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A contributor to this list referred to Radio Svoboda as "U.S. funded". That's an understatement! Radio Svoboda (Freedom) is the 60 year old service of the rabidly anti-communist Radio Free Europe of the U.S. imperialists. RFE dates back into the early years of the Cold War. Of course Radio Svoboda would idolize the "anti-Putin" activist Vlad Kolesnikov, including his condemnations of Russia's "annexation" of Crimea by Russia last year. The Crimean people voted overwhelmingly for secession from Ukraine and federation with Russia in March 2014, and that expression has been affirmed in major polls conducted since then in Dec. 2014, Jan. 2015 and later. But the "annexation" thesis makes perfect sense for those who advocate it. Since when does imperialist democracy or those who believe in it give any credence to the actual wishes of a given population? Another "anti-Putin" activist, Igor Dmitriyev of the liberal 'Left Socialist Action' in Russia, has recently expressed his guarded support for Ukraine's new raft of anti-communist laws, which also rewrite history in favour of the Nazi-era collaborationists during and after WW2. His views are published without comment on the 'Ukraine Solidarity Campaign' of the Euromaidan movement in the UK: http://ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org/2015/06/11/on-the-condemnation-of-communist-and-national-socialist-nazi-regimes-in-ukraine/ Radio Svoboda's paymasters are, of course, experts at lauding and handling "anti-Putin" activists. Look at how masterfully they manipulated the "anti-Morsi" masses in Egypt in 2013 and the "anti-Yanukovych" crowds in Kyiv. Now they have their sights set on Russia, as expressed very eloquently in an op-ed and in an editorial in the Washington Post a few days ago: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/russia-after-putin/2015/06/11/90d6c1ea-0d25-11e5-adec-e82f8395c032_story.html?wpisrc=nl_opinions&wpmm=1 http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/on-democracys-front-lines-in-ukraine/2015/06/10/585640d4-0f8c-11e5-9726-49d6fa26a8c6_story.html The imperialist countries are continuing their penetration and domination of eastern Europe, destroying Ukraine in the process. They are driving towards war with Russia, including the danger they would unleash nuclear weapons. They are spending a trillion dollars to "modernize" their nuclear arsenal. And Marxism list contributors reply, "But what about Putin?" RA _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
