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February 12, 2009 (LPAC)--During Lyndon LaRouche's Feb. 11 webcast, "On The Next Step," this question on Russia was posed from the U.S. State Department: "Mr. LaRouche, one of the cornerstones of your "Four Power" proposal involves Russian participation [in forming a New Bretton Woods monetary system]. However, in a series of recent public statements, Mr. Putin seems to be growing increasingly impatient with the U.S., and Deputy Prime Minister Kudrin seems to be almost hostile. What is your view of what is going on inside Russia, and what do you see as the most effective way for the current Administration to address the problem ... since we obviously seek their cooperation?"

LaRouche responded, "The problem here is that we should refer to him as the 'Sub-Prime Minister' Kudrin, because he is actually in effect a British agent. This latest turn in his behavior came after an extended visit, in collaboration in Britain.

"Now, we've been looking at this problem for some time, from an intelligence standpoint, because there are certain people who used to work with me, for example, in Germany, and in other parts of the world, who were picked up as assets by a British network which includes this network which Kudrin is associated with. And the network is, to my knowledge, from associations in the kinds of things that are run, we have a Canada connection there. You have some people from the United States, who are linked to an operation in Canada, which dates from the old British intelligence operation during World War II, the famous one of that period. And this connection runs through Britain into Europe, by various routes. And there has been an operation to disorient and manipulate the Putin government, and the Medvedev government as well, from this source. It follows a very clear pattern, and the pattern is London-directed; it's British directed.

"And the problem has been, the complicating problem is, that's the case. This guy is essentially no good, as far as I'm concerned. He's too far over on the other side; I don't think he's redeemable.

"But Russia is. Russia's very important to us, and therefore, we have to realize that Russia is the victim of a British intelligence subversion operation inside the very bowels of the government. And we simply, I think, say that. 'We know that your guy there, is not really yours. He belongs to somebody else. And we think that we ought to get the rats out of your chicken coop.' That's the way we're going to deal with it.

"But on the other hand, we have to have an option for Russia, as well as for China and India, in the present world financial crisis. Russia is being driven crazy. Give you an example: I made the forecast in July of 2007 of the crash. The Russian institutions have been fully aware of this forecast and my analysis over the entire period. Yet! When I was recently in Paris, and went through relevant intelligence circles whom I know there, on this question, the Russians have not been telling the truth about the financial-monetary economic crisis, up to that point, as of December of 2008. In other words, the thing has been going on, this thing has been in process since the summer of 2007. As of December 2008, and what this--by the Sub-Prime Minister Kudrin, his statement coming back from England, is a continuation of that operation. We don't know the whole operation, but I have enough elements of it, I know, which are actually elements known to me, which are actually enemy agents which are operating in this network, and operating by trying to influence Russian policy, in a way to create a conflict between the United States and Russia. That's the British operation: to create this kind of conflict, while at the same time destroying Russia. And also to create to create conflict between Russia and China.

"So, this is the nature of the situation. And, the remedy is very simple. Just state loud and clear, what the problem is, and it will cure itself.''