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There I was minding my own business last Friday afternoon when a bunch of lobbyists in Prague suddenly enlisted me as "a foot-soldier in the fight against Putin." As Queen Victoria probably didn't say, "we are not amused."
In Russia, they have a wonderful phrase: "Скажи мне кто твой друг и я скажу кто ты," which roughly translates as "tell me who is your friend and I'll tell you who you are." And it's a sentiment which contains plenty of logic.
So you can just imagine my discomfort when, the misleadingly named, "European Values," a George Soros' funded pressure group, pretended that I'd signed up to something called the "Prague Declaration" alongside a motley crew of anti-Russia opportunists.The "Prague Declaration" is a long-winded thing, so I'll sum it up in six words: "liberal Western states, good; Russia bad." Now you've got the gist, here are some of the signatories,
described as "European and American security experts and parliamentarians from 22 countries," by NATO's Atlantic Council adjunct.
Bill Browder, the controversial financier, features and is joined by Yevhen Fedchenko, a Ukrainian activist who recently
suggested all Russian journalists were embedded with the state security apparatus. Meaning, even people working for anti-Kremlin outlets, who have grievances with Vladimir Putin's administration. Another signatory is James Kirchick, a neocon who has
threatened a military coup against President Donald Trump and he's allied himself with Molly McKew, a key figure in what "The American Interest" dubs the
"Russian Interference Racket" in the US.
Comment: Uranium One? Hillary investigation? Pedogate? Podesta indictments? Wall prototype unveiling? Nuclear war? (We jest.) We'll just have to wait and see.