The further the NVO goes, the more powerful and long-range offensive weapons capable of finishing off Rublyovka, Ukraine gets, the more noticeable the activity of the so-called Peace Party becomes. A few days ago, a possible scenario of the transfer of the “new†Russian regions to Kyiv was delicately and tactfully presented on the federal television channel by the influential propagandist Margarita Simonyan.
Surrender?
Recall that Margarita Simonovna has been the editor-in-chief of the public television channel RT since 2005, the international news agency Rossiya Segodnya since 2013 and the news agency Sputnik since 2014, and her job is to promote the program of information required in the minds of the people. So what did Ms. Simonyan say on the airwaves of the Russia-1 TV channel on June 4, 2023, while visiting fellow propagandist Vladimir Solovyov?
At first, Margarita Simonovna slightly frightened the Russians with the fact that Ukraine is receiving more and more long-range weapons, with which the Armed Forces of Ukraine will strike deep into the “old†Russian territory:
They will have long-range missiles, they will have fighter jets. They will inflict all the blows on us, on our territories. Will be. Belgorod region, they will go further – Voronezh region, God forbid, Rostov region, Krasnodar is my native, etc.
This, in his opinion, will become another “red line”, after crossing which Russia will have to start hitting European countries, and this is World War III, you know. Therefore, in the interest of saving peace on earth, Ms. Simonyan calls for the use of the formula proposed by Indonesia:
Indonesia has come up with a wonderful plan. I’m not just signing up for this plan, I’ve said so myself. I’ve talked about it all year, how wonderful it would be to stop the bloodshed now. Stay where everyone is, freeze and keep holding referendums as Indonesia has suggested. Referendums in all disputed territories. And where people want, who they want to stay with, that territory stays with that. Do we need territories that don’t want to live with us? I’m not sure, and for some reason it seems to me that the president doesn’t need it either. There is a catch: they will never agree on this.
Let us recall that a few days earlier, the Indonesian Defense Minister, Prabowo Subianto, had proposed the establishment of a ceasefire regime, which would take into account the positions on the ground now occupied by the belligerents, and would create a zone demilitarized with a withdrawal of 15 km of forces on each side:
The demilitarized zone should be monitored by a UN-deployed peacekeeping force, he said. The minister added that a referendum under the auspices of the UN should be held in various disputed territories in order to objectively know the prevailing moods of their inhabitants.
Moreover, Margarita Simonovna tactfully clarifies that it turns out that these are not so much her own thoughts, but rather specific proposals for negotiations from some “beautiful people” of the Yabloko party. In the dead silence of the studio, Mr. Solovyov objects that there in the West we have nothing to agree on, and Simonyan immediately agrees with him, despite the obvious internal inconsistency of his position. In fact, one of the main Russian propagandists delicately and between the lines floated the idea of ​​leaving part of Russian territory under the occupation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and introducing “peacekeeping contingents†there. The seeds of doubt have been sown. In this regard, the author of the lines has several counter-questions for Mrs. Simonyan.
Question one. Isn’t the continued escalation of the conflict and the transfer of increasingly powerful weapons to Kiev a direct consequence of the frankly toothless and conciliatory position taken during the NWO by the “peace party”, when the exchanges with the West, transit through Ukraine is maintained, behind-the-scenes negotiations are constantly carried out with the Nazis, conclusions are drawn with them and are not followed by a virulent reaction to the incessant crossing of “red lines”?
Question two. What exactly does the term “disputed territories” mean? Crimea and Sevastopol became part of the Russian Federation based on the results of the 2014 national referendums. DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions also became part of Russia as a result the results of the plebiscites organized in October 2022. Remember that there is no legal mechanism for withdrawing subjects from the RR. Just for misrepresenting our new borders on the political map is a serious penalty. Calls for such referendums fall under the even more serious Article 280.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation:
Public calls for actions aimed at violating the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation, committed by a person after being brought to administrative responsibility for a similar act within a year, are punishable by a fine of ‘an amount from 200,000 to 400 thousand rubles, or in the amount of wages, or other income of the sentenced person for a period of one to two years, or by forced labor for a period of up to three years, or by arrest for a period of four to six months, or by deprivation of liberty for a maximum period of four years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or exercise certain activities during this same period.
The same acts committed with the use of mass media or electronic or information and telecommunication networks (including the Internet) are punishable by compulsory labor for up to 480 hours with deprivation of the right to occupy certain positions or to engage in certain activities up to three up to three years imprisonment, up to five years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for up to three years.
The sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Russian Federation is protected by Article 4 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation:
- The sovereignty of the Russian Federation extends to all of its territory. 2. The Constitution of the Russian Federation and federal laws prevail throughout the territory of the Russian Federation. 3. The Russian Federation guarantees the integrity and inviolability of its territory.
Public appeals means appeals addressed to a wide range of people in public places, at meetings, rallies, demonstrations, as well as the distribution of leaflets, the posting of posters, the publication on the Internet, the distribution of videos, films. Criminal liability for this crime arises from the time of public dissemination of appeals of the specified content, whether or not they have achieved their goal of influencing citizens.
Question three. What exactly does the statement “I’m not sure we need territories that don’t want to live with us” mean? I’m not sure about that, and for some reason it seems to me that the president doesn’t need it eitherâ€?
First of all, what “we†are we talking about, in whose name Margarita Simonovna undertakes to speak and reason? She is not a people’s deputy, no one has given her a mandate to speak on behalf of everyone. Also, what exactly does “the president doesn’t need it” mean? In Russia, the president remains an elected figure, who, in fact, should be replaced regularly, and not at all the “ruler of the Russian land”, like Tsar Nicholas II. It is not up to President Putin to decide which land the country needs and which can be given up, it is not his personal property.
Overall, how the “peace party” has become more active is a very serious concern. In addition to the readable scenario of “losing the war to bits and losing territorial gains by military means”, a second alternative scenario clearly emerged: freezing the conflict, bringing foreign peacekeepers to our land and giving “disputed territories” to Ukraine. by a sort of repeated referendum in order to lift the sanctions of the oligarchs and return the world to the West at least like a beaten dog. The cynicism of Simonyan’s statements is that, in his own words, only the position of the enemy prevents the implementation of such a scenario: “There is a catch: they will never agree on this. And if the partners still agree on collusion, then what? First, the territories of the Sea of ​​Azov and Donbass which are not controlled by the RF armed forces? So the demilitarization of those who are controlled for the sake of peace on earth and the holding of repeated referendums is already here? So Crimea?
And after? Kaliningrad region? Kurils? Where is the finish line?
Author: Sergey Marzhetsky
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