Putin and the “Jewish issue” in Russia, his position on the relationship between Moscow and Israel
By: Al Mayadeen News Channel: Moscow Office Manager
Salam Al Obaidi
At the Sixty-six birthday of Vladimir Putin, which is on the 7th of October 2018, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was among who congratulate the Russian president wishing him all the best.
This connection is the first between them after the supply of the S-300 systems to Syria due to the involvement of Tel Aviv in the down of the Russian reconnaissance aircraft “Il-20” on 17 September 2018.
The state of “uncertainty” current in the Russian-Israeli relations reopen “The Jewish issue” in Russia after nearly three decades to resume diplomatic relations and the normalization of ties between Moscow and Tel Aviv.
One of the most pressing questions in this case is what is Putin’s personal position on the “Jewish issue”?
What is his vision of Russian-Israeli relations?
Jews in Putin’s era:
Much has been written about the Jews of Russia for nearly two decades.
From the front of the Russian political scene, former Soviet intelligence officer Vladimir Putin has appeared.
Before making a judgment or finding a conclusion about Putin’s relationship with the Jews and Israel, the following must be noted:
Vladimir Putin, a former Soviet intelligence officer (KGB) who considered Israel an enemy and an effective instrument in the grip of global imperialism, Soviet Jews are a suitable center for the fifth column that serves Zionist plans.
Vladimir Putin began his service in the “KGB” an officer in the anti-espionage, and almost certainly collided with the Jews agents and collaborators with the West.
Vladimir Putin lived his childhood in Leningrad (st. Petersburg) in a collective “commune” with other families, including Jewish families, which means he knew a lot about their impressions, habits, thinking and loyalties.
Vladimir Putin experienced the “Twentieth Century” transformations that accompanied the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Jewish takeover of the joints of the economy and the financial sector in Russia.
Vladimir Putin witnessed the emergence of the “Jewish lobby” and the growing role in the decision-making Russian political and its association with the United States and Israel.
Vladimir Putin personally confronted the subversive activities of representatives of the “Jewish lobby” in state institutions and media, Chechen warlords.
Putin and the heavy legacy of Yeltsin:
At the end of the 1990s, Russia was on the edge of the abyss: the growing separatism in the Russian regions, the loss of control over Chechnya, the low morale of the Russian army, almost a security breach in the country, the rampant corruption.
The collapse of the national currency, the worsening economic crisis, the spread of crises and armed conflicts in the former Soviet space, NATO’s expansion into Russian territory, the isolation of the United States on the international scene and its assault on Russia’s traditional allies such as Yugoslavia.
In these harsh conditions, Vladimir Putin appears at the forefront of the Russian political landscape.
The National Security Council was appointed as the head of the Russian government until Yeltsin resigned to become acting president on the last day of 1999.
Since then he has been in charge of the country.
So far, many have been told about the secrets of this super-speed in Putin’s climb to power in Russia.
The most common story is that the “deep intelligence state” in Russia nominated Putin to save the country, which was pushed from the edge of the abyss in the late 1990s.
The young president inherits a bankrupt and semi-collapsed state torn by political rivalries, whose flesh is ravaged by the mafia gangs and whose blood is sucked in by the Jewish lobby as the first beneficiary of all these ills, with the aim of confiscating its political decision and turning it into a tail of the West and Israel.
What should a man do?
Tactics and strategy in dealing with the “Jewish lobby”
It is rumored that the first thing that Putin thought of when he set up tactical and strategic plans to save and re-establish Russia was the time factor.
He had to turn the negatives into positives and turn Russia’s enemies into friends, albeit ostensibly and gradually, limiting the negative influence of the “Jewish lobby” on events in the country.
The separatists were dragged into a battle in Dagestan to be dealt a fatal blow, and for years, their symbols, even abroad, were pursued to liquidate them, as they did with their leader, Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, who was assassinated by Russian intelligence agents in Doha.
But the defeat in Chechnya would not have been completed without the neutralization of the Jewish lobby influence in the Kremlin, the billionaire Boris Berezovsky, who played a prominent role in prolonging the Chechen war, taking advantage of it as a war broker and financier of the separatists.
