RUSSIAN PRESIDENT’S EX-KGB FRIENDS HANDED REIGNS TO RUN THE NATION July 3, 2000 The London Telegraph reported: “A shadowy body staffed by military and police chiefs that advises President Putin on security is to be given powers to run Russia under new state of emergency legislation. A Bill given preliminary approval by parliament says that in a state of emergency, the day-to-day running of the country will pass to the Security Council, an unelected cabinet dominated by Mr. Putin's old KGB allies. The council groups together army, police, foreign and domestic intelligence chiefs as well as seven recently appointed governor generals endowed with vast powers to run Russia's regions. Five of the governors have military or intelligence backgrounds. The legislation adds to the impression that power is being concentrated in the hands of a tight-knit group of intelligence veterans, colleagues of Mr. Putin from the security service in Leningrad, and raises the prospect of Russia being run by a junta. It also comes amid a flurry of legislation to rein in Russia's regions and centralize power in the Kremlin. Mr. Putin has said he needs a strong state to push through economic reforms. The ex-spies are said to be gaining the upper hand in an intense battle for influence over the president which pits them against the group of Yeltsin’s advisors known as The Family. It is The Family, nominally headed by the tycoon and Kremlin insider Boris Berezovsky, which is credited with plucking Mr. Putin from obscurity to become Mr. Yeltsin's successor, and with engineering his rise to power...” <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
