Malaysia Airlines MH 17 Downing Is No Accident, Says Former Advisor to Vladimir Putin, Andrey Illarionov.

A Shocking interview with former advisor to Vladimir Putin:  “They were also considering an attack on an aircraft flying from Warsaw!”
SCNDAI July 24, 2014

Andrey Illarionov

The Malaysian Boeing flying from Amsterdam was shot down on orders from Moscow, and a Polish plane was also considered as the target of the attack - says Andrey Illarionov, Russian economist, who was the adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin from 2000-2005.

When news exploded in the media that a passenger plane was shot down over Eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin-says Illarionov- appeared satisfied that its orders were carried out.

This terrorist attack was planned [...] It [Malaysia Airlines Flight MH 17] was shot down on orders [from Moscow]. The reports that began to reach us on Thursday clearly indicate that the official circulating versions of the events are not true. The only version that is supported by facts is that a deliberate terrorist attack was carried out on orders from the highest authorities of the Russian government - states Andrey Illarionov, an analyst at the CATO Institute in Washington, DC, who is former advisor to Putin and close associate of Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russia’s former Prime Minister, in his interview with "Super Express".

The present circulating story is that the separatists allegedly shot the civilian aircraft by mistake thinking that it was a Ukrainian transport aircraft. However, the planes used by the Ukrainian military fly at an altitude of up to 7.7 thousand meters, and at speeds up to 540 km per hour.  The Boeing that was shot down flew at an altitude of 10 thousand meters, at a speed of 850 kilometers per hour. Whoever was aiming at this plane had to know about this difference. You can not confuse [such explicit differences in flight characteristics, and radar signatures of these types of] aircraft - emphasizes Illiarionov.

The former adviser to Putin notes that BUK ground-to-air missile system, which shot down a Boeing, is a complex system requiring long and arduous training from those who operate it. The senior officers who command these systems have college educations. It tells us, therefore, that there were Russian soldiers who possessed such skills and training on the spot during the time the downing took place.

Illarionov also reminds us that BUK is not only a missile launcher, but also a sophisticated target acquisition and delivery system consisting of four autonomous units. The target is acquired with the help of the radar, and the missile that is fired is guided by yet another autonomous system.

Those who manned these systems had to know what type of aircraft they were acquiring and shooting at. Moreover, these particular weapon systems are deployed and used only with the knowledge and approval of Russia’s Military General Staff. The highest-level military and political decision makers knew what was going on, and they had to approve [its deployment and firing] - says Illarionov.

Illarionov continues by logically explaining why Putin and those around him benefited from the downing of the passenger plane.

According to the logic of escalation, this was the next step - to carry out a terrorist attack that would completely shock the West, and that would force its leaders to exert effective pressure on the President of Ukraine. The only act of terrorism, which would have adequate firepower to wake up Europe, was an attack on a civilianl aircraft - reasons former Vladimir Putin’s advisor.

According to Illarionov, from the very beginning, Moscow considered targeting aircraft flying out of two cities - Amsterdam and Warsaw.

Why Warsaw?

The people working in the Russian General Staff have been telling me for a long time that their nuclear war plans designated Amsterdam and Warsaw as its first targets. While the Westerners cannot entirely understand this logic, Warsaw is not only the capital of the so-called most important “front-line state”, but also a state, that in the opinion of Russia, is one of the most hostile towards Russia - explains Illarionov. [See Meet the Real Jack Strong, for more details on these military concepts].

Why Amsterdam?

The Russian perception of the world is rooted in Russian Ruthenian Orthodoxy and its conservative perception of Amsterdam, [being an antithesis of this ideology], is viewed as the capital of European sin, debauchery and corruption. In Russia, they call it “Giyeyropa” [colloquially meaning “Fagland” or “Fags’ of Europe”].  For these reasons, Warsaw and Amsterdam have always been the main candidates for Russia’s large-scale operations - clarifies the expert.

Illarionov explains why it was the flight from Amsterdam, and not from Warsaw that was shot down.

First of all, there was no aircraft from Warsaw flying over the conflict zone. Second, the downing of a Polish aircraft over the area would create an immediate association with the Smolensk crash. Putin does not need this. Thirdly, the deaths of mostly Polish passengers would have not been sufficiently larger-than-life. In turn, the deaths of citizens of fat and lavish Western Europe, according to Putin designs, was to bring the psychological shock leading to consent and truce that would end the bloodshed in Ukraine. This, as we already mentioned it, was most palatable to the  Kremlin.

While speaking with the "SE" journalist, Tomasz Walczak, the CATO analyst warns that Putin will stop at nothing, and that sanctions will leave the ruler of the Kremlin unimpressed.

He does not care about any [sanctions].  In the geopolitical war he had unleashed, this issue [sanctions] does not play any role. He [Putin] is only worried that Ukraine may fall from his sphere of influence. The measures and the consequences of keeping it under control do not matter to him. Economic sanctions are only money that one may have today, and they are gone tomorrow. Ukraine is a matter of eternity.

By JKUB/”SE”

This article appeared in W Polityce: Szokujący wywiad b. doradcy Putina: "Rozpatrywano też atak na samolot z Warszawy!"

The Editorial Staff of Smolensk Crash News Digest wishes to express its deepest condolences to the families and friends of the victims of the Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17.  May you have solace in that the truth of this tragedy will be found.