Framing Putin - Saga of the Spy and the Nerve Agent

Chris Kanthan
Sott.net
Thu, 15 Mar 2018 22:34 UTC

How dumb are the masses of the world? One need only look at the brazen, obvious false flag incidents that the elites keep piling on. Trained to be consumers of sensational news, the idiotic population of the West simply accepts allegations without thinking or analysis.

Let's take a brief look at the claim that Putin/Kremlin/Russia used a deadly chemical weapon (called "Novichok") against an ex-Russian spy who has been living in the UK for eight years. Within hours of the incident, the UK foreign minister - bozo Boris Johnson - claimed that Russia was behind the attack. Then Theresa May said it's "highly likely" that Russia did it; and everyone translated that into "definitely Russia did it." Now, of course, crazed warmonger Nikki Haley has joined the chorus and even tells people that Russia may use chemical weapons in New York.

Who has Novichok? Yes, Novichok was invented and produced by the USSR in the 1970s and 80s. But that was 30+ years ago. Hello! Did anyone take the time to wonder if it's now possible for others to possess or make it?

Who's Got CW? Russia got rid of all its chemical weapons under the supervision of OPCW. On the other hand, the US hasn't destroyed all its chemical weapons yet and there are still two CW sites in the US! The US government claims it will destroy them within the next five years. Sure.

Samples Everywhere: The fact is that many labs around the world have samples of that deadly agent. It so happens that there is a UK military chemical lab in Porton Down, just a few miles from where the alleged incident took place. Each lab has a signature attached to it. If the UK wanted to be credible, it would release the samples to third parties - Russia and OPCW - so they can analyze it and see where it came from. But the UK refuses to do so. Wonder why.

Guess Who Lives in the US: The "father" of Novichok defected to the US a long time ago and lives there today. He brags about it openly on his Facebook page. His name is Vil Mirzayanov.

The Formula is Well Known: This guy also wrote a book and revealed the composition of the chemical agent.

Did the CIA get Hold of Novichok? The Novichok nerve agent was actually produced in a lab in Uzbekistan, which became a separate country after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. Then it became very close to the US. As this 1999 New York Times article reveals, the US worked with the Uzbek government to dismantle the lab and helped many scientists emigrate/defect to the US. So, it's safe to say that the CIA and the US military have Novichok. (Think of Operation PaperClip when Nazi scientists were brought into the US after World War II).

Is it possible that the entire story is bogus? This nerve agent is supposed to be super deadly, but the UK government advised people near the area to use "baby wipes", "warm water" and "detergents" to clean their belongings. Really?

And then if you look at the photos of experts at the site, there are these guys in hazmat suits for visual impact. Then, along with them are UK cops without any protective gear. Maybe they had baby wipes with them? It's just like the nonsensical White Helmets story where they handle "Sarin gas victims" with bare hands. (Oh, btw, the White Helmets got millions of $$ of funding from the UK government).

Motives, Opportunities: In any crime, we must look at the motives and opportunities. The only ones to benefit from this are the West - US, UK, Israel and the globalists. These warmongers are just mad that Putin is helping Assad and ruining their psychotic plans for Middle East domination.

The Russian spy - Sergei Skripal - was a traitor who got arrested in 2004 for leaking state secrets to the UK. He was released in 2010 and sent to the UK as part of a spy-swap program. So Putin had 6 years to kill the guy in the Russian prison. But no! Putin would release him, wait for 8 more years, and then kill him in the most bizarre way possible just before the World Cup and just before the Russian presidential election. My God! Who believes this nonsense?

The only ones to benefit from this asymmetric propaganda war are Putin's enemies.

How this idiotic country, the UK, once gave birth to Shakespeare and then ruled the entire world is a mystery indeed. If in 2018, people believe such idiotic fairy tales, we are doomed to have World War III soon.

Chris Kanthan

Chris Kanthan is the author of three new books, Deconstructing the Syrian war., Geopolitics for Dummies and What the heck happened to the USA. Chris lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, has traveled to 35 countries, and writes about world affairs, politics, economy and health. His other book is Deconstructing Monsanto. Follow him on Twitter: @GMOChannel

Reader Comments

Yozilla · 2018-03-15T22:13:18Z

The only ones to benefit from this asymmetric propaganda war are Putin's enemies.

