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The main question is about possibility to eliminate (kill, [[lustration|lustrate]], enjail) corruptioners with legal, civilized way. Is it possible to recover the costitutional order in a corrupted country with constitutional methods, or the only way of recovery is the reciprocal [[terror]], guerilla and violent [[revolution]]. |
The main question is about possibility to eliminate (kill, [[lustration|lustrate]], enjail) corruptioners with legal, civilized way. Is it possible to recover the costitutional order in a corrupted country with constitutional methods, or the only way of recovery is the reciprocal [[terror]], guerilla and violent [[revolution]]. |
Latest revision as of 18:25, 19 June 2020
Corruption (коррупция) is the social phenomenon and specific way of activity of the official social institutes, characterised in that, that the officials, that are supposed to fight agains crime, by themselves are crimes.
Person, involved in corruption, is qualified as corruptioner. At strong corruption, the corruptioners occupy the top of the governmental positions; In particular, the anti-corrution committees are leaded also by the corruptioners.
The corruption is self-sustained state of a society, as the attempts of the legal investigation of the criminal activity of corruptioners is blocked by the aggression, hacker attacks and terror. It is difficult to dismiss the corruptioners from the top of the government by the election, because of the massive election fraud.
In the civilized countries, there exist special institutes dedicated to the prevention of the money laundry (and in such a way mitigating the corruption). They may be efficient, if not directed by corruptioners.
Self-sustaining state of society
In some sense, corruption of a county is self–sustaining state of society.
In 2008, Dmitrii Medvedev had declared that in Russia, the corruption become total [2]. Then, after few years fighting against corruption, he had to admit his failure [3]; pretending to be a president, he was not successful to push the corruptioners out from the government. One says, that any funds assigned to fight corruption, are immediately robbed by the corruptioners.
Money laundering
The money laundering means conversion of the donations from the budget to the personal accounts of corruption's and their alias with any pretext: construction of a perpetual-motion machines (See gravitsapa), cleaning of the potable-water (See the clean water project), etcetera. The efficienty of the money laundry may excesr 50%, id est, the most money assigned for the governmental program, is converted to the personal accounts of the corruptioners, and relatively small part is spent for the goal declared.
The money laundering is one of most dangerous kind of corruption. Wile the money laundry is efficient, all the budget spent for the anti–corruption programs is converted to the donations to the corruptioners. In civilized countries, there exist special institutes to mitigate the money laundry, but not always they are efficient [4].
The money laundering seems to be the dominant source for the budget of terroristic organizations and the election frauds.
2016.05.24, Vladimir Kara-Murza indicates, that stopping of the money laundering of the Russian mafia on civilised countries is very important; with such kind of help, he hopes, the Russian people can stop the terror of the Russian administration and establish the democracy
[5][6]:
.. Of our friends in the West we ask only one thing. Stay true to your values. We are not asking for your support. It is our task to change Russia, and we will to it ourselves. The only thing we ask from you is that you stop supporting Mr.Putin by treating him as respectable and worthy partner on the world stage. And above all, by allowing his cronies to use your countries as havens for their looted wealth. And please stop falling for the lie that Russians are somehow uniquely unsuited, incapable, not ready for democracy. We are suited. We are capable. We are ready. And we will get there, just like you. ..
The ideas by Kara-Murza seems to be understood by the administration of some European countries.
2016.10.13, the Guardian indicates that the properties of corruptioners (including that of the Russian KGB agents) can be arrested and expropriated upon the new regulation about "dirty money" [7].
Coverage of the criminal activity
The financial source for the corruption may arise from the fraud with respect to the low-rank citizen; the financial pyramids, the raider plundering of property, etcetera. The criminals escape from the punishment for the bribes.
Often, the criminals wear uniform and pretend to work for the country [8].
Election frauds and the Political murdering
The two mechanisms above provide the financial support for the corruption in the political life: election fraud, terroristic acts, and murder of political opponents.
