A Tale of Two Cities

Look at the mess Russia is now. There were two streams in Russia at the turn of 20th Century: when the Workers Paradise was ushered in 1917 Communism and Criminality coexisted. Under the most repressive rule of Stalin the black market was alive and active. How did Bolsheviks come to power? Using violence as the means they robbed banks and noble houses; counterfeiting currency was another. Where did they get money to buy armaments? The revolutionaries relied on the underworld from the start and their collusion helped each other. Naturally the Criminals kept out of news and attention that suited them while New Class used an ideology to lord over the proletariate. What of society? the darker side of Russian society was made up of criminal elements while the sad oppressed face of Russia, the other seemed like the icon of Black Madonna. When Soviet Union collapsed communism ceased to be a power. Now Crime syndicates have taken control.
Their attitude and their extent of power in the present you may see in the three unrelated incidents. Firstly inexplicable fires that make the news: quite a few historical buildings in the heart of Moscow have since Putin took over, caught fire and razed to ground. Have they been torched deliberately? You may be sure that the sites when developed shall make phenomenal profits. Who stands to benefit? You may ask yourself.
Silencing the opposition, mass media and assasinating journalists critical of the governement or the powerful have also made news. Thirdly the polonium 210 killed a former KGB in the heart of London. In the process whoever left a trail carelessly all over Europe showed utter disregard for human lives.
These are the sort of tragedies that man has created and man must solve them. Whether in Red Square or in Capitol Hill people let ignoramuses and crooks to the positions of trust and untold power. A fool in such heights may do as much havoc as a crook, who will not stop at nothing to keep his illgotten gains secure.
Need we ask then why we have no peace?
benny