Today, in an exclusive interview, Valentina Melnikova, the head of Russia’s famous Soldiers’ Mothers Committee, sounded absolutely furious. She said she was personally humiliated as a citizen of the Russian Federation by our commander-in-chiefs pure, direct crime.” Putin is “violating not only international laws, not only the Geneva Convention, [he] also is breaking Russian Federation law about defense,” she told The Daily Beast, “and as for Vladimir Shamanov [commander-in-chief of the Russian airborne troops], we should be too disgusted to even mention his name - he forces his servicemen to fight in a foreign state, Ukraine, illegally, while mothers receive coffins with their sons, anonymously. It’s important to understand just how important Melnikova and her organization are in the minds of the Russian people and, often grudgingly, to the Russian military. She is an active member of defense ministrys public council, and commanders knew perfectly well that no secrets can be hidden from Soldiers Mothers, since the organization has first-hand information about the army’s affairs. Melnikovas opinion has been respected by the Russian people since the days when the first zinc coffins flowed back to the Soviet Union along what came to be called “the river of the dead” from Afghanistan in the 1980s. Strong words from a strong, undeniably patriotic, Russian woman… I wonder what you have to say against her Eva? If she seems to be able to speak the plain truth, why cant you?
Posted on: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 16:35:07 +0000
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