In some countries, the elections are completely fake, and the fraud can be detected with statistical methods [9][10][11], confirming results of direct comparison of the "official protocols" published by the Election committee to the copies of the original protocols collected by Ruelect. Corrupted courts, formed by corrupted government, decline the complains about the election fraud, making the total corruption self–sustaining state of society.
In the condition of cult of fuhrer, the fuhrer appears as head, pahan of the terroristic mafia, coordinator of other criminals [12].
In order to reduce the possibilities of the scientific analysis of their activity, the corruptioners in the government try to suppress any science in the country, promoting fabrication of fake scientific degrees and fake diplomas, bringing the corruption to science.
Corruption in science
Corruption since the school teach children to use fraud as main method to get benefits. Growing, those children get fake diplomas and fake scientific degrees [13][14][15].
Then in happens that even directors and ministers have educational level corresponding to kindergarden, they do not know even the Laws of Newton [16][17][18][19]. They support fake research and commit other forms of the scientific fraud, including fabrication of fake diplomas. In such a way, the corruption is science is also self-sustaining. [20][21][22].
Gallery
Scientific interest
Corruption is interesting phenomenon for the scientific research [23][10]. The main question is about possibility to eliminate (kill, lustrate, enjail) corruptioners with legal, civilized way. Is it possible to recover the costitutional order in a corrupted country with constitutional methods, or the only way of recovery is the reciprocal terror, guerilla and violent revolution.
From the first look, while all the administration is corrupted, the legal punishment of the terrorists is not possible: they bribe the poice officers, the judges, the eye-whithness, the jailers and escape. The only way seems to be the physical elimination, killing of the terrorists and corruptioners who protect the terrorism, organizing the political trials and falsifying the elections (see Election fraud).
On the other hand, the reciprocal terror had been declared by the fascist leaders (such as Vladimir Lenin and Adolf Hitler), and the example of the realization, known in the history, do not look attractive at all.
While no obvious solution is elaborated the scientific aspect of the problem remains open. For this reason, the evidence of the corruptional, terroristic activity of edro, deputies of the Russian Parliament, the KGB agents, etc, should not be considered as a reason for the physical elimination of these terrorists and their families; the only bringing them to a prudent court may be considered as an appropriate goal.
In such a way, the problem of corruption has no engineering solution, and the scientific research should be performed first.
Keywords
Corruption in the USA, Corruption in Russia, What 10 Years of Putin Have Brought, edro, Election fraud, Sagra, Terror
References
- ↑ http://www.anekdot.ru/id/769047/ Дубинин Валентин. Жмурки. 2015.06.26.
- ↑ http://kremlin.ru/transcripts/1566 Д.Медведев. Вступительное слово на заседании Совета по противодействию коррупции. 30 сентября 2008 года, 16:25 Москва, Кремль. Д.Медведев: Коррупция в нашей стране приобрела не просто масштабный характер, она стала привычным, обыденным явлением, которое характеризует саму жизнь в нашем обществе...
- ↑ http://en.rian.ru/russia/20120426/173064569.html Marc Bennetts. Medvedev Admits Failure in Fight against Corruption. 13:24. 26/04/2012
- ↑ http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/279309/amlo-thailand-facing-international-blacklist Amlo: Thailand facing international blacklist. 11/february/2012 at 02:38 AM. Col Sihanart, who will attend the FATF meetings next week, said Thailand faces criticism for its delays in passing new laws that would strengthen rules against money laundering or financing for terrorist activities.
- ↑ https://oslofreedomforum.com/talks/russians-are-ready-for-democracy Russians Are Ready for Democracy. Vladimir Kara-Murza. 2016 Oslo Freedom Forum May 24, 2016. The Russian government doesn’t love activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, but he loves Russia. That’s why he is devoting his life to the fight for democracy in Russia, even though it might get him killed. Hear him deliver a powerful call for change from the stage at the 2016 Oslo Freedom Forum. .. .. Of our friends in the West we ask only one thing. Stay true to your values. We are not asking for your support. It is our task to change Russia, and we will to it ourselves. The only thing we ask from you is that you stop supporting Mr.Putin by treating him as respectable and worthy partner on the world stage. And above all, by allowing his cronies to use your countries as havens for their looted wealth. And please stop falling for the lie that Russians are somehow uniquely unsuited, incapable, not ready for democracy. We are suited. We are capable. We are ready. And we will get there, just like you. ..
