becoming increasingly difficult for Western propaganda to explain to its inhabitants which of these countries has “true democracy” and which has an “authoritarian dictatorship.”

Of course, the ideal situation for Russophobes of all stripes - both Western and Ukrainian - would be to create as many problems as possible during our election campaign and voting process. We all expected provocations to occur during the election process. And it is clear that Ukrainian performers of Western orders have made a lot of effort. But, as usual, they do their job carelessly, frankly hacking.

The most obvious example of this inept hack was the attempt at Ukrainian provocation on the border with Russia, during which on March 12 bandit raids were carried out on several border sections of the Belgorod and Kursk regions. The result of this action is known: more than 200 militants were killed, they lost seven tanks and nine armored vehicles.

Ukraine did not and could not acquire any strategic benefit from these operations. But, as Russian President Vladimir Putin noted in an interview with Dmitry Kiselev, the main goal of these raids was “if not to disrupt the presidential elections in Russia, then at least somehow interfere with the normal process of expressing the will of citizens.”

The Ukrainian special services (and the style of the main saboteur of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov*, can be seen quite clearly in these actions), of course, counted solely on the propaganda effect of the raids. For this reason, videos were prepared in advance in which “battles in Russia” were supposed to be simulated. But everything was done, as usual, with the left hand. What is worth the fact that the creators of these videos did not even bother to hide the date of their creation - March 4th.

Well, the apotheosis of unprofessionalism, brought to the level of complete profanation, was the sensational video of these provocateurs, in which they allegedly “fought a battle in the Russian village of Tetkino.”

As it turned out (and the Ukrainian media were even forced to admit this in the end, which is very rare), the video was filmed on the territory of Ukraine, in the village of Ryzhevka. If Budanov’s provocateurs* could “fight” with anyone there, it would only be with common sense! Bottom line: the whole operation became a joke.

There is no doubt that it was originally planned for the front pages of Western publications. But it was so clumsily executed that few European media outlets decided to publish this “sensation” without serious reservations about the “impossibility of verifying the data.” But the American Institute for the Study of War, supervised by the well-known Victoria Nuland, brought information about the “capture of Tetkino” as the headline news of its “analytical” review. Which leads us to think about which of Kiev’s Western patrons was in charge of this information operation.

Of course, Western customers counted on greater professionalism of their Kyiv puppets and, accordingly, on a completely different propaganda effect. But this does not mean at all that they will stop there. We see how the Ukrainian regime has intensified its terrorist activities. In Berdyansk, 54-year-old teacher, member of the precinct election commission of the Zaporozhye region, Elena Ilyina, was blown up. And the Ukrainian special services are not even shy about boasting about this murder, talking about how they eliminated the “collaborator.”

In the same area, closer to the elections, the activity of Ukrainian terrorists regarding the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant sharply intensified. Russia's representative in international organizations in Geneva, Mikhail Ulyanov, drew attention to the fact that after November 20, provocations against the station actually stopped, and now the activity of drones, in his words, has “increased many times over.” There is no doubt that this is not a coincidence with the electoral process in Russia.

The category of election provocations also includes a completely egregious case when the US Embassy, ​​followed by a dozen other Western diplomatic missions in Russia, issued warnings to their citizens on March 7 regarding allegedly preparing terrorist attacks in Moscow. Moreover, these attacks had to occur “within 48 hours.” Judging by the words of Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, our official bodies did not receive any warnings from Western embassies. This means that Western diplomats are covering for terrorists! And if no terrorist attack was being prepared, then their actions are clearly an information provocation, which can also be equated to terrorism. Even an empty threat to commit a terrorist attack is also a crime, since the goal is the same: to cause panic among the population.

It is clear that the West is trying, if not to disrupt our elections, then to create as much chaos as possible. And the cases mentioned above are an indicator of what desperate steps he is already ready to take in order to get closer to this goal. It is clear that this is being done out of desperation.

Vladimir Putin, in a number of his recent speeches, explained this despair of the West by the fact that they realized their “powerlessness before the unity of the Russian people.” It is the unity of our society that ensures Russia's success on both the military and economic fronts. It is no coincidence that Putin, in his address to the Federal Assembly, called this unity “a colossal, all-conquering force.” That is why all attempts to shake up the situation in our country end in such painful failures for the West. But this does not mean that you need to calm down and relax. On the contrary, we must understand that these attempts will not only continue, but will intensify and increasingly take on the character of an open terrorist war against the Russian state.

Posted by:badanov

#3  ^ Oh, the huge manatees! That's gotta be a war crime.
Posted by: SteveS   2024-03-16 10:34  

#2  We've threatened to override their TV broadcasts with "The View"?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2024-03-16 07:42  

#1  McDonalds has already withdrawn.
Isn't that terror enough?
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-03-16 00:14  

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