12-Aug-12 WV-Russia warns of Chinese occupation of Siberia

[John]

12-Aug-12 World View -- Russia warns of Chinese occupation of Siberia and Far East

The renaissance of Tsarist Russia

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Contents:
Russia celebrates 100th anniversary of its air force with expansion announcement
Russia's PM Medvedev warns of Chinese occupation of Siberia and Far East
Russia's Medvedev blames 'slacker attitude' for rocket failure
The 'Pussy Riot' trial in Russia becomes a defining political event
The renaissance of Tsarist Russia
Putin/Medvedev split confirms that 2008 Russian invasion of Georgia was preplanned


Keys:
Generational Dynamics, Russia, Russian Air Force, Vladimir Putin,
Dmitry Medvedev, Siberia, Japan, Pussy Riot,
Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, Tsarist Russia,
Nicolai Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov), Josef Stalin,
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
Georgia, South Ossetia, Abhkazia

[John]

This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com

• Russia celebrates 100th anniversary of its air force with expansion announcement
• Russia's PM Medvedev warns of Chinese occupation of Siberia and Far East
• Russia's Medvedev blames 'slacker attitude' for rocket failure
• The 'Pussy Riot' trial in Russia becomes a defining political event
• The renaissance of Tsarist Russia
• Putin/Medvedev split confirms that 2008 Russian invasion of Georgia was preplanned

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**** Russia celebrates 100th anniversary of its air force with expansion announcement
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Poland's Sparks aerobatic team performs during Russia's air show on Saturday (Xinhua)

Russia's president Vladimir Putin led a three day air show outside
Moscow in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Russian
Air Force. Putin commented on the heroism of the pilots during
World War II and announced a major expansion:

"The history of the Russian Air Force knows the
examples of real bravery and self-sacrifice, hard work and
outstanding technical achievements. Military aviation has always
been of great importance in our country. And now when we are
implementing large-scale modernization of the army and the fleet,
the future of the air force is definitely among the
priorities. The Russian Air Force is going to play a great part in
ensuring the national security. Our air bases are now busy
implementing new training schemes, with strategic jets carrying
out regular flights and multi-purpose aviation groups being
formed. The army will receive over 600 new planes and 1,000
helicopters by the year 2020."

Voice of Russia

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**** Russia's PM Medvedev warns of Chinese occupation of Siberia and Far East
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Russia's prime minister Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday issued a warning
that a huge influx of immigrants from China into Siberia and Far East
threatened Russia's control of the region and its rich resources.
This is not the first time that Medvedev has raised these concerns.
(See "22-Mar-11 News -- Russian offer of Japanese resettlement in Siberia raises xenophobic tensions"
from last year, following Japan's earthquake and
tsunami.) However, his recent comments have been the strongest yet.
He announced that two new nuclear submarines would be sent to the
Pacific fleet, and added that it was "important not to allow negative
manifestations ... including the formation of enclaves made up of
foreign citizens." He added that "More than eight million foreign
citizens came to Russia in the first six months of 2012 alone."
Russia's Far East suffered rapid depopulation since the fall of the
Soviet Union in 1991. During the 1990s, there was enormous poverty
and no support from the chaotic Moscow government. As a result,
population fell by as much as 50% in the region, as millions migrated
east, mostly to the European part of Russia. Reuters and Ria Novosti

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**** Russia's Medvedev blames 'slacker attitude' for rocket failure
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Russia's botched launch of two telecom satellites, one Russian and one
Indonesian, earlier this week has drawn a furious response from prime
minister Dmitry Medvedev:

"I don't know the reason why the satellites perished,
be it the booster, a mechanical defect, a slacker attitude or all
of it combined and multiplied by the traditional slacker
attitude. But it's simply impossible to tolerate this any
longer. We are losing our authority and billions of
rubles."

The satellites cumulatively cost $100 million to $150 million.
Moscow Times

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**** The 'Pussy Riot' trial in Russia becomes a defining political event
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Nadia (22), Masha (24) and Katya (29) of Pussy Riot (AFP)

A brief protest by three girls in Russia has turned into a major
political event that's embarrassing president Vladimir Putin and the
Russian Orthodox Church. In February, the three girls charged up to
the front of Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour during a service
and sang a song criticizing Putin. They were ejected from the Church,
and the whole thing might have been forgotten, except that the girls
put the whole performance up on YouTube. Putin is particularly vain
and thin-skinned about any sort of criticism and, along with Russian
Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, demanded harsh punishment for the
performance. The trial started last week. The prosecutors said that
they were possessed by the devil, having "twitched and jumped
satanically, throwing their legs up, rolling their heads and calling
out very insulting and blasphemous words." The trial is so absurd and
ludicrous, even by Russian standards, that it's drawn international
protests. While performing in Moscow on Tuesday, Madonna said, "I
know there are many sides to every story and I mean no disrespect to
the church or the government, but I think these girls ... have done
something courageous and they have paid the price for this act and I
pray for their freedom. They deserve the right to be free." A
verdict is to be announced on August 17. A light sentence will be
considered a major political humiliation for Putin and the Church,
while a harsh verdict will be embarrassing to Putin and the Church.
Spiegel (Germany) and Mail&Guardian (S. Africa)

