In Europe, when it gets serious, you have to lie… at least if you are an unelected bureaucrat like Jean-Claude Juncker. In Russia, however, when it gets serious, attention immediately turns to the children.
Which is why we read a report in Russian website Znak published Tuesday, according to which Russian state officials and government workers were told to bring back their children studying abroad immediately, even if means cutting their education short and not waiting until the end of the school year, and re-enroll them in Russian schools, with some concern. The article adds that if the parents of these same officials also live abroad “for some reason”, and have not lost their Russian citizenship, should also be returned to the motherland. Znak cited five administration officials as the source of the report.
The “recommendation” applies to all: from the administration staff, to regional administrators, to lawmakers of all levels. Employees of public corporations are also subject to the ordinance. One of the sources said that anyone who fails to act, will find such non-compliance to be a “complicating factor in the furtherance of their public sector career.” He added that he was aware of several such cases in recent months.
The official story is the Russians don’t want the next generation of Russian leaders getting their minds polluted with foreign rabbitry and globalism. That in itself is a sign that the Russians see a need for high competitiveness in the coming decades, complete with a full disregard for all out-group interests. Russia sees an Apocalypse on the horizon.
Of course you always wonder if Putin knows about some “mis-step” being planned by Obama, in the event Trump wins in November.
Obviously there would be no reason to cancel the election and extend the Obama Presidency through Trump’s term, as good as a hot war with Russia, maybe initiated in Syria with another Gulf of Tonkin incident. Given the unbalanced nature of the left these days, their terror at the thought of Trump, and their ability to justify anything, from Bill’s rapes to Hillary’s corruption, nothing is off the table as we go forward.
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