Me thinks that all this to-do is only making Vlad even more popular...

Red!

Out!

Ned Ludd · 2018-03-15T23:04:10Z

You do this sort of things when you're weak. An empty drum makes the loudest noise. The UK is a declining basket case as is the US, France etc. Their elites are in chronic panic mode. They fear their own people. They're in MSU (Making Shit Up) mode. Could be any pretext. Doesn't have to make any sense.

Yet, there is nothing substantial they can do about it. Nothing they wouldn't do anyway. They don't have the power any more. Long ago shot their wad as far as Russia is concerned. And Russia just ever gets stronger. Plus, it's always going to be Russia + China.

The best answer is dismissive contempt. Give it your best shot ass holes! Don't forget to close the door on your way down. And don't cross our path or we'll inflict something far more serious than blowhardism on your carcasses. Get out of the way!

Rowan Cocoan · 2018-03-18T11:16:20Z

Ned Ludd As Pete Townshend asked, "Who came first?"; you or nedlud?

Is there a relation to you?

If someone expropriated my name, such as me creating a character called "NeddLudd", I'd be upset.

1. Who came first; You or 'nedlud'?

2. Why is there no objection to the confusing similarity, especially given the apparent dichotomy between your postings.

R.C.

katos · 2018-03-16T02:18:32Z

I as well am appalled at the utter atupidudh and gross gullibility of westernerd?? I'm amazed DAILY at what passes for intelligence, honesty and integrity?? Those In POWER are the most VILE, contemptible, degenerate monsters alive! Casually slaughtering MILLIONS OF innocents on PHONY DRUMMED up CHARGES, to extract resources and power! It's absolutely horrific!

katos · 2018-03-16T02:19:32Z

I as well am appalled at the utter STUPIDITY and gross gullibility of westerners?? I'm amazed DAILY at what passes for intelligence, honesty and integrity?? Those In POWER are the most VILE, contemptible, degenerate monsters alive! Casually slaughtering MILLIONS OF innocents on PHONY DRUMMED up CHARGES, to extract resources and power! It's absolutely horrific!

NativeSon · 2018-03-16T02:49:35Z

I have an admission to make: I did it. I poisoned Skripal and a hundred other people in the area using a compound that I made at home from a recipe found on the internet.

Because I was so sloppy with its release (the vial fell out of my pocket while I was fishing for change) the entire thing has blown up around me but I am forever grateful that the British government needed a 'spectacle' at the moment and that the western people are so freaking gullible.

Thanks Mrs. May and Mr. Johnson for taking the spot light off me and putting on people who's only folly was to have invented this crap I used.

Wow, that feels so much better getting it off my chest like that

lk2000 · 2018-03-16T04:18:34Z

If people understood geopolitics, they would see why and how the West wages hybrid wars on Putin. This false flag incident will be used to:

1) Affect Putin's election this Sunday. At least they hope that the turnout or his margin of victory will be a bit smaller

2) Freeze assets of Russian billionaires in London, which in turn could be used to blackmail them for info or turn them against Putin or at least use them to persuade Putin to give up Syria

3) Ban RT in UK/EU -- the Russian TV channel that is the only big one in the world to challenge western narratives

4) Stop Nordstream oil/gas pipeline. Eventually, if the globalists can disrupt Russia's energy lifeline, they can bring Russia to its knees, kick out Putin and install a puppet

HashAttack2 · 2018-03-16T09:32:49Z

Now they are saying the target was the daughter's boyfriend's mother .... "a highly-ranked Russian security official"

According to Deputy Chief Constable Paul Mills of Wiltshire Police.

Counter-terror cops and MI5 do not believe their poisoners ever entered the UK, senior intelligence sources said

They are reported to be working on the theory that an object they were carrying was laced with the drug, then opened at Skripal's home

As many as 131 people may have come in contact with the deadly substance developed in Russia

131 people ... just throw out any random figure? .... does that include the baggage handlers in both Russia and UK, customs checks etc.

All those people and not one single one even felt sick

HashAttack2 · 2018-03-16T09:39:05Z

Alternatively you can believe the version where Wiltshire is swarming with Russian poisoners spiking car doors

British officials believe former Skripal was poisoned when he touched the handle of his car door, according to a newspaper report.