- ↑ 2016.05.28. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPpY7TUjm3E VLADIMIR KARA MURZA | RUSSIANS ARE READY FOR DEMOCRACY | 2016. May 28, 2016. Vladimir Kara-Murza's talk at the 2016 Oslo Freedom Forum. .. Of our friends in the West we ask only one thing. Stay true to your values. We are not asking for your support. It is our task to change Russia, and we will to it ourselves. The only thing we ask from you is that you stop supporting Mr.Putin by treating him as respectable and worthy partner on the world stage. And above all, by allowing his cronies to use your countries as havens for their looted wealth. And please stop falling for the lie that Russians are somehow uniquely unsuited, incapable, not ready for democracy. We are suited. We are capable. We are ready. And we will get there, just like you. ..
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/oct/13/properties-seized-assets-corrupt-cash-crackdown-criminal-finances-bill-tax-haven Juliette Garside. Hundreds of properties could be seized in UK corruption crackdown. Thursday 13 October 2016 17.46 BST
- ↑ http://larussophobe.wordpress.com/2010/08/25/editorial-in-russia-criminals-wear-uniforms/ In Russia, Criminals wear Uniforms. August 25, 2010.
- ↑ http://www.gazeta.ru/science/2011/12/10_a_3922390.shtml СЕРГЕЙ ШПИЛЬКИН. Статистика исследовала выборы. 10.12.11 14:57.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 http://www.pnas.org/content/109/41/16469.abstract Peter Klimek, Yuri Yegorov, Rudolf Hanel, and Stefan Thurner. Statistical detection of systematic election irregularities. Proceeding of the Natinal Academy of Sciences of the USA, vol. 109 no. 41, 16469–16473 (2012)
- ↑ http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/12/19/1206770110.full.pdf Ruben Enikolopov, Vasily Korovkin, Maria Petrova, Konstantin Sonin and Alexei Zakharov. Field experiment estimate of electoral fraud in Russian parliamentary elections. PNAS Early Edition. (2012)
- ↑ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35385445 'Putin is corrupt' says US Treasury. 25 January 2016.
- ↑ http://onerussian.eu/how-to-get-a-fake-diploma-in-russia/26/03/2011/ How to get a fake diploma in Russia. 26.03.2011.
- ↑ http://www.themoscowtimes.com/opinion/article/fake-diplomas--fake-modernization/414673.html Michael Bohm. Fake Diplomas = Fake Modernization. 03 September 2010
- ↑ http://www.trust.org/trustlaw/news/fake-diplomas-undermine-russias-education-system-moscow-times/ Luke Balleny. Fake diplomas undermine Russia's education system - Moscow Times. Tue, 7 Sep 2010 10:04 GMT
- ↑ http://www.kcn.ru/tat_en/science/ans/journals/rasj_cnt/11_1_6.html V.A.Menshikov. Space systems research institute in Space and Earth exploration. (2008). .. A.A.Maximov Space Systems Research Institute has been one of the most effective branches of FSUE Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center for more than 13 years. ..
- ↑ http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20050329/39700712.html Andrei KISLYAKOV. RUSSIA TO HELP DEVELOP NUCLEAR-POWERED SPACECRAFT. 15:34 29/03/2005. ... the R&D institute of space systems near Moscow is busy developing a perpetuum mobile (perpetual-motion engine), of sorts. This engine that will have a virtually unlimited service life could be used on Earth and in outer space.// Our institute's staffers have been developing a non-jet propulsion unit for several years in a row, Valery Menshikov, who heads this institute, said in mid-March. A liquid or solid-state propulsive mass moves along a preset tornado-shaped trajectory inside this engine, thereby ensuring sustainable propulsion.
