Limonov vs. Putin

Appeal to the RF President V. V. Putin

Mr. President, we have a long list of pretensions to you. On your conscience you have:

1. The manipulation of elections – both for State Duma and for president.

2. The deprivation of the citizens of Russia of their electoral rights: passage from the election to the appointment of governors. These are State coups, the destruction of the federative state.

3. The robbing of the people through the “monetization of benefits”. Only naive people believe in the fairy tale about the villains Zurabov and Gref gone out of hands. We know: nothing in the State of the Russian Federation is done without your approval. It was possible not to abolish, but to double and to triple the benefits with the present prices on oil.

4. The appearance of American military bases in Central Asia. You let them there after the events of September 11^th 2001. You ingratiate yourself with the USA.

5. The transfer of Russian territories to China. 35 years ago border guards have conquered the islands on the Far East in bloody battles. Judging by your saying, you intend to do the same with the Kurils – give them to Japan. And Kaliningrad to comrade Gerhard?

6. The friendship with the monstrous regime of Turkmenbashi, who banished Russians from Turkmenia.

7. The closing down of independent TV channels. Thanks to you the television ceased to show the truth and is daily lying to the people.

8. The witless interference in the elections in Abkhazia and Ukraine. However difficult it was to spoil the relations with the friendly Abkhaz people, but you succeeded in this. And Ukraine, by your efforts, stands on the threshold of disintegration and civil war.

9. The victims of Nord-Ost and Beslan. There is no “international terrorism” whatsoever, there is a war in Chechnya. Which you could not win and which now you do not have the courage to end. Confess that this war is conducted not for national interests, but for your personal rating, for your “tough guy” reputation.

10. The renewal of political repressions in Russia. The National-Bolsheviks Gromov, Tishin, Globa-Mikhaylenko, Bespalov, Korshunsky, Yezhov, Klenov, who stood up against the robbing of the people are political prisoners. The victims of political arbitrariness are such people as the physicist Danilov and the lawyer Trepashkin, punished altogether only for their independent behavior.

These are not all the claims to you, but these are already sufficient. It seems that you imagined yourself a Tsar, and not a President, elected by the people and responsible before the people. You forgot the words of oath, which you gave at your inauguration: “I swear… to respect and to guard human and civil rights and freedoms, to respect and to protect the constitution of the Russian Federation, to protect the sovereignty and independence, safety and integrity of the State, to serve the people loyally”. Possibly, you don’t act by evil will; simply you do not have political talent. All the more, find courage in yourself and retire. The more rapidly you do this, the better it will be for Russia.

The National-Bolsheviks.