Comments on: Russian Activists Call for Adherence to International Law

By: bozhidar balkas

bozhidar balkas — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:17:52 +0000

cg,
solzhenitsin to me was an enemy of working class. he favored perpetual serfdom for working people by denying them the right to own work and work place.
the russia he loved or not was the russia ruled by capiatalists and fascists. thank u

By: cg

cg — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:23:19 +0000

God forbid any nation might suggest they are different and desire/require perhaps a “different” path other than the sacred pseudo-democracy mantra which is anything but democratic in its blood soaked money grubbing roots.
If anyone felt and lived the soul of Russia more than Solzhenitsyn, I’ve yet to hear it.

http://www.russiablog.org/2007/07/alexander_solzhenitsyn_on_demo.php

(of course the A.S. monumental work “TWO HUNDRED YEARS TOGETHER” remains unpublished (as well as unmentioned) in the English language. Presumably for *technical reasons) *wink wink

By: Michael Kenny

Michael Kenny — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:00:19 +0000

I don’t know about US peace activism, but US neocons can certainly say “ditto” since these people are repeating their “party line” more or less verbatim! I assume that these groups are part of the US-funded NGOs which have been trying to undermine Russian democracy for years. That certainly is the case of Kasparov (who is not Russian at all but Armenian Jewish).

Of course, the neocons’ Russian allies have shot themselves in the foot! First of all, the fact that an opposition exists and can make statements on the internet about military matters gives the lie to claims that Russia is not a democracy. That should surprise nobody, since Russia is a member of the Council of Europe (like Georgia, Greece, Turkey (who also exchange shots from time to time!), Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Ireland, Poland, Latvia and the rest of democratic Europe, 43 countries in all) and as such, is subject to the European Convention of Human Rights, which guarantees free speech and free political activity, and to the compulsory jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights, before which any individual can bring an action if he considers that his rights have been infringed. Lots of cases are brought every year against all the Member States, who win some and lose some. Russia has lost a few and, like everybody else, has always complied with the judgment. I set this out because I know that none of it gets into the US media. See http://www.coe.int for more information on the Council.

Moreover, the elderly rump communists, who claimed that a democratic state cannot defend itself, have been proved wrong, thereby consolidating democracy.

So these various statements are another victory for the policy, started in Putin’s time, of making Russians proud of their democracy.

By: bozhidar balkas

bozhidar balkas — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:42:07 +0000

rusian peace activists do not provide us the principle on which they object to reunification of ossetia or the claimed right of georgians to posses s.ossetia and abkhazia.
if situation of abkhazia and and s. ossetia bears similarities with the situation of kosovo such as all three regions being conquered and annexed, then abkhazia and s. ossetia deserve at least most modern autonomies.
since the evil empires made laws so as to cement land gains via warfare, i do not think we need to respect such laws any longer.
we have now US laws in effect. under these circumstance russia, by giving ossetia and abkhaiza broad autonomies, is justified in holding both regions. thank u