tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24528000.post115706319462651140..comments2023-10-28T12:01:47.929+00:00Comments on Edward Lucas: gotcha (reprised) from European VoiceEdward Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11369936559712607693noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24528000.post-51969853123176376392007-09-29T04:49:00.000+00:002007-09-29T04:49:00.000+00:00Mr. Lucas, if you haven't heard about this already...Mr. Lucas, if you haven't heard about <B><A HREF="http://scrapsofmoscow.blogspot.com/2007/09/virtual-reports-from-virtual-ngos.html" REL="nofollow">this</A></B> already, you may find it interesting.Scraps of Moscowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09154874166149426406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24528000.post-1157924564573317262006-09-10T21:42:00.000+00:002006-09-10T21:42:00.000+00:00No. Because the immediate beneficiaries of this ar...No. Because the immediate beneficiaries of this are the Russophone authorities in Tiraspol. I simply don't see any plausible reason for assuming German government involvement. EdwardEdward Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11369936559712607693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24528000.post-1157537111415517802006-09-06T10:05:00.000+00:002006-09-06T10:05:00.000+00:00I should add that this linkhttp://en.wikipedia.org...I should add that this link<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:International_Council_for_Democratic_Institutions_and_State_Sovereignty<BR/><BR/>gives the aetiology of the wikipedia entry<BR/><BR/>EdwardEdward Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11369936559712607693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24528000.post-1157536995524459992006-09-06T10:03:00.000+00:002006-09-06T10:03:00.000+00:00I am rather baffled by the last two comments. I ca...I am rather baffled by the last two comments. I can't see any reason why Germany should be involved. There is no, repeat no, independently verified evidence that I have seen about the ICDISS's involvement in Venezuela. They assert that they were accused of being a CIA front there, but I have not seen any proof of this.<BR/><BR/> The errors in English are a marginal point--they strongly suggest Russian involvement but could also be made by speakers of another language.<BR/><BR/>The main point is that the ICDISS has perpetrated several deceitful stunts, including bogus Wikipedia entries, a report that cites as "authors" people who are nothing of the kind, a conference that seems never to have happened (at least in the form described). All that fits strongly with their being a front organisation, whether for the Kremlin or for the Tiraspol authorities.<BR/><BR/>That's a strong accusation, and I hesitate make it bluntly. But I have given the organisation plenty of chances to clear up the inconsistencies and other strange aspects to their declared profile. And they have chosen not to do so. <BR/>instead there are a sprinkling of anonymous comments on the internet (such as this last one) which try to pick away at the most tentative bits of the case against them, but don't refute the main charge.<BR/><BR/>EdwardEdward Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11369936559712607693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24528000.post-1157376014563815962006-09-04T13:20:00.000+00:002006-09-04T13:20:00.000+00:00I've been following your work on this story, and i...I've been following your work on this story, and it extremely interesting. <BR/><BR/>However, I was wondering about your change of mind as to who is behind ICDISS. <BR/><BR/>If the disinformation is the work of "cowboys, not colonels" as you say, then why would Russia - whose interests would be damaged by the uncovering of a shell think-tank designed to promote Transdniestrian independence - allow such shoddy work to be done? <BR/><BR/>You say: "It seems more likely that the ICDISS is a bunch of lightweight opportunists in Washington DC, paid for by tycoons and goons in Transdniestria, perhaps with the encouragement of sympathisers in Moscow."<BR/><BR/>As the saying goes, if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself - so why did the "colonels" encourage the Transdniestrian tycoons and goons go to the "cowboys" instead of doing a more professional job themselves?<BR/><BR/>You mention in one of the earlier articles that the ICDISS report contains strange language that would suggest Russian authorship ("centrals" instead of "exchanges") - doesn't that also point to Russian involvement in the group?Gustavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07089212637542832062noreply@blogger.com