I thought that this thread will quiesce/fade away over time due
to missing news, but I have been wrong, as news continue
to appear.
So here is an update from Old Europe, as per Austro boulevard
july 18, 2019.
Wladimir Wladimirowitsch P. has added another Austrian ex-PM
on his payroll, in addition to the existing 6 heads working
for him or his former co's.
This time its Dr. CK, unlucky short term Austrian reddie
PM, a slimfit cowboy, pizza messenger to show he is not a
"Mittelstands-Fresser" but a "Mittelstands-Protektor",
riding greenie-like a bicycle to/from his office - the
rumour that behind the corner his chaffeur-driven 8-cyl
limuosine has been waiting could not be disqualified as a
fake-story.
To be sure, these 6+1 chaps are not on a Hartz4-level,
and it is clear that everybody needs to make some
money for living.
The accompanying gloss in the newspaper referred to this
employment with the closing comment ex B.Brecht
"Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral".
.....
But Wladimir is a smart guy, so to underline his benevolence
and as part of his "Charm-Offensive" he got an audience/visit
at the pope - in Rome.
....
Europe has now a Mrs. Europe , U. von der L., former
German secretary of defence, already affirming EU's strict
stance on the embargo vs. Russia.
I am wondering if Wladimir P., as part of his
"Charm-Offensive" will invite her to a catch-and-release
salmon fishing trip to the Ponoi river in Siberia.
As he is fluent in German from his previous time
as Kgb-officer in East Germany, they will not need
a translator.
May be such a personal tete-a-tete in the fresh waters
of the Kola peninsula will finally help the Polish
apple farmers once more to deliver their fruits
to Russia instead of dumping those or eroding the plants
or having to leave "Polnische Heimaterde" because the banks
have cancelled the credit-contracts and their estates
have been sold-off.
..
Felix Montenuovo
