Sergey Baimukhametov.
President Putin’s statement about Skripal was widely discussed: “He is not a human rights activist... He is just a spy, a traitor to the Motherland... Espionage, just like prostitution, is one of the most important professions in the world.”
Let us note in passing that the last comparison is offensive to our intelligence officers, whom our enemies call spies. Although Putin’s emotions are understandable. A “spy” is a person who secretly collects information in another country. That is, intelligence activities. But this does not apply to Colonel of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Russian General Staff Sergei Skripal and others like him. They did not “reconnaissance,” but transmitted information to the “potential enemy” that they had access to on duty. That is, they sold what they had. And the comparison with prostitutes is quite applicable to them.
And most importantly, an absolutely accurate and fair, the only possible definition - a traitor to the Motherland.
But why wasn’t Skripal branded a traitor even earlier? And only now - when the case has acquired a loud resonance, when some foreign observers are making him out to be almost a hero. Moreover, the Russian press reported: “Putin called Skripal a traitor to the Motherland” - as if this was some kind of news, moreover, sensational, in some ways even surprising. Why didn’t they say the obvious out loud earlier?
I suppose because in Soviet (and modern) times state propaganda did not talk about people like Skripal. First of all, because there were a lot of them. And a Soviet person might have thought something wrong. After all, all the newspapers, TV and radio strenuously proved to him that the “traitors” were mainly representatives of the creative intelligentsia who took advantage of the opportunity and stayed abroad. The so-called “defectors”.
I counted 17 “defectors” from 1961 to 1991, before the collapse of the USSR.
But none of them was convicted under Article 64 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR “Treason to the Motherland.” This is “an act intentionally committed by a citizen of the USSR to the detriment of the sovereignty, territorial integrity or state security and defense capability of the USSR: defection to the side of the enemy, espionage, betrayal of state or military secrets to a foreign state, flight abroad or refusal to return from abroad to the USSR... - is punishable by imprisonment for a term of ten to fifteen years with confiscation of property or death penalty with confiscation of property.”
As we can see, “defectors” also fell under the article: “flight abroad or refusal to return from abroad to the USSR.”
But even in the Soviet state they understood that these were civilians; they did not take a military oath or sign “non-disclosure of military and state secrets.” And to sentence writers and actors in absentia as “traitors to the Motherland” means to give rise to detailed comments in the Western press, to give USSR citizens food for inappropriate thoughts and inappropriate questions. It’s another thing to brand them in the public information space as “traitors,” “renegades.” That's what was done. And, I must say, it was a certain success. Thus, the entire creative intelligentsia, not only by the authorities, but also by the broad masses of working people, was perceived as not entirely Soviet and unreliable.
Now let’s take a list of those who, during the same period, from 1960 to 1991, were sentenced in person or in absentia under Article 64 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR “Treason to the Motherland.” Those who were not talked about, who were not stigmatized in the Soviet press. With the exception of one or two.
These are officers of the KGB, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff (GRU, military intelligence), Foreign Intelligence (until 1991 - the First Main Directorate of the KGB) and other similar services. All of the following persons are military men, they took an oath, all were accused and convicted (in person or in absentia).
Major General of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Ministry of Defense D. Polyakov was a CIA agent for more than 20 years, surrendered 19 Soviet illegal intelligence officers and 150 foreign agents.
Military intelligence officer N. Chernov handed over to the CIA thousands of documents about the activities of our stations in the USA, Great Britain, Germany, France, Japan, Italy, Belgium, and Switzerland.
KGB captain Yu. Nosenko handed over several double agents, and also confirmed information about listening devices at the US Embassy.
Foreign Intelligence Colonel Hero of the Soviet Union A. Kulak gave the FBI information about KGB agents in New York.
Foreign Intelligence Captain O. Lyalin completely exposed the intelligence network in Great Britain.
Foreign Intelligence illegal Yu. Loginov worked as a double agent for the CIA.
Colonel of Foreign Intelligence O. Gordievsky... Well, everyone knows him, in the West they call him “the second largest British intelligence agent in the ranks of the Soviet special services.”
Who's the first? Of course, Colonel of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Ministry of Defense Oleg Penkovsky. He is considered the most effective agent of the West, and the volume and importance of his information is exceptional in the entire history of enemy intelligence actions against the USSR.
Military-technical intelligence: Lieutenant Colonel V. Vetrov, S. Illarionov, Colonel V. Konoplev.
KGB: Major V. Sheimov, Lieutenant V. Makarov, Deputy Chief of the Moscow Directorate of the KGB Major S. Vorontsov, Counterintelligence Officer V. Yurchenko, Major M. Butkov, Senior Lieutenant A. Semenov, B. Stashinsky, A. Oganesyan, N. Grigoryan .
Military intelligence: Lieutenant Colonel P. Popov, Colonel S. Bokhan, counterintelligence officer of the Western Group of Forces V. Lavrentyev, Lieutenant Colonel V. Baranov, Major A. Chebotarev, E. Sorokin, Major A. Filatov, Colonels G. Smetanin, N. Petrov.
Foreign intelligence: Major A. Golitsyn, Major S. Levchenko, Major V. Rezun, employee of the apparatus of the Soviet military attaché in Hungary V. Vasilyev, employee of the Washington station I. Kochnov, Lieutenant Colonel O. Morozov, Colonel V. Oshchenko, Lieutenant Colonel L. Poleshchuk , Lieutenant Colonel B. Yuzhin, station officer in Morocco A. Bogaty, Lieutenant Colonel V. Martynov, Colonel L. Zemenek, Major S. Motorin, Lieutenant Colonel G. Varenik, V. Sakharov, Colonel V. Piguzov, Colonel V. Gundarev, I. Cherpinsky, Lieutenant Colonel V. Fomenko, Lieutenant Colonel E. Runge, Major S. Papushin, Major V. Mitrokhin, Major V. Kuzichkin.
