Related: Globalists Get Taste of Global Cooling
"Putin urges closer ties with the West; Global crisis cited in softer tone at Davos" by Katrin Bennhold, International Herald Tribune | January 29, 2009
DAVOS, Switzerland - Making his first appearance as Russian leader before the annual gathering here of business and political leaders, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin struck a conciliatory tone toward the West. He explicitly wished the new administration of President Barack Obama well, and urged cooperation on energy security, the economy and even disarmament.
Putin used a 30-minute speech before a packed auditorium yesterday to paint Russia as a reliable partner in energy, trade and politics amid the widening global economic crisis.
"We can't afford being isolationist or economically selfish," Putin said. Describing the world financial crisis as a "perfect storm," he added: "We are all in the same boat."
The financial crisis has dealt a blow to the Russian swagger of recent years. When sky-high oil prices helped fill state coffers and return-hungry Western investors offered cheap loans, the Kremlin could more easily strike a proud, anti-Western tone and emphasize its new-found power after a decade of weakness following the Soviet collapse.
Oh, so the INTERNATIONAL BANKERS also OWN Russia's economy.
Putin's speech, the official opening address of this year's World Economic Forum, was eagerly awaited by those waiting to gauge whether the crisis would prompt Russia to turn further away from the West or open the door to a more cooperative relationship.
Yeah, STARTING WARS by using Georgian and Ukrainian proxies is being "cooperative." WTF is WRONG with western journalism, huh?
As recently as December, Putin still had harsh words for the United States. "The crisis began in the United States, whose financial and economic policies led to the crisis that infected the economies of practically all major countries of the world," he said at the time, adding that the impact of the crisis on Russia would be "minimal."
But he struck a different note yesterday, as he often has for Western audiences. Putin said he would not dwell on who was responsible for the crisis and talked instead about "mutual interests" and "mutual dependencies."****************
Some Russian observers in Davos said that Moscow's dependence on Western investors had got the better of national pride.
What Russian observers? Zionist Israelis?
Industrial production has slumped, the ruble is losing ground at an accelerating rate and the stock market has tumbled since reaching a peak in May. Even its currency reserves, long a symbol of its resurgent power, are shrinking as the government defends the ruble.
Yup, the GLOBALISTS and their BANKERS are DESTROYING the RUSSIAN ECONOMY just as they are DESTROYING OURS!! You know what that means? WWIII if history is any guide!
After growing at a rate of at least 5 percent in recent years, economists in Davos predicted that this year the Russian economy may contract by as much as 3 or 4 percent
"We are being affected by the crisis in a very serious manner," Putin said yesterday, vowing to do everything he could to create a better financial infrastructure and business environment for foreign investors.
Isn't that how you GOT INTO THIS MESS, Russkies?
When listing recent conflicts that had revealed weaknesses in the global system of governance, Putin lumped together the Georgian attack on South Ossetia last August with terrorist attacks in Mumbai and the war in Gaza.
And THERE IT IS: Your NEW WORLD ORDER (not in so many words)!!!!!
In a thinly-veiled swipe at Ukraine - which he never mentioned by name - he stressed the importance of diversifying gas transit routes as a key plank of energy security in years to come.
But among the Russian business elite present in Davos, the verdict seemed unanimous: The crisis has highlighted Russia's dependence on the West.
She's got it backwards!
Also see: Lingering Gas in Europe
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Of course, I'm not surprised by the lie; the IHT is an adjunct of the New York Times -- just like the Globe on my desk here!
Need more lies and misrepresentations?
"Russian report suggests easing of missile dispute" by Clifford J. Levy, New York Times | January 29, 2009
MOSCOW - A Russian news report yesterday that Russia is putting off its plan to deploy missiles near the Polish border raised speculation that the Kremlin is seeking ways to lower tensions with the United States now that a new administration has taken office.
I don't think it will matter; not with NWO types like Zbignew Brzezinski around advising him and the Central Asian energy supplies key to the globalists' dream.
The report, from the Interfax news agency, was attributed to an unidentified Russian defense official, and when contacted later in the day, other Russian defense and Foreign Ministry officials in Moscow would not confirm it or comment on it....
Sounds just like the U.S. government.
The official was quoted as saying Russia had taken the step because Washington was not "pushing ahead" with the Bush administration's proposal to deploy an anti-missile system in Poland and the Czech Republic to defend against what the Bush administration had said was a threat from countries like Iran....
While the official quoted by Interfax said the United States was not going forward with the anti-missile plan, the Obama administration is, in fact, only reviewing the plan and has not publicly rejected it.
And he likely won't! He's not going to veer from the GLOBALIST PLANS of his Zionist masters!
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