Russian Expert Who 'Predicted' Attacks Warns of New Ones
Dr. Alexandr NemetsThursday, Oct. 4, 2001
The same Russian government expert who predicted last July that
America was
about to suffer a "financial attack" - and encouraged Russian
citizens to
cash out of dollars and buy rubles and gold - has again
surfaced to make
more stunning forecasts.
Dr. Tatyana Koryagina gained some credibility in the Russian
media because
of her prediction of an unusual catastrophe that was about to
hit the U.S.
She said it would take place on August 19 and would collapse
its economy.
Koryagina is a senior research fellow in the Institute of
Macroeconomic
Researches subordinated to Russian Ministry of Economic
Development
(Minekonom). She is reportedly close to Pres. Putin's inner
circle.
On July 12, 2001 Pravda published a page-one story on her
predictions
entitled "The Dollar and America Will Fall Down on August 19? -
That's the
Opinion of Dr. Tatyana Koryagina, Who Very Accurately Predicted
the August
Default in 1998."
In her July interview, Koryagiuna told Pravda: "The U.S. has
been chosen as
the object of financial attack because the financial center of
the planet is
located there. The effect will be maximal. The strike waves of
economic
crisis will spread over the planet instantly, and will remind
us of the
blast of a huge nuclear bomb."
Late last month, Pravda re-interviewed Dr. Koryagina to get her
take on the
events of Sept. 11.
Koryagina made the following key points in an article
entitled : "Who Will
Strike America in Its Back?":
New Strikes Will Come. In the near term, she said "the powerful
group" who
masterminded the events of Sept. 11 will make new strikes
against America -
of a financial nature and otherwise. She said they will "strike
America in
the back" and bring it down.
She noted that Americans are consolidating around their
government and
preparing retaliatory strikes against the "terrorists".
However, Americans
are trembling about spending. When they understand after the
upcoming, new
strikes, that their government can guarantee them nothing, they
will panic
-- causing a collapse of their financial system.
Didn't Make Serious Mistake. About her forecast made on 12
July, Dr.
Koryagina said, "I did not make a serious mistake. Indeed,
between 15 and 20
August, the dollar started trembling under the pressure of
multiple bad news
about the U.S. and world economy. And within weeks, the
Manhattan
skyscrapers fell down. As a result, a significant part of the
world
financial network was paralyzed. This strike was aimed at
destabilization
and destruction of America and (in domino fashion) all the
countries making
countless billions of dollars." The Powerful Group. Who is
behind these
strikes? Koryagina claims the U.S. is painting a false picture.
She said the
operation was not the work of 19 terrorists, but a larger group
seeking to
reshape the world. She claimed a group of extremely powerful
private
persons, with total assets of about $300 trillion, intends to
legalize its
power and to become the new world government. The September 11
strikes
showed that this group is afraid of nothing -- human lives have
zero value
for them.
Koryagina again encouraged Russian citizens to cash out of
dollars. The
Koryagina claims are not easily dismissed, especially her clear
indications
in the interview before Sept. 11 that the attacks on America's
financial
system would be of an unusual nature. Her comments also
mirrored similar
warnings issued by Russian officials.
Still, this story raises other questions. Did the Russian
government know in
advance and what was their involvement?
On 28 September the Washington Times reported that "U.S.
intelligence
agencies have uncovered information that Russian criminal
groups have been
supplying Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida terrorist network
with components
for chemical, biological and nuclear weapons."
Of course, the Russian mafia has very close ties with Russia's
intelligence
agencies.
It is important to note Russia is a significant backer of
almost every state
sponsor of terrorism, some with links to bin Laden's group.
These include
Iraq, Iran, Syria, Libya, North Korea and Cuba.
Editor's note: Col. Stanislav Lunev, Russia's highest-anking
military
defector warns in "CIA Files" new details of Russia's links to
terrorists
and the nations that support them.
Dr. Nemets is a consultant to the American Foreign Policy
Council (AFPC). An
expert in Chinese-Russian strategic-military alliance
development, he has
spent the last several years researching Chinese and Russian
economic and
military issues. Dr. Nemets worked from 1986-92 at the
Presidium of Russian
Academy of Sciences. He immigrated to the United States in
December 1994.
Expert: Russia Knew in Advance, Encouraged Citizens to Cash Out
Dollars
Dr. Alexandr Nemets
Monday, September 17, 2001
Russian press accounts and other activities by the Russian
government this
summer indicate that the Russian knew in advance that something
would happen
to America, including a "financial attack" against the U.S.
During the past three months, Russian media and officials have
encouraged
citizens to cash out of U.S. dollars pending an economic
collapse there
after an "attack."
