Western style of 'true democracy' throws itself on Russia's oil pipe

The latest developments in the relations between the West and Russia resemble a fuss displayed by nervous shoppers lining up at a kerosene store. Some shoppers are on the verge of driving a salesclerk out of the store to lay their hands on the merchandise, others criticize him for setting the prices so high. The West is trying to impose the standards of “true” democracy on Moscow in order to get hold of the Russian oil. The ongoing scandal over Lugovoi, Berezovsky and Litvinenko is one of the symptoms of the conflict.

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“Four personnel of the British Embassy in Moscow have been declared personae non gratae. A formal note was handed to the British ambassador to Russia,” said Mikhail Kamynin, a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, on Thursday.

Moscow had promised to announce details of its response to the UK’s expulsion of Russian diplomats within 48 hours. It is possible that a murky story about an alleged attempt to assassinate the Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky in London may have prompted the Russian authorities to react faster than expected. It would have been counterproductive to sit on the fence any longer – procrastination could have caused the West to interpret it as a sign of confusion, or consideration (at the least) the Kremlin was showing after yet another round of hysteria of the self-exiled tycoon was made public.

The situation became much clearer on Thursday. As it turned out, Scotland Yard had no grounds whatsoever to substantiate a charge against a Russian citizen (identity still withheld) who was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder Berezovsky. The man did nothing wrong. He did not hurt anyone. Contrary to a report published by The Sun, he did not buy a huge gun.

The “hit man” was simply thrown out of the country by the British immigration officials who also slapped a 10-year ban on his entry to the United Kingdom just in case. The move clearly demonstrated the complete inability of the British immigration authorities to act within the spirit of the law. Taking into account that Berezovsky has a knack for scheming and swindling people out of their money, we might as well assume that he played another nasty trick to get rid of his creditor.

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