- ↑ http://english.pravda.ru/science/tech/14-04-2009/107399-Russian_scientists-0 Russian scientists test perpetual motion machine in space. "Pravda", 14.04.2009. Specialists of the Institute for Space Systems conducted successful tests of the perpetual motion machine in space. Valery Menshikov, the director of the institute, said that the machine was installed at Yubileiny satellite which was launched into orbit almost a year ago. The satellite can now move from one orbit to another with the help of the engine, which discharges no reaction mass.// The first tests were conducted in June and July of 2008. The tests revealed some problems that need further developments of the machine, but the orbital experiment was conducted successfully in general.
- ↑ http://proxyma.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/state-seals-strategy-for-space-industry/203934.html Anna Smolchenko. State Seals Strategy for Space Industry. 07 July 2006. Valery Menshikov, director of a research institute at the Khrunichev center, welcomed the new strategy.//"It's clear that [the enterprises] would be better inside a holding," said Menshikov, a former chiefengineer at Baikonur.// He added that the 21 percent production target was only achievable if the government tripled financing to the sector. Russia can meet that target if it starts producing Angara, a next generation rocket, but it needs 20 billion rubles (\(\\)740 ~\rm million$) to finish the project.
- ↑ http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=1019908 Комиссия Минобрнауки выявила масштабную фальсификацию диссертаций. 31.01.2013. 13:53. .. речь идет о массовых фальсификациях: поставлена работа по изготовлению фиктивных диссертаций, которые сопровождались фиктивными отзывами, фиктивным списком публикаций ..
- ↑ http://lenta.ru/articles/2013/01/31/dissers/ 10:16, 31 января 2013. Фальшивим вместе. Эксперты во главе с заместителем министра Игорем Федюкиным рекомендовали лишить фальшивых диссертантов — в том числе главу СУНЦ МГУ Андрея Андриянова — степеней и усовершенствовать отечественную систему защиты докторских и кандидатских работ. Впрочем, реальными полномочиями воплотить эти рекомендации в жизнь комиссия не располагает.
- ↑ http://lenta.ru/news/2013/02/05/vak/ 15:33, 5 февраля 2013. Задержан глава Высшей аттестационной комиссии Минобрнауки
- ↑ http://www.s-pravdoy.ru/library2/s-nauka.html Коррупция с точки зрения науки. 13 декабря 2012 г.
2011.07.25/ http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/07/25/executive-order-blocking-property-transnational-criminal-organizations B.Obama. Executive Order 13581--Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations. July 25, 2011.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tll6yMNSNNE Medvedev und Putin (2011, in German)
2012.02.23.
http://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/tg1430.aspx
Treasury Imposes Sanctions On Key Members Of The Yakuza And Brothers’ Circle Criminal Organizations..
KHRISTOFOROV, Vasily Alexandrovich (a.k.a. KHRISTOFOROV, Vasiliy; a.k.a. "VASYA"; a.k.a. "VOSKRES"), Murjan 6 Sector, Tower D01-T03.1, Apartment 401, Dubai 39409, United Arab Emirates; DOB 12 Mar 1972; POB Gorky Oblast, Russia; National ID No. 76481815 (United Arab Emirates); Passport 63-7186356 (Russia) (individual) [TCO]
KOLBAYEV, Kamchybek Asanbekovich (a.k.a. KOLBAEV, Kamchibek; a.k.a. KOLBAYEV, Kamchy; a.k.a. KOLBAYEV, Kamchi; a.k.a. KOLBAYEV, Kamchibek; a.k.a. "KAMCHI BISHKEKSKIY"; a.k.a. "KOLYA-BISHKEKSKIY"; a.k.a. "KOLYA-KYRGYZ"), Bahar 1 Sector, C09-T02 Tower, Apartment 3203, Dubai 31672, United Arab Emirates; Volokolamskoye Shosse, House 15/22, Moscow, Russia; DOB 3 Aug 1974; alt. DOB 1 Jan 1973; POB Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan; citizen Kyrgyzstan; Passport A0832532 (Kyrgyzstan) expires 17 Mar 2009 (individual) [SDNTK] [TCO]
