Kagarlitsky on Chechnya

Wojtek Sokolowski sokol at jhu.edu
Wed Feb 2 11:03:00 PST 2000


At 09:57 AM 2/2/00 -0500, Doug quoted Kagarlitsky:
>[from Johnson's Russia List]
>
>Novaya Gazeta
>January 24, 2000
>We Don't Talk To Terrorists. But We Help Them?
>A version of apartment explosions in Russia
>By Boris Kagarlitsky
>[translation by Olga Kryazheva, research intern,
>Center for Defense Information, Washington DC]
>
>Instead of a Foreword
>
>Life requires political fiction. Here is a story of this kind, where
>all the events and names are false, and life is not. For some reason
>everything in the story corresponds with real life. Surprisingly,
>only the worst presentiments come true.

Impressive, as most conspiracy theories. There is only one question - if the plot to start a "small war" in Chechnya was sooooo secret as he claims, how the hell did he find about all its details?

wojtek



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