Currently, the dominant view of the media is that the terrorist
actions in
New York City and Washington were just a "thunder bolt from the
blue sky."
Could it be? Yes, a well organized group accomplished these
dastardly acts.
But just how well organized was it?
Obviously, President Bush and Vice-President Cheney are
targeting the powers
behind these terrorist groups, the states that give them safe
harbor and
backing.
Sponsors of state terrorism include Iran, Iraq, Libya, Cuba,
North Korea,
Sudan, and Syria.
Did you know that all of these countries have very close ties
with Russia
and her military/intelligence agencies?
Could it be that the Russians actually expected this in advance
and even
counted on it, discussing the possible consequences?
My suspicions were raised this July and August as I scanned and
sifted
through all of Russia's major newspapers.
Considering Russia's close ties to these terrorist countries,
Russian
activities need close scrutiny.
Pravda Wrote of Financial 'Attack' on U.S.
Consider the July 12, 2001 page-one report in Pravda - still
considered the
establishment voice of Russia's old guard communists who
control the
military and intelligence agencies.
The Pravda article was entitled "The Dollar and America Will
Fall Down on
August 19? - That's the Opinion of Dr. Tatyana Koryagina, Who
Very
[accurately] predicted the August Default in 1998."
This article struck me for several reasons. Major newspapers so
closely
aligned with the government do not attempt to create panic or
fear in the
public -- unless the government wants this information to be
publicly aired.
Also, a major newspaper would be reluctant to print a major
prediction for
which it could be held accountable.
This Pravda article was published about the same time as
another strange
event that took place in early July in the Russian State Duma.
The Duma held a conference entitled "On the measures to provide
the
development of Russian economy in the environment of
destabilization of the
world financial system."
The chairman of the Duma Commission on Economic Politics, Dr.
Sergei
Glazyev, headed the hearings.
Some prominent foreigners, including Lyndon Larouche from the
U.S. and
Malaysian Ambassador in Russia, Yacha Baba, were among the
participants.
Tatyana Koryagina made a statement at the end of hearings - as
a Russian
expert in the shadow economy, shadow politics and conspirology.
She is a senior research fellow in the Institute of
Macroeconomic Researches
subordinated to Russian Ministry of Economic Development
(Minekonom). The
main theme of the Duma hearings was the rapidly approaching
economic crash
of the U.S.
The hearings focused on preparing recommendations for President
Putin as to
what Russia should to do to soften the consequences of this
coming
catastrophe.
Pravda also detailed its own interview with Dr. Koryagina.
Here is an excerpt:
Question. All the participants at the hearings stated that
America is a huge
financial pyramid, which will crash soon. Still, it is hard to
understand
how this could happen in the first and richest country of the
world -
without a war, without missile or bomb strikes?
Koryagina: Besides bombs and missiles, there are other kinds of
weaponry,
much more destructive ones. . . .
Question: Well, economic theory. But how it is possible for you
to give an
exact date (for the U.S. crash) - August 19?
Koryagina: The U.S. is engaged in a mortal economic game. The
known history
of civilization is merely the visible part of the iceberg.
There is a shadow
economy, shadow politics and also a shadow history, known to
conspirologists. There are (unseen) forces acting in the world,
unstoppable
for (most powerful) countries and even continents.
Question: Just these forces intend to smash America on August
19?
Koryagina: 'There are international, "super-state" and "super-
government"
groups. In accordance with tradition, the mystical and
religious components
play extremely important roles in human history' One must take
into account
the shadow economy, shadow politics and the religious
component, while
predicting the development of the present financial situation.
Question. Still I don't understand what could be done to this
giant country
[i.e., the U.S.], whose budget is calculated in the trillions
of dollars.
Koryagina: It is possible to do anything to the U.S. . . .whose
total debt
has reached $26 trillion. Generally, the Western economy is at
the boiling
point now. Shadow financial actives of $300 trillion are
hanging over the
planet. At any moment, they could fall on any stock exchange
and cause panic
and crash. The recent crisis in Southeast Asia, which touched
Russia, was a
rehearsal.
Question: . . .What is the sense of smashing just America?
Koryagina: The U.S. has been chosen as the object of financial
attack
because the financial center of the planet is located there.
The effect will
be maximal. The strike waves of economic crisis will spread
over the planet
instantly, and will remind us of the blast of a huge nuclear
bomb.
Question: Did Russia's crisis of 1998 have this religious-
mystical
component?
Koryagina: . . .The Russian crisis of 1998 was preconditioned
by internal
factors. Yeltsin's policy enlarged its consequences. Now we
have President
Putin, and this is a good choice.
Question: What do we have to do now?
