Russian Communist Party: U.S. seeks 'planetary dictatorship'
Russian parliamentary leader sees role for Europe against U.S.
January 15, 2003
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By Toby Westerman
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Gennady Zyuganov, head of the Russian Communist Party - the largest single faction in the Russian parliament - lashed out against the United States and the Central Intelligence Agency, declaring that the U.S. is seeking to rule the world, and that the CIA is the "number one" terrorist organization on earth.
"We are in the midst of a sharp turn which I define as the 'fascistization' of capitalism and the dictatorship of America," declared Zyuganov in an interview with the Italian news daily La Stampa.
"I see a global [U.S.] dictatorship" which uses NATO "as a global army at their [American] service," and the "CIA is terrorist number one," asserted Zyuganov.
Europe, however could "be decisive in stopping America's purported "planetary dictatorship," and Moscow would join with Europe against the U.S., "if Europe offers its support [to Russia]," Zyuganov stated in the La Stampa interview.
Ironically, although Zyuganov and the Russian Communist Party stand in opposition to the present Moscow government, Zyugonov's anti-American sentiments are echoed by the Voice of Russia World Service, Russia's official international broadcasting service.
The Voice of Russia, funded and controlled by the Kremlin, has variously described U.S. foreign policy as "arrogant," aiming for "global superiority" and "world domination," as well as dominated by Cold Warriors who "need an enemy."
Shortly after U.S. President George W. Bush announced the war on terror, the Voice of Russia bitterly condemned future profits U.S. corporations would earn from manufacturing arms for the U.S. military.
Moscow has repeatedly expressed interest in a pan-European economic and military zone, excluding any American interest or influence - an old Soviet goal.
Zyuganov denounced Russia's "predatory and criminal capitalism," criticized Putin for "vacillation" and weakness in foreign policy, and asserted that Russia is still controlled by former president Boris Yeltsin's family.
While decrying the export of Russia's raw materials for the enrichment of "oligarchs," as well as the concentration of wealth in the hands of a few, Zyuganov is positioning the Communists in the popular mind as underdogs fighting against evil and corrupt capitalists.
Zyuganov ended the La Stampa interview with a traditional communist battle cry, declaring that "we will resist."
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