Novichok, a Russian-made nerve agent used in the attempted assassination, could have been applied to his vehicle

Unnamed British government sources told The Daily Mail that Novichok, the Russian-made nerve agent that was administered to him, was smeared on his car door

Highland Fleet Lute · 2018-03-16T10:00:10Z

When a conscious egoiste is attacked by a bunch of feckless f*ckwipes, if the former acts with 'the firm correctness of the superior man', the weak fabrications of the latter have a tendency to disintegrate.

Harvey Wallbanger · 2018-03-17T00:59:09Z

Come on you guys, it's elementary. Would anyone other than a Russian hit person use a nerve agent called Novichok?

Good grief!

system · 2018-03-17T01:26:17Z

Harvey Wallbanger Duh... First, the agent used was similar to Novichok, similar to... Secundo, what does the name have to do with anything ? Any lab working in that field can reproduce it. Where do you think you are here ?

lk2000 · 2018-03-17T02:13:40Z

Harvey Wallbanger You should try reading the article before commenting. Good habit. The guy who invented Novichok has been living in the US for two decades. He even wrote a book about it and revealed its formula

Harvey Wallbanger · 2018-03-17T02:31:22Z

lk2000 Of course you're right, I know that.....I was only kidding. Have a good day.

system · 2018-03-17T03:20:07Z

Harvey Wallbanger Ah. In that case I apologize. ( mumble mumble )

Harvey Wallbanger · 2018-03-17T03:47:14Z

demore Thank you. But why are we acting so insane? It is getting worse, by the day, by the week, by the month. Will we last a year?

What's wrong with us?

Rowan Cocoan · 2018-03-18T11:21:12Z

Harvey Wallbanger If your lesson has been learned, you will subscribe to my all-too-often pronounced protocol for posts: If you are being sarcastic or facetious, please declare it as it will:

A) take nothing from your point; and,

B) prevent the wasting of time of folks, like SOTTites, who are fighting the good fight.

R.C.

Harvey Wallbanger · 2018-03-18T20:36:05Z

Rowan Cocoan I accept your advice. Thank you.

H.W.

Harvey Wallbanger · 2018-03-17T02:56:28Z

The Novichok family of nerve agents have been in the works by many countries for going on to 45 or 50 years. Russia was the first but certainly not the last. By using a Russian name for the nerve agent the UK makes it sound much more sinister thereby instilling fear into the population, damn those Russians, damn Putin.

What's the agenda? It can't possibly be what it seems to be.......war! Are we that insane?

frankiefleetfoot · 2018-03-17T03:32:50Z

It seems these not jobs are doing more than just your regular fear mongering to line the MIC's pockets. From the steel tarrifs to the new appointments from the Whitehouse. And the very strong statements coming out of Russia are new also. Maybe they are signaling sad days to come.

frankiefleetfoot ·

Nut jobs*

· 2018-03-17T03:33:27Z

Ray Joseph Cormier · 2018-03-18T01:34:54Z

UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold was killed in a suspicious plane crash in 1961. He dared speak Truth to Power unlike the MSM who are Propagandists for the Power. CNN & MSNBC are the biggest inciters for War with Russia and have been almost 24/7 for the last year with the relentless anti Russia/Putin propaganda. It's the only think that has trickled down into the psyce of the American people so that react emotionally, not rationally.

His quote from over 60 years ago is so relevant to what is going on Today. It has spread like never before to affect the judgments of the Politicians, the news media, and the Public.

-The Assembly has witnessed over the last weeks how historical truth is established; once an allegation has been repeated a few times, it is no longer an allegation, it is an established fact, even if no evidence has been brought out in order to support it.

The World is heading for this Masada/Holocaust II

[Link]

Ray Joseph Cormier · 2018-03-18T01:39:31Z

Ray Joseph Cormier Correction: It's the only thing that has trickled down into the psyche of the American people so that they react emotionally, not rationally.

system · 2018-03-18T03:28:37Z

@ Harvey Wallbanger ''......war! Are we that insane?''