Koryagina: Recommendations, compiled by the Duma Commission of
Economic
Politics after the recent Duma hearings, offer instruction on
what should be
done to escape the consequences of a world crisis inspired by a
financial
catastrophe in the U.S. This document will be sent - or has
already been
sent - to President Putin.
Question: What should Russian citizens do?
Koryagina: They should start changing their dollars for rubles.
President
Putin and the Russian Central Bank are already taking the
necessary healthy
measures. There are high chances that after 19 August the ruble
will become
a very good currency.
Question: Why 19 August and, say, not the 21st?
Koryagina: Some fluctuation in this date is possible. Serious
forces are
acting against THOSE WHO ARE NOW PREPARING THE ATTACK ON THE
UNITED STATES.
August, with very high probability, will bring the financial
catastrophe to
the U.S. . . .The last 10 days of August have especial
importance from a
religious-sensible point of view.
It is important to note this story was not an isolated one, or
a cute, human
interest story as one may find occasionally on the cover of the
Wall Street
Journal.
It was a serious news report, and story, discussed widely in
Russia,
including on national TV programs. The thrust of the story was
that Russian
officials were strongly encouraging its citizens to cash out of
the U.S.
dollar.
It is also important to understand that Dr. Koryagina is one of
the leading
economists in a Russian social group which, from the very
beginning, has
fiercely opposed "radical economic reform" in Russia. She is a
firm
supporter of President Putin.
She and her network actively support Putin, especially his
foreign policy
aimed at the diminishing America's global role.
In particular, they support Putin's policy of engagement of
Iran, Iraq and
other nations of concern. Dr. Koryagina herself should be
considered as an
insightful, well-connected and well-informed person.
Dr. Koryagina says much about the invisible and
unstoppable "international
mystical-religious forces" preparing an attack on the U.S.
It looks like she knows the real nature of these forces and
tries to
disguise them in a "conspiratorial fog."
She is sure that such an attack or strike of some kind - sudden
and
effective enough - will really take place, and will cause panic
and an
ensuing crash of the U.S. financial system and the world
financial system,
already unstable. However, Dr. Koryagina evidently does not
know the exact
mechanism of the attack.
Duma Warned Citizens to Cash out Dollars
The hearings in the Duma, which has become a rubber stump for
President
Putin, have been inspired without doubt by the Kremlin, "taking
the
necessary healthy measures" in advance of a U.S. crash and
world crisis.
The Kremlin clearly is thinking how it should operate in
the "new world"
after the expected U.S. crash.
It is my belief that the Kremlin provided Dr. Koryagina with a
very small
part of its information on the forthcoming attack against the
U.S.
Another article on this same theme was published by Pravda on
July 17, 2001.
It was an interview with the Chairman of the Duma Commission on
Economic
Politics Dr. Sergei Glazyev--indeed, one of the most prominent
Russian
economists.
The article was entitled "The Dollar and the U.S. Could Fall at
Any Moment."
Dr. Glazyev, in his answers, did not mention the forces
preparing an attack
on the U.S. and its financial system.
He merely discussed the forms and scales of the forthcoming
financial
catastrophe in the U.S. and its consequences for Russia -
mostly, beneficial
ones if the necessary measures are taken in advance.
In particular, like Dr. Koryagina, Dr. Glazyev advised the
Russian public to
change dollars for rubles and predicted that "the ruble will
become the
reserve currency for Eurasia, particularly in trade with China
and India."
Third Article, More Media
Pravda published a third article on this theme on 31 July - 1
August 2001.
This article was called "The Dollar and the U.S. Will Fall" and
compiled in
the form of an interview with the Malaysian Ambassador in
Russia.
Other Moscow newspapers published articles of this kind also.
As a result, New York's Russian-language TV channel in early
August was
forced to state that "the Moscow rumors are ungrounded." Within
a few days
the public forgot all about this story.
The tone of Moscow economists predicting the crash of the U.S.
financial-economic system is confident and somewhat
delightful: "Finally, it
is going to happen!"
They are not only discussing the future, they are evidently
trying to issue
a self-fulfilling prophecy transforming this future into the
present. This
is because the prospects described in the above articles are
extremely
attractive for the Russian elite for the following reasons:
a) It will become possible to pay off Russia's huge foreign
debts with
devalued dollars; it would be really easy enough if oil prices
jumped to
$100 per barrel or more.
b) Russia would become really equal among a weakened G-8 group
of nations.
c) Investment conditions in Russia would become really
attractive - in
comparison to the bleak global background. Russia could become
the goal of
huge foreign investment.
d) If the U.S. military might is undermined (and it might be,
if the
financial system collapses), Russia will regain its control
over the former
Soviet republics, spread it to the Balkans and will reacquire
its former
super-empire status.
Such a prize, such a temptation for the criminal
Russian "elite�
