Paul Goble
Staunton,
July 21 – Western civilization rests on what Andrey Illarionov calls “the magnificent
seven” principles that its peoples have struggled for and institutionalized in
modern times. Unfortunately, the Russian economist points out, the Putin regime
not only stands in opposition to these principles but violates each and every
one of them.
He
describes this unfortunate situation in present-day Russia in the following way
(kasparov.ru/material.php?id=5B522BD58CEA9):
·
“Instead
of the defense of human life, respect for human dignity and defense of
individual freedoms,” the Putin regime is characterized by “harsh force,
unceasing wars, selective murders of political opponents, and the mass murder
of innocent civilians by the tens if not the hundreds of thousands both on the
territory of Russia and beyond its borders.”
·
“Instead
of legal equality,” the Putin regime has “created and strengthened hierarchical
structures with a new nobility that aspires to be inherited along with the
total irresponsibility of the bureaucratic powers that be before the citizens.”
·
“Instead
of the supremacy of law,” the Putin regime has institutionalized “the supremacy
of a government organized mafia.”
·
“Instead
of a free democratic republic,” it is “a semi-totalitarian and repressive
regime.”
·
“Instead
of limited and divided state power,” the Putin system is based on “the
concentration and monopolization of this in one set of hands, the KSSS (the
Corporation of Employees of the Special Services).”
·
“Instead
of joining a military-political union of free states or even cooperating with
them,” the Putin system stands in “harsh opposition” to such an organization and
seeks to organize other countries sharing its view to oppose those based on
Western values.
·
And
“instead of the defense of human rights,” the Putin system is characterized by “their
mass violation in the form of harsh persecution of organizations and
individuals who defends human rights in Russia and abroad.”
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