The end of this man is known, he was found hanged in a villa he owned not far from the Summer Palace of Windsor’s royal family.
Putin’s second step is to create a platform for splits in the Congress of Jewish organizations and associations in Russia.
Today, the Jews of Russia have two religious leaders, Rabbi Adolph Shayevich, who represents traditional Judaism and Rabbi Berl Lazer, who represents the Hasidic movement.
This split contributed to the division of the Jewish class and led to fierce competition between the so called the “fat cats” (“oligarchia”) in the “Jewish lobby”.
The third step is the completion of the first and second steps.
The aim is to target the “fat cats” who seized the country’s resources illegally and even criminally, and deposed billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky in prison after his assets was seized, mainly Yukos.
Vladimir Gusinsky and Alexander Smolensky were allowed to leave Russia after they gave companies close to Putin the biggest bag of their media and banking assets.
Roman Abramovich gave him safety and appointed governor of the Chukotka region in Russia’s far northeast, after he returned half of his fortune to the state.
Abramovich currently owns Chelsea Football Club and lives in Britain.
In this vein, Putin was led by a group of Jewish billionaires.
The Arkadi and Boris Rottenberg brothers, for example, are under Western sanctions for investing hundreds of millions of dollars in the Crimea after joining Russia.
Thus Putin mobilized wealthy Jews to achieve his goals.
Putin’s fourth step was to control the media and keep Jewish influence there.
Today, when the lI-20 plane disaster took place, Jewish journalists, who had a great influence on Russian media and public opinion, were forced to give their loyalty to Putin to their loyalty to Israel.
The fifth and most important step is to suggest Moscow’s keenness on strong relations with Tel Aviv, and this is what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is always trying to show off.
But who knows the nature of Putin and the conduct of his ideas and what he likes and what is hated easily concludes that Netanyahu does not represent the kind of leaders that admire Putin and is pleased to cooperate with them.
It is a suggestion then.
Has Putin’s truce with the “Jewish lobby” ended?
In his letter to the Russian Federal Assembly on March 1, 2018, Putin revealed to the world the factors of Russia’s power: invincible and super fast missiles, unmanned and invisible submarines, laser guns and other weapons being developed in Russia based on new physical principles.
Putin made it clear that he was ready to confront, including the military.
Putin has sought in previous years to postpone the confrontation with the natural opponents of Russia, maintaining a truce with them.
During these years, he managed to trim the nails of both Ukraine and Georgia, who wanted to open gates to the Northern Atlantic military structures at the southern flank of Russia which is the Caucasus and the western core which is Ukraine.
Perhaps the most important and main achievement lies in the return of the Crimea to the motherland, so that Russia will regain its role as a dominant power in the Black Sea.
Russia’s military intervention in Syria was an embodiment of its strong return to the region and momentum for a strategic balance with the Western alliance, which naturally includes the Israeli entity.
In this sense, Israel – the spoiled child of America – is a potential adversary rather than a natural partner.
In this sense, the end of the truce with the original automatically means the end of the truce with the branch.
In the case of Israel, the opposite is also true.
Russia wanted to prolong the truce with Israel to avoid the evil of the Jewish lobby.
But after imposing Western sanctions on them, keeping the doors open and channels of communication are mainly available with Washington.
But neither the “Jewish lobby” nor “Israel” did much to persuade the Jewish lobby in the United States to influence Washington’s policy toward Moscow.
What is the point of this unequal relationship between Russia and the Israeli entity?
The Il-20 incident revealed much of what was forbidden to be decided regarding the relationship between Moscow and Tel Aviv.
The tone of the Russian official discourse, whether in the statements of the Ministry of Defense or in the statements of the Foreign Ministry, has shown the truth.
The anger over Israeli actions and the resentment of Moscow’s tolerance with them have no patience.
There are those who wonder why the truce should be maintained with those who do not respect the truce and do not intend to abide by it.
The “Jewish lobby” will try with all its strength and influence to restore the waters of Russian-Israeli relations to the course of the pre Il-20 incident in defiance of the Russian National Lobby.
In the first round the win was for the Russian National lobby, but for this we have many rounds, and the winning will be expensive.