LEONTYEV, Vladislav Vladimirovich (a.k.a. LEONTIEV, Vladislav; a.k.a. LEONTIEV, Vlantislav; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vyacheslav; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vadim; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vadik; a.k.a. "BELOBRYSYY"; a.k.a. "BELYY"), Al-Fattan Building, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; DOB 5 Jul 1971; POB Gorky, Russia; alt. POB Caracas, Venezuela; National ID No. 60229551 (United Arab Emirates); Passport AB4065216 (Greece); alt. Passport H2214925 (Ghana); alt. Passport C1602418 (Venezuela) (individual) [TCO]
MANUYLOV, Aleksandr Leonidovich (a.k.a. MANUILOV, Alexander; a.k.a. MANUYLOV, Alexander; a.k.a. "SASHA SAMARSKIY"); DOB 3 Mar 1962; POB Russia; Passport 3056306 (Russia) (individual) [TCO]
RAKHIMOV, Gafur Akhmedovich (a.k.a. RAKHIMOV, Gofur-Arslonbek; a.k.a. RAKHIMOV, Gafur-Arslanbek Akhmedovich), The Meadows, Villa Number 64, Sheikh Zayed Road, near Emirates Hills, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; DOB 22 Jul 1951; POB Tashkent, Uzbekistan; National ID No. 03101200302034752 (United Arab Emirates); Passport CA1804389 (Uzbekistan); alt. Passport CA1890392 (Uzbekistan) (individual) [TCO]
SHAYBAZIAN, Lazar Gurgenovich (a.k.a. SHAYBAZYAN, Lazar); DOB 1 Apr 1966; Passport CA2485930 (Uzbekistan); alt. Passport CA2179793 (Uzbekistan) (individual) [TCO]
SHINODA, Kenichi (a.k.a. TSUKASA, Shinobu); DOB 25 Jan 1942; POB Oita Kyushu, Japan (individual) [TCO]
TAKAYAMA, Kiyoshi ; DOB 5 Sep 1947; POB Tsushimasi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan (individual) [TCO]
ZAYTSEV, Aleksey Alekseyevich (a.k.a. ZAITSEV, Alexei; a.k.a. ZAYTSEV, Alexey); DOB 7 Sep 1965; POB Leningrad, Russia; National ID No. 74914883 (United Arab Emirates); Passport 63-4604880 (Russia); alt. Passport 4103417473 (Russia); alt. Passport H2029462 (Ghana) (individual) [TCO]
YAMAGUCHI-GUMI (a.k.a. ROKUDAIME YAMAGUCHI-GUMI; a.k.a. SIXTH YAMAGUCHI-GUMI), 4-3-1 Shinohara-honmachi, Nada-Ku, Kobe City, Hyogo, Japan [TCO]
http://nohumantrafficking.org/?p=2788 JACQUELINE ZIMOWSKI. Obama Signs Executive Order 13581 against Japan’s The Yakuza and The Brothers’ Circle. FEBRUARY 24, 2012
http://tlhrc.house.gov/press_display.asp?id=1591 Tom Lantos. Co-Chairman McGovern Introduces Bill, with Co-Chairman Wolf as Original Cosponsor, Imposing Sanctions on Individuals Responsible for the Mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky and for Other Gross Human Rights Violations. THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2012. Washington—Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission co-chairman Jim McGovern (D-MA) today introduced the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012, which would impose a visa ban and asset freeze on individuals responsible for the detention, abuse or death of Russian tax lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, as well as on individuals responsible for other gross violations of human rights.
2012.06.26. http://www.washingtonpost.com/r/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2012/06/26/Foreign/Graphics/russiamccainobama.pdf J.McCain. 2012 June 26. Dear President Obama .. Last year, you issued Esecutive order 13581, .. I write you to request that you begin a process to determine whether to designate and impose sanctions, under the authority Executive Order 13581, against a dangerous transnational criminal organization known as "Klyuev Group," when publicity available information suggests may have been involved in numerous international crimes, It is possible that one of those crimes was the murder of Sergei Magnitsky..