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**** The renaissance of Tsarist Russia
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From the point of view of Generational Dynamics, the Pussy Riot trial
is part of the rejection of an atheist Soviet Russia, and a return to
the days of Tsarist Russia, when the government and the Church were
inextricably linked. Putin appears to consider himself something of a
new Tsar anyway. In 1922, Nicolai Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov)
wrote this memo to the Politburo on the destruction of the Russian
Orthodox Church in order to harvest the Church's wealth:

"We must pursue the removal of church property by any
means necessary in order to secure for ourselves a fund of several
hundred million gold rubles (do not forget the immense wealth of
some monasteries and lauras). Without this fund any government
work in general, any economic build-up in particular, and any
upholding of soviet principles in Genoa especially is completely
unthinkable. In order to get our hands on this fund of several
hundred million gold rubles (and perhaps even several hundred
billion), we must do whatever is necessary. But to do this
successfully is possible only now. All considerations indicate
that later on we will fail to do this, for no other time, besides
that of desperate famine, will give us such a mood among the
general mass of peasants that would ensure us the sympathy of this
group, or, at least, would ensure us the neutralization of this
group in the sense that victory in the struggle for the removal of
church property unquestionably and completely will be on our
side."

The Church was virtually destroyed by the Bolshevik Revolution, with
buildings destroyed and clerics jailed and murdered. World War II was
a generational Awakening era war for the Soviet Union, and the Church
began to revive at that time simply because Josef Stalin needed its
help to defeat the Nazis. Russia is theoretically a secular state,
but now Russia is in a new generational Crisis era, and under Putin
the relationship between the government and the Church has been
growing constantly. A similar transition is occurring in Russia's
historic enemy, Turkey. Turkey became a secular state under Attaturk
in 1924, after the collapse of Ottoman Empire. But now, in this new
Crisis era, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is restoring some of
the conservative religious links of the Ottoman era. From the point
of view of generational theory, this parallel religious path being
followed by these two historic enemies is quite remarkable.

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**** Putin/Medvedev split confirms that 2008 Russian invasion of Georgia was preplanned
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A serious political split between Russia's president Vladimir Putin
and prime minister Dmitry Medvedev has been opened over a revelation
that Putin preplanned the 2008 Russian invasion of Georgia and went
behind Medvedev's back. At the time of the invasion, Putin and
Medvedev were playing a little game. Putin had been President for two
terms, and could not run for a third consecutive term, according to
the Constitution. And so, Putin arranged for Medvedev to become
President for one term, while Putin became Prime Minister, and lied
about the arrangement to the public. It now turns out that they lied
to the public as well over the August, 2008, invasion of Georgia.
Putin had already pre-planned the invasion when Medvedev took over as
President. Medvedev wanted to negotiate the crisis, but it's now been
revealed that Putin illegally went around him and launched the
invasion, which resulted in Russia annexing two Georgia provinces,
South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Russia's parliamentary election in
December, followed by the presidential election that returned Putin to
the presidency, were both so obviously fraudulent that most Russians
now believe that Putin's entire presidency is fraudulent. The new
revelation opens a split between Putin and Medvedev that may expose
more fraud. =39746&tx_ttnews[backPid]=587]Jamestown

KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Russia, Russian Air Force, Vladimir Putin,
Dmitry Medvedev, Siberia, Japan, Pussy Riot,
Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, Tsarist Russia,
Nicolai Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov), Josef Stalin,
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
Georgia, South Ossetia, Abhkazia

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[Trevor]

It might have been a non-crisis war for Russia, but it was still brutal enough for them to have a very long mid-cycle period. What is it, close to 85 years at this point?

Question: is it possible for their crisis war to be another civil war, replaying all the old fault lines that led to the Russian Revolution to begin with?

[John]

It might have been a non-crisis war for Russia, but it was still brutal enough for them to have a very long mid-cycle period. What is it, close to 85 years at this point?

Question: is it possible for their crisis war to be another civil war, replaying all the old fault lines that led to the Russian Revolution to begin with?

It's not just possible. It's certain.