I presume that by ''we'' you mean ''they''. Well it does not look good. I am ambivalent about a global war. I think NATO would lose a major international conflict with conventional weapons. At that point someone would push the big button and ''they'' know that, both sides. Would NATO still go for it thinking Russia and it's allies would prefer to surrender rather than destroy the planet ? Common sense has all but disappeared in the West as far as the leaders are concerned. I'm sure NATO would push that button if faced with surrender. They are more or less like the jealous ex who kills his ex and then commits suicide rather than just killing himself and let the ex go on with her life.

Just look at all the chest thumping, lies and accusations from the NATO leaders and Israël. In contrast Russia and it's allies have been abused every which way, manipulated, lied to, some had their countries destroyed and what else and still these leaders remain astonishly calm and still try to open dialogues. Lately though, Russia's answers to the BS have taken a somewhat harder tone. So has China as far as Taïwan is concerned and I'm sure we don't know the half of it about China which also have interests all over. Both countries have dumped billions of US bonds lately also.

Mr Putin made clear that Russia's new weapons are more than adequate to protect Russia and that Russia will retaliate in response to a nuclear attack. Would Russia use these new weapons to protect Syria or Iran ? Nothing about that yet. It looks like NATO does not believe the warning. It's becoming obvious that the ''West'' is sinking into fascism at an accelerating pace and everybody knows that the US accuses non aligned countries of what they, the US, are doing.

What is needed is for the US to be slapped down hard and told to head back home and grow up and that is a very dangerous proposition at best. The US leadership and the Deep State -not necessarily US citizens- seem to think all other nations are like them, hell bent on world domination. Is it the case ? Everything I look at brings questions.

So, are we (they) that insane ? I don't know, sure does not look good. Books will be written about this period we are currently going through... if we have more than pencils and paper left. If so, all will disappear, no factories to make new pencils, all papers used to make fires and the next bunch will start all over again without knowing their past...

Harvey Wallbanger · 2018-03-18T18:43:44Z

@ demore A future with no pencils? Who uses pencils? Young people nowadays can't even sign their names. As long as they have a smart phone or pad they can be fiercely independent. With a GPS and Siri they have everything covered. Talk about doomed!

Your analysis is crystal clear and a perfect fit. The "West" and the fascist cancer infecting it will require some awfully strong treatments to prevent further contamination.

I'm usually pretty good at predicting the past, but the future not so much. It just ain't what it used to be. But there some glaring future dots that should be connected. You are right. NATO does not stand a chance against Russia and it's allies with conventional weapons. Hence the talk about "usable battlefield nuclear weapons" against the Russian hordes poised to invade all of Europe. If that "big button" ever gets pushed I'm afraid that Russia will not play nice and cave in. They will play for keeps, and they will go after the cancer once and for all. The way things are going in Syria with the U.S. bases in the north supporting ISIS et al, anything is possible and quite likely. Syria and Turkey and Iran with Russian support will confront the U.S. and the U.K. and then the Tomahawks will fly and a few of the boats that launched them from the Mediterranean will suddenly sink. And the game will be on!

The U.S. doesn't realize how vulnerable they are. There are no Russian boots clamoring to stomp on U.S. real estate. Not like the American boots on Russia's borders currently gathered. It is guaranteed that Mr. Putin in his speech last week didn't over estimate Russia's ability to defend itself, yet American sources are trying to diminish what he said. Talk about pathetic.

If the big button gets pushed, Russia's first target will be American military bases in Europe and Asia and all American aircraft carriers will suddenly sink simultaneously. Then job one for Russia will be to kill the United States dead. That would be easier to accomplish than most people think.

There are around 100 nuclear power stations in the U.S. , most having more than one reactor. A precision strike by a relatively small nuclear weapon is all it would take to create a Fukushima type situation in the USA. Create a couple dozen Fukushima's in the U.S. and all the Americans in the 1,000 military bases all over the world won't have a country to come home to. Russia would have no need to bomb any population centers, it would not be necessary. If this prospect was brought home to the American people, maybe the leaders wouldn't be so anxious to push the "big button". There must be some residual "common sense" left somewhere in the "West".

Have a nice day.

Highland Fleet Lute · 2018-03-19T08:30:38Z

Maybe Theresa May should get MI5 to prove they didn't murder Princess Diana, Dr David Kelly, Robin Cook, etc. Maybe MI5 should also prove they weren't responsible for The 7/7 Bombings and any other number of dastardly events that crop up every time the name 'MI5' comes up in conversation.