Well, without prejudice to the authoritativeness or not of the Moscow Carnegie centre (as desperate a bunch of academic bandits as you could ever hope to meet outside some midwestern university for zombies), or the Moscow Times (an English-language newspaper run by a Dutch media company on a loss-making basis, draw your own conclusions) this article shows that Minsk is NOT defending Borodin but is only criticising THE MANNER of his replacement. Kasyanov is anyway a problematic figure in Putin's cabinet, and is seemingly in conflict even with Putin. Lukashenko does not blame Putin; this is just low-level intrigue. What Carnegie offers is theories advanced by jounalistic rascals of the extreme right. Where is there a statement by *Lukashenko* about Borodin? The idiotic speculations of the likes of Ryabov is just shit being stirred in a night pot (as the Russians say). Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10 February 2001 00:15 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [CrashList] Moscow Times: Carnegie Foundation & Borodin > > > Regarding the matter of Mr. Borodin, I offer the article below from Moscow > Times. > > Note that the Carerngie Foundation which - shockingly - is tolerated in > Moscow is reported seeing Mr. Putin's response to the Borodin arrest as an > attack on the current government of Belarus. > > Nestor Gorojovsky pointed out to me today that when the Imperial attacks on > Argentina have for half a century ALWAYS avoided the real issue - always > finding a humanitarian or left-sounding cover. The Carnegie Foundation > provided the venue for a study of that question. It is discussed thoroughly > by Diana Johnstone. I will re-post her piece in a moment. > > Best regards, > Jared > > > > Copyright 2001 Independent Press > The Moscow Times > January 26, 2001 > > /SECTION: No. 2129 > > LENGTH: 442 words > > HEADLINE: Borodin Replaced as Union Head > > BYLINE: COMBINED REPORTS > > BODY: > Reuters, MT > > The Russian government rejected accusations of high-handedness from Belarus > on Thursday after replacing Pavel Borodin, who is under arrest in the United > States, as head of their planned union. The former Kremlin property manager > was due to attend a bail hearing in New York later Thursday linked to Swiss > attempts to extradite him. He is accused of taking multimillion dollar > kickbacks from Swiss construction companies. > > Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov appointed Igor Selivanov, one of Borodin's > deputies, acting secretary of the Belarus-Russia Union, a nebulous body > preparing a planned economic merger of Belarus and Russia. > > The appointment brought an indignant reaction in Minsk. "Theoretically > Kasyanov has the right to propose candidates for council secretary," an > official in Minsk said on condition of anonymity. > > "But it should be confirmed by the Council of Ministers. Not just by the > Russian prime minister but by the Belarussian too," he said. "Kasyanov cannot > give directions and orders for both governments." Deputy Prime Minister > Viktor Khristenko said the Belarus-Russia Union needed an acting chief to > prepare for a meeting on Monday. > > Vladimir Zhirinovsky led a parade by his supporters to the Swiss Embassy in > Moscow on Thursday, waving banners and placards backing Borodin. "This is a > form of war against Russia," Zhirinovsky said. "It is provocation." > Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko has vehemently criticized > Borodin's arrest and said he was "duty-bound" to support the head of the > Belarus-Russia Union. > > Media say Lukashenko signaled his fury at Russia's inaction over Borodin this > week by returning to Minsk from Moscow a day early, ostensibly to meet > Kyrgyzstan President Askar Akayev. > > "Some insist that Lukashenko, offended by such treatment, decided himself to > cut short his Moscow trip. Others assert that the request came from the > Kremlin," Belorusskaya Delovaya Gazeta newspaper said. > > Andrei Ryabov of the Moscow Carnegie Center said Thursday that the decision > to replace Borodin is a "pretext to show Lukashenko that he is losing the > Kremlin's favor." Yevgeny Volk of the Heritage Foundation's Moscow office > also said that Borodin was too closely affiliated with Lukashenko. "In my > view, Russian authorities have recently lost trust in Borodin because he has > become an odious figure," Volk said. > > Ryabov and Volk agreed that the Kremlin has not used all the resources at its > disposal to help Borodin's arrest. "It would be wrong to say that the Kremlin > gave Borodin up, but, for a number of reasons, it chose not to fight (for his > freedom) too hard," Ryabov said. > > > _______________________________________________ > CrashList website: http://website.lineone.net/~resource_base > _______________________________________________ CrashList website: http://website.lineone.net/~resource_base
