By Vestnik Kavkaza
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday that new sanctions might be launched against Russia, stating that the main goal of putting pressure on Moscow was “providing the inviolability of Ukrainian borders.” “What a shame that educated Europeans think that sanctions could change Russia’s policy toward Ukraine,” the Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergei Lavrov, said. Moscow believes it will overcome the negative consequences of the sanctions.
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the LDPR leader, shared his vision on the consequences as well. “It resembles launching sanctions against the USSR, I mean the form rather than the content. What did the Soviet authorities do? They began industrialization – their own plants, tanks, aircraft, consumer goods. In other words, it is a kind of pill for us. If the situation which took place before the tension had continued, it would have led us to a dead end. We would be spread out with our money and young people – everybody moves where he wants. It is warmer in Thailand; in Russia the climate is severer. In some places fruit grows all year long, but there is no need to wait for them here; somewhere else living is cheaper and more interesting. People would scatter.”
“The current pressure put on us will make us pay attention to industry, agriculture, science, construction, and roads. We will build a great number of roads. Sapsans will run everywhere; their speed will be 200-400 km per hour. We will produce all goods by ourselves. Probably not all of them will be of high quality, but we will have our own medicines, food products,” Zhirinovsky predicts.
As for agriculture, the LDPR leader predicts prosperity: “Our ploughed lands cover 200 million ha. We use 80 million and 120 million are not used. Imagine what a breakthrough we can make! Beyond the Urals we have warm underground seas. We could build a great number of greenhouses there to provide ourselves with food completely.”
Assessing the combinations of temperatures, humidity, wind direction and speed in Russian regions, Zhirinovsky said: “The worst climate is in the northeast of the planet. It is the worst climate ever. The south is good, the west, the center; but the northeast – Chukotka, Yakutia; Murmansk is the worst – mud, ice, tundra, deep-frozen soil. Nature said: 'Chill out there – you have khachapuri, pizza, belly dancing – but you will be poor here.' But those who live in the mud, the high humidity, the cold will be rich – diamonds, uranium, gold, oil, gas, wood.”
The recent developments around and inside Russia make Zhirinovsky think about changing the title of his party, but he has failed to choose a new one: “Liberalism in the West and our Bolotnaya could put it across. They say here: “Come on! Stop being too liberal!” It means “stop solving problems by soft means.” People demand firmer, stronger, even tougher decisions. It would be better to be called conservatives today. But it could be a mistake as well: “Oh, you want to conserve the current corruption, the current awful social misbalance, separation? Is that what you want?”
So the problem of a title is very difficult. For example, “Freedom.” In Ukraine the Nazis spoiled it. Today all titles are dirty – communist, socialist, radical, conservative, liberal, patriot – everything is dirty. So it is difficult to choose a title.”
