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| 'Crown of the Russian Empire - 2': The CIA is planning a government in exile |
| 2023-12-18 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Maxim Sokolov [RIA] In Minsk, at the XIX Meeting of the heads of security agencies and intelligence services of the CIS member states, the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) S.E. Naryshkin announced that the CIA was working on a plan for the establishment of the “Russian Republic”. For now, of course, outside Russia. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, called upon, among other things, to protect the state from external attacks by all necessary means, even the most sensitive ones, have not been abolished and are not going to be abolished in the future. Nevertheless, the overseas dreamers are going to not only establish on their territory (or the territory of their satellites, which, incidentally, is the same thing) some symbolic structure, obviously believing that the various “Free Russias” already existing not enough, but they want to put a “temporary administration” at the head of the so-called Russian Republic. And this is already changing things. Of course, this entire administration can, in practice, engage in fairly innocent matters. Distribute grants (and sort out the squabbles that inevitably arise in connection with this, which can be quite Shakespearean in nature), organize gatherings and symposiums, and raise funds for needy emigrants. True, the current foreign structures cope with these functions just fine. But the phrase "temporary administration" changes things somewhat. The question immediately arises: what exactly, and also where exactly - in Prague and Riga or directly in Moscow - this administration is going to administer. For the word "administration" presupposes appropriate authority. You can, of course, not find fault with words. So far we know very little. Perhaps we are just talking about the fact that in Langley or somewhere else there was a brainstorming session and some storming clerk, whose powers are unclear, came up with the idea of establishing a Russian government in exile. If this hypothesis is correct, then perhaps it was proposed to repeat the Venezuelan experience with Juan Guaido, who for four years (from January 23, 2019 to January 5, 2023) claimed the title of president of the country. And also the Belarusian - S.G. Tikhanovskaya, declared the true winner of the 2020 presidential elections, is either the President of Belarusor not. Only the Dietof Lithuania definitely considers her the head of Belarus, the rest are in confusion. Perhaps the hope here is not so much for the transfer of power to the government in exile (here successful precedents are unimportant, not only with more or less modern ones, but also with ancient ones), but rather for the opportunity to deliver to Moscow within a few years at least some troubles. True, the belief in these troubles is greatly exaggerated. If completely unsatisfactory relations with the EU and the USA are not very scary for Moscow, then the deteriorated embodiment of the movie "The Crown of the Russian Empire, or The Elusive Again" will frighten you even less. It should be taken into account that the tradition of governments in exile, dating back to the English rebellions of the 17th century, if not earlier, suggests that a foreign contender for the crown (presidency), in principle, could have possessed this crown, had circumstances been different. The applicants had some degree of legitimacy. And Guaido was, after all, the head of the Venezuelan parliament, and Tikhanovskaya ran for the post of President of the Republic of Belarus. While the supposed leaders of the "Russian Republic" - all these Kasparovs, Gurievs, Ponomarevs, Gelmans, Khodorkovskys, Pevchikhs, Bykovs, Akunins, etc. — do not have even a shadow of legitimacy. Chemically pure imposture. And besides the fact that the overwhelming majority of Russian citizens are in no way interested in being administered by people like the ones listed above, there is another problem. The impostors will immediately gnaw at each other, so that only shreds will fly. Moreover, they will squabble even before it is confirmed who will be in charge. The above-mentioned film about “The Crown of the Russian Empire” was an outright fairground farce. The fight between two hostile emperors, presented as a fight between cowboys in a saloon in the Wild West, was a strong overkill. In 1924 (when the polemic between the Kirillovites and Nikolaevites took place, which served as the subject of the film), the emigrant squabbles still did not reach this point. But in the coming 2024, hypothetical quarrels may even surpass wild cinematic fantasy. After all, our Soviet people will squabble and bark, even though they are now emigrants who have chosen freedom. And institutional squabbles are a terrible thing. On the other hand, despite the fact that the picture will be extremely low-artistic, our former compatriots seem to be quite ready to participate in this endeavor. The other day the public was greatly impressed by the statements of cultural masters Bykov* and Chkhartishvili. Other collaborators during the Second World War behaved more decently. If it’s just a feature of their nature, so be it. But there is another option: they heard rumors about the upcoming undertaking, and they decided to demonstrate their zeal. In any case, if there really is some turmoil going on in Langley, the employees of the exalted institution there should remember how Prince Talleyrand taught his young employees: “The main thing, gentlemen, is less zeal.” Advice for all times. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #4 I nominate John Kerry to organize the effort. I will donate a bottle of Russian dressing to get the endeavor started. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-12-18 10:29 |
| #3 ^ "51 intelligence professionals" .....brainstorming. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-12-18 10:06 |
| #2 The CIA is too busy planning the government in America. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-12-18 09:05 |
| #1 I'd would say "the well known Russian paranoia", except the events of the last few years in Eastern Europe. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-12-18 00:54 |