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February 23rd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
But apart from tacitly likening the opposition to failed invasions by foreign
despots, the content of the eight-minute speech was vague and contained
little in the way of campaign promises or proposals, though he proclaimed
there was “much more to do”.
“It is fitting that we have gathered here today, on February 23, Defender
of the Fatherland Day, because today, together, we really are defenders of
our fatherland,” he said to a roar of approval.
Defender of the Fatherland Day began life as Soviet holiday for the Red Army,
but has lost much of its martial character in recent years and mutated into
a general “man’s day”, roughly analogous to International Woman’s
day on March 8.
“Different people have gathered here. People of different ages,
ethnicities, occupations. Men and women,” he told the crowd, returning
to a theme of national unity. “Let me ask: do we love Russia?”
Thousands roared back “yes!”, and repeated the cry when he asked if
they would be victorious.
His audience was a little non-plussed when he asked them to recall the words
of Lermontov’s 1837 poem Borodino, commemorating the 1812 battle against
Napoleon, however. After an awkward pause when he asked the audience to
recall words that “we all remember from school,” he was obliged to
prompt with the quotation.
The Battle of Borodino was fought to the west of Moscow in September 1812
between Napoleon’s Grand Armee and a Russian force under Marshal Mikhail
Kutuzov. Although the battle ended with the Russians abandoning Moscow to
the French, it is regarded as a turning point in the 1812 campaign that
ultimately led to the destruction of Napoleon’s empire.
Despite the militaristic rhetoric, today’s assured and relatively positive
speech and the festive atmosphere of the rally were a significant departure
from earlier clumsy attempts to respond to the wave of dissent which have
included accusing protestors of being paid by the US State Department and
likening their white-ribbon badges to used condoms.
The opposition’s next protest is planned for Sunday, when activists plan to
form a human chain encircling central Moscow in a vast “silent circle.”
Tensions have been rising in Moscow as pro-Putin and opposition factions
gear-up for the election and its aftermath next weekend.
On Monday morning a fist-fight broke out between pro-Putin and opposition
activists queuing outside city hall to make rival applications for a
post-election rally on Moscow’s Lubyanka square. Both sides are expected to
mount rallies respectively celebrating or challenging the outcome on March
5.
Few, however, expect Mr Putin’s nearest rival, Communist Leader Gennady
Zyuganov, to garner enough votes to force a second round, however.
Billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, who has been campaigning vigorously in Russian
regional capitals and has explicitly linked his candidacy to the street
protests, is unlikely to beat Zyuganov into third place.
Despite offering a liberal wish-list program including freeing jailed tycoon
Mikhail Khodorkovsky and ending conscription, he is hindered by a general
mistrust of the super-rich and widespread suspicion that he is actually a
Putin proxy.
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