WikiLeaks: "Russia is a mafia state, Vladimir Putin is head of state" - RT 101202

http://rt.com/news/wikileaks-american-political-autism/
The latest WikiLeaks release of confidential US diplomatic documents alleges Russia is rife with corruption and crime. And it goes right to the top.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's spokesman has said US diplomats are spreading unverified information and compared them with tabloid newspapers.

"The allegation made by the American diplomats is not just that Russia is a victim of corruption and crime, but instead -- that corruption and crime in Russia is being controlled by the government and that Russia is a mafia state, at the head of which is Vladimir Putin," says John Laughland, Director of the Institute for Democracy and Co-operation.

"This [WikiLeaks story] does lift the curtains on the American mentality, on America's fundamental intellectual incapacity to deal with the outside world in any other way than by dividing it up into good guys and bad guys. For me it is a message, that there is an incredibly immature and, frankly, dangerous attitude on the part of American diplomats to categorize the world only in terms of whether people are friendly towards America and whether countries want to be like America," he told RT.

"This shows the real intellectual flaw at the heart of American foreign policy, because it shows that America -- at least the State Department -- is the victim of a sort of political autism. In other words the political inability to deal with the other," Laughland added.

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[HectorElCapitan]

RT is a kremlin run media station ! when US or one of it's alias is in the headlines, RT seams very happy, but when russia is in the headlines they seam outraged.

[rickbar123]

Wall Street is a mob as well.

[tangypasta]

that news reporter got pwned so hard

[miksulder]

mafia state or not, what you can do about it? absolutely nothing

[jugeen7]

where are the promissed leaks about bank intrigues?

[rambaldiCyber]

WikiLeaks = ShitLeaks

[chairde]

Batman and Robin are running Russia. That was the analogy used to describe the relationship between the Russian President and the Russian PM. Putin was clearly Batman. Of course it is true that Russia is ripe with criminals in the leadership roles all across Russia. The whole world knows that. This means that real problems like skilled workers, population and alcoholism are not being addressed.

[idontbelieveinDeath]

@jomastretch A nation or group of people that has an interest in seeing a decline in America's global influence. China comes to mind. Now just to be clear, I'm not accusing the Chinese, because certainly there are at least a few nations worldwide who would welcome our demise. It could be something as simple as some country that is trying to get revenge on the U.S. for getting involved in their affairs. Vietnam, North Korea, Iraq, the list goes on and on. I personally believe there is more to it.

[jomastretch]

@idontbelieveinDeath fair question. but who?