Why Moscow's anti-Maidan protesters are putting on an elaborate pretence--The Guardian

[Tommy_Carcetti]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/26/russia-anti-maidan-protest-moscow

Why Moscow's anti-Maidan protesters are putting on an elaborate pretence

Analysis: if enough B-list celebrities gather in one place and shout ‘fire!’ ordinary Russians will start to believe they are at risk, says Allison Quinn


As tens of thousands of people gathered in central Moscow for an “anti-Maidan” rally recently, the Russian public was being asked to swallow an unsavoury pill: apparently the country is in such danger that its own security forces are not enough to prevent a coup d’etat. Instead it must rely on a team of ageing B-list celebrities to help fight off the west

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When asked who was in control if Russia was not currently independent, she said: “The US. Who else wrote our constitution when [Boris] Yeltsin was drunk? American ‘aides’. The same people working in Ukraine now.”

Svetlana was not alone. Many other demonstrators said they believed that the US had not only been responsible for the bloodshed in Kiev a year ago but had also meticulously infiltrated Russia using members of the political opposition.

While conspiracy theories are nothing new, Anti-Maidan’s purpose is to make them the norm.



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[DetlefK]

1. If the Muslim Brotherhood secretly rules the US and the US secretly rules Russia...

The implications are outrageous!!!!!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. But you then have to keep in mind that Russia secretly rules the Muslim Brotherhood.

[uhnope]

3. anti-Maidan is like a hellish combination of Brown Shirts, Tea Baggers and Tinfoil Hats

all paid for by the government of Russia. It's basic Soviet population control updated to the 21st century for Putin's neo-fascism. A nightmare scenario unfolding before our eyes.