2012.08.13. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19091137 Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Brazil's Supreme Court has opened the trial of 38 people in a corruption case that rocked the government of then-President Lula, in 2005. 3 August 2012 Last updated at 00:58 GMT.
2013.12.08. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/uzbek-first-daughter-gulnara-karimova-strikes-back-at-recent-claims.aspx?pageID=517&nID=59227&NewsCatID=353 Aslı Barış. Uzbek first daughter Gulnara Karimova strikes back at recent claims. ISTANBUL - Hürriyet. December/08/2013
2014.11.25. https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2014/11/25/u-lzhi-est-imena-sledovateli-sudi-prokurory У лжи есть имена: следователи, судьи, прокуроры. 25 ноября, вторник, 2014 21:05. .. В таблице указаны прокуроры, принимавшие участие в судах по мере пресечения и по существу, и судьи, выносившие решения об аресте и приговоры. .. Быков Алексей Аркадьевич .. Чистяков Алексей Анатольевич .. Ревяков Кирилл Геннадиевич, Курдюков Денис Игоревич ..
2015.03.30.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmTps5SVZko
Frontline Putin's Way Documentary 2015. Mar 30, 2015.
This documentary investigates the accusations of criminality and corruption that have surrounded Vladimir Putin's reign in Russia. Tracing his career back over two decades, Putin's Way reveals how the accumulation of wealth and power has led to autocratic rule and the specter of a new Cold War.
2015.08.06. http://mobile2.lematin.ch/articles/31994513 La Suisse enquête sur un ex-vice-ministre russe. Jeudi 6 Août 2015 02:04 Détournement de fonds Un ancien vice-ministre russe aurait détourné de l'argent public à hauteur de 15 millions de francs, en partie versés sur un compte en Suisse. .. Le Ministère public de la Confédération (MPC) a ouvert cette enquête début 2013 pour soupçon de blanchiment d'argent contre un ancien vice-ministre de l'agriculture russe, .. Алексей Бажанов
2016.01.23. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35388686 Alexei Navalny: 'Putin is the Tsar of corruption'. 23 January 2016 Last updated at 00:30 GMT.
2016.05.24. https://oslofreedomforum.com/talks/russians-are-ready-for-democracy Russians Are Ready for Democracy. Vladimir Kara-Murza. 2016 Oslo Freedom Forum May 24, 2016. The Russian government doesn’t love activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, but he loves Russia. That’s why he is devoting his life to the fight for democracy in Russia, even though it might get him killed. Hear him deliver a powerful call for change from the stage at the 2016 Oslo Freedom Forum. .. .. Of our friends in the West we ask only one thing. Stay true to your values. We are not asking for your support. It is our task to change Russia, and we will to it ourselves. The only thing we ask from you is that you stop supporting Mr.Putin by treating him as respectable and worthy partner on the world stage. And above all, by allowing his cronies to use your countries as havens for their looted wealth. And please stop falling for the lie that Russians are somehow uniquely unsuited, incapable, not ready for democracy. We are suited. We are capable. We are ready. And we will get there, just like you. ..
2016.10.19. http://www.elmundo.es/espana/2015/10/19/5624d4b946163f6e338b459c.html El fiscal pide 146 años de cárcel y 2.700 millones de multas para los 27 implicados en la mafia rusa. 19/10/201513:54
2017.03.21. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/20/british-banks-handled-vast-sums-of-laundered-russian-money?CMP=share_btn_tw Luke Harding, Nick Hopkins and Caelainn Barr. British banks handled vast sums of laundered Russian money. Monday 20 March 2017 18.00 GMT, Last modified on Tuesday 21 March 2017 08.32 GMT. Britain’s high street banks processed nearly dollaR740m from a vast money-laundering operation run by Russian criminals with links to the Russian government and the KGB, the Guardian can reveal.