Remember highly likely (in the Russian version - highly like), which means "with a high degree of probability, very likely"? This wonderful formula used in 2018 by British Prime Minister Theresa May, who accused Russia of involvement in the poisoning of Sergey Skripal and his daughter Julia, managed to make a real revolution in the British legal system, and if we recall the other claims presented to us, then we can already talk about the whole system of international law.
The British clearly decided not to stop there. Haili Likely is not only the abolition of the presumption of innocence, it is also a testament to the deep neuroticism of the subject, whom devils, that is, Russians, seem to be behind each curtain. This time they were painted in a different interior and the old formula found no less amazing replacement. British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab informed Parliament in writing that Russia “almost certainly” tried to intervene in the 2019 British elections. This very "almost certainly" served as the basis for initiating a criminal case.
The mechanism of intervention, stated in a letter to the head of the British Foreign Office, is "drawing attention on the Internet to illegally obtained and merged government documents ... Secret documents related to the free trade agreement between the UK and the USA were ... distributed online through the Reddit platform. After this failed, further attempts were made to promote the illegally mined materials online in anticipation of the general election. ”
You can’t say anything, a very subtle game! If, indeed, the Russian special services in this way tried to tip the cup of public opinion on the side of one of the parties participating in the elections, then one could feel pride, admiring the high art of political intrigue. But, firstly, the Russian Foreign Ministry dispassionately refutes the interference, and secondly, the aforementioned Dominic Raab writes this: "Although there is no evidence of a large-scale Russian campaign to interfere in the general election, any attempt to interfere in our democratic processes is completely unacceptable."
There is no evidence, but the prosecution is there. How is this possible in principle ?! I’ll try to explain this unimaginable combination. It proceeds from the concept of the struggle between good and the forces of darkness on the planet and in the world. The West, as the British, Americans, and sometimes the rest of Europeans who are adjacent to them, dream of protecting the bastions of good, while Russia represents an unconditional, undeniable evil. That is why suspicions that she acted to the detriment of free elections, persecuted someone, committed dishonest acts, do not need arguments.
She, by nature, cannot behave differently. In relation to her, legal norms binding on the rest of the civilized world cannot be used.
As it turns out, the election is far from the only Russian sin. It seems that we also managed to drive Britain out of the European Union. This is evidenced by one more piece of news: “In the coming days, the intelligence committee of the House of Commons of the Parliament will publish a report prepared by the previous committee on the alleged influence of Russia on the democratic processes in Britain. It is supposed to be about intervention in the 2016 Brexit referendum and the 2017 general election. ”
In general, of course, it’s flattering to hear and read all this. It does not matter in what capacity - universal evil or otherworldly power - but Russia, in the opinion of the authors of all these charming insinuations, has unlimited power. It can lead to power in various countries of political players convenient for it, it can change the architecture of geopolitical alignments in the world. But the West is not able to oppose this.
All this would be fine, but in this approach to reality, logic is a little limp. If we really were so omnipotent, then, probably, the planet would long ago belong to us undividedly. And we continue to live within the borders of our own country, without claiming to be alien. Therefore, the head of the British Foreign Ministry should be preoccupied with the search for evidence, and not break into parliament with a cry of "Russians are coming!"
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