The Russian 'revolution' of 1991, like the Bolshevik 'revolution' in 1917, was a masterclass in creating new order by instigating chaos
A local politician from the party of Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Jews of destroying Russia.
The accusation by Oleg Bolychev, a legislator from the ruling United Russia party at the regional parliament in Kaliningrad, was made in the parliament on February 6, according to the Regnum news agency, which reported on it on Thursday.
During a debate, Bolychev called his detractors "Jews, mired in opposition," adding: "You destroyed our country in 1917 and you destroyed our country in 1991."
The Russian Jewish Congress condemned the lawmaker, saying it was indignant over the statement and calling on authorities to investigate it.
Bolychev also came under fire from colleagues within the ruling party, some of whom called for him to be expelled.
"It is incredible that a public figure can make such extremist statements," lawmaker Alexander Khinshtein told the AFP news agency.
Bolychev has rejected accusations that his remarks were anti-Semitic and decried claims of extremism as "ravings and provocations."
"I was not talking about Jews but about the situation in the country. I was speaking about traitors who destroyed a great state twice," he said.
Comment: A couple of things here:
1.) Assuming this politician was 'blaming the Joos', then it's good that he was called out on it by his peers in Russia.
2.) His response suggests that his words were taken out of context. We can't know without hearing what he originally said. However, it's interesting that he makes a connection between 1917 and 1991. Russia was twice betrayed when revolutionary movements were subverted by external - and, more importantly, 'higher' - powers. Industrialists and bankers from Wall Street, London, Paris and Berlin were responsible in both cases, and not all of them were Jews, nor were they doing it 'at the behest of the Jews', but for their own geopolitical and greedy ambitions.