Source: www.newsweek.com - Saturday, February 28, 2015
A version of this interview originally appeared in Newsweek Polska. Text and interview translated by Piotr Milo Milewski. There are paramilitary militias, Goebbels-style propaganda and armaments. There is one leader and one party. Russia is becoming a fascist country—at least that’s what Boris Nemtsov told me a few hours before he was gunned down on Friday in central Moscow. His death came just two days before he was to speak at a major anti-government rally. Nobody knows who committed this horrific murder, but it is likely the result of a witch-hunt perpetrated by the Russian media and Kremlin leaders. At so-called Anti-Maidan rally two weeks ago, pro-Putin thugs wearing paramilitary uniforms declared that they would extinguish any anti-government protests with blood. They started with Nemtsov. Newsweek : The opposition takes to the streets, but the regime holds on tight as ever. Is Russia going to change? Boris Nemtsov : For now, we’re drowning. Everyone. Due to the policy of Vladimir Putin, a country with unparalleled potential is sinking, an economy which accumulated untold currency reserves is collapsing. We used to have 500 billion dollars of savings! For the first time in our history we had a chance to make a great developmental leap. No Russian leader ever had such a comfortable situation. And today we are in a slump. What do we have? Double-digit inflation, devaluation of the ruble, flight of capital—150 billion dollars
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A version of this interview originally appeared in Newsweek Polska. Text and interview translated by Piotr Milo Milewski. There are paramilitary militias, Goebbels-style propaganda and armaments. There is one leader and one party. Russia is becoming a fascist country—at least that’s what Boris Nemtsov told me a few hours before he was gunned down on Friday in central Moscow. His death came just two days before he was to speak at a major anti-government rally. Nobody knows who committed this horrific murder, but it is likely the result of a witch-hunt perpetrated by the Russian media and Kremlin leaders. At so-called Anti-Maidan rally two weeks ago, pro-Putin thugs wearing paramilitary uniforms declared that they would extinguish any anti-government protests with blood. They started with Nemtsov. Newsweek : The opposition takes to the streets, but the regime holds on tight as ever. Is Russia going to change? Boris Nemtsov : For now, we’re drowning. Everyone. Due to the policy of Vladimir Putin, a country with unparalleled potential is sinking, an economy which accumulated untold currency reserves is collapsing. We used to have 500 billion dollars of savings! For the first time in our history we had a chance to make a great developmental leap. No Russian leader ever had such a comfortable situation. And today we are in a slump. What do we have? Double-digit inflation, devaluation of the ruble, flight of capital—150 billion dollars
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