-Caveat Lector- -----Original Message----- From: Samuel E. Konkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: David Harmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, January 31, 1999 12:52 PM Subject: Re: (fwd) Russia to free convicts from full jails So rapists and murderers will walk free while room is made to stuff the jails with tax evaders and other counter-economists? More proof (as if needed!) as to whom the State considers the Real Enemy. Freely as ever, SEK3 David Harmon wrote: > Russia to free convicts from full jails > Thu, 28 Jan 1999 14:27:48 PST > > > MOSCOW, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Russia's justice minister has told a meeting > > of the Russian government urgent measures are needed to open some space > in Russia's bursting jails, and called for a summer amnesty, which will > result in the release of almost 100,000 convicts. > One percent of all Russian citizens is currently in jail, the highest > > number per capita in the world, and the cash-strapped government says it > can't afford to feed and house 1.5 million criminals, many of them > jailed for minor crimes. > In a report to the cabinet, Justice Minister Pavel Krasheninnikov > (``PAH-vell krah-sheh-NEEN-nee-kawf'') said the number of convicts had > grown rapidly, and something must be done to ease overcrowding, which > has already attracted criticism from human rights organizations and the > Council of Europe. > Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov (``yehv-GEH-nee pree-muh-KAWF'') said > > he fully supported the amnesty, which would create space for the > thousands of economic criminals and well-known leaders of organized > crime who are not behind bars. > Primakov has ordered the launch of a campaign targeting tax-evaders > and criminals who commit large-scale fraud and tax-evaders, many of whom > have up till now been virtually ignored by the police in favor of petty > criminals. > -- Forwarded for info and discussion from the New Paradigms Discussion List, not necessarily endorsed by: *********************************** Lloyd Miller, Research Director for A-albionic Research (POB 20273, Ferndale, MI 48220), a ruling class/conspiracy research resource for the entire political-ideological spectrum. Quarterly journal, book sales, rare/out-of-print searches, New Paradigms Discussion List, Weekly Up-date Lists & E-text Archive of research, intelligence, catalogs, & resources. To Discuss Ideas: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://msen.com/~lloyd/ For Ordering Info & Free Catalog: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://a-albionic.com/ For Discussion List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] text: subscribe prj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> **FREE RARE BOOK SEARCH: <http://a-albionic.com/search.html> ** Explore Our Archive: <http://a-albionic.com/a-albionic.html> Please Patronize PRJ's Advertisers: http://home.msen.com/~daugh/store.htm Many Pay Even If You Just Look and Don't Buy! Video Finder, Free catalogs, Health Products, Sweepstakes, Etc. *********************************** DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== 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