The list is not complete, from publicly available sources. But anyway, let’s compare: 17 representatives of the creative intelligentsia, civilians who just chose a different place of residence. And - dozens of officers of the KGB, GRU, Ministry of Defense, who violated the oath, the sacred military oath to the Motherland, convicted of high treason, for working for foreign intelligence services.
Let's add to the list those who sold information to foreign intelligence today. Of course, this data is also incomplete and taken from open sources.
From 2001 to 2016, sentenced to various terms of imprisonment under Article 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “High Treason” - First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN Sergei Tretyakov, career intelligence officer Colonel Alexander Sypachev, Colonel of the Foreign Intelligence Service Alexander Zaporozhsky, FSB Lieutenant Colonel Igor Vyalkov, Lieutenant Colonel of the Internal Affairs services Vasily Khitryuk, Lieutenant Colonel Khvichi Imerlishvili, Lieutenant Colonel Marlen Bogdanov, Senior Lieutenant David Aliyev, Colonel Andrey Khlychev, Foreign Intelligence Colonel Alexander Poteev, Lieutenant Colonel Vladimir Nesterets, MVD officer Roman Ushakov, Lieutenant Colonel of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff Gennady Kravtsov, MVD officer Evgeniy Chistov, Lieutenant Colonel Fedor Boriskin, captain of the first rank Vladislav Nikolsky...
In 2016, FSB Colonel Sergei Mikhailov and FSB Major Dmitry Dokuchaev were arrested and put on trial on October 5, 2018, on charges of treason.
Let us repeat - there cannot be two opinions here. The military men who took the oath and violated it are traitors and only traitors.
And it turns out that very often those who are entrusted with guarding the security of Russia have betrayed and are betraying the Motherland, selling it and selling it for a handful of silver. The general situation and atmosphere correspond to the most vulgar (but true!) popular aphorisms of the current corruption times: “What I protect is what I have.”
But about them, about traitors in uniform, state propaganda has remained silent and remains silent. And Colonel Skripal was publicly called a traitor just now.
But the population was inspired (and they believed and believe) that “all sorts of scribblers”, the “opposition” is a “fifth column”, they only think about how to denigrate our bright reality, and people in uniform are the stronghold of the country, they watch and vigil so that intellectuals do not harm the Motherland.
The news of the poisoning of a former GRU colonel who worked for British intelligence brought to mind the most famous traitors of the Soviet era.
Former GRU colonel Sergei Skripal, poisoned with fentanyl, was called an important agent for the UK. Sources close to MI6 believe that "he may have revealed the names of many GRU agents around the world and especially in Western Europe."
The poisoning of a former intelligence officer who defected to the British brought to mind the most famous traitors of the Soviet era.
Oleg Penkovsky
Penkovsky went through the Soviet-Finnish War. During the Great Patriotic War, his career took off - he was a political instructor and Komsomol instructor, and became the commander of an artillery battalion. In the 60s, he rose to the rank of senior GRU officer.
In 1960, a colonel of the Main Intelligence Directorate worked undercover as deputy head of the Department of Foreign Relations under the Council of Ministers. In this position, he committed treason in exchange for financial reward.
He met with MI6 agent Greville Wynne and offered his services.
“Penkovsky returned from his first trip to London on May 6, 1961. He brought with him a miniature Minox camera and a transistor radio. He managed to transfer 111 Minox films to the West, on which 5,500 documents were shot with a total volume of 7,650 pages,” the archival documents say.
The damage from his actions is amazing. The documents that Penkovsky transmitted to the West made it possible to expose 600 Soviet intelligence officers, of which 50 were GRU officers.
Penkovsky got burned because of his signalman, who was under surveillance.
In 1962, Penkovsky was sentenced to death. However, there is a version that he was not shot, but burned alive. It is believed that it was his painful death that another Soviet intelligence officer, Viktor Suvorov, describes in his book “Aquarium”.
Victor Suvorov
Suvorov is the pseudonym of former Soviet intelligence officer Viktor Rezun. Officially, he worked in Switzerland for Soviet intelligence, and at the same time he collaborated clandestinely with the British MI6.
The intelligence officer fled to England in 1978. Rezun claimed that he did not plan to cooperate with British intelligence, but he had no choice: allegedly serious mistakes were made in the work of the intelligence department in Geneva and they wanted to make him a scapegoat.
But he was dubbed a traitor not because of his escape, but because of the books in which he described in detail the kitchen of Soviet intelligence and presented his vision of historical events.
According to one of them, the cause of the Great Patriotic War was Stalin’s policies. It was he, according to the writer, who wanted to capture all of Europe so that its entire territory would join the socialist camp. For such views, Rezun, according to his own statement, was sentenced to death in absentia in the USSR.
Now the ex-intelligence officer lives in Bristol and writes books on historical topics.
Andrey Vlasov
Andrei Vlasov is perhaps the most famous traitor of World War II. No wonder his name has become a household name.
In 1941, Vlasov’s 20th Army recaptured Volokolamsk and Solnechnogorsk from the Germans, and a year later, Lieutenant General Vlasov, commander of the 2nd Shock Army, was captured by the Germans. He began advising the German military on how to fight against the Red Army.
However, even with his obliging cooperation, he did not arouse sympathy among the Nazis.
According to some reports, Himmler called him “a runaway pig and a fool,” and Hitler disdained to meet with him in person.
Vlasov organized the Russian Liberation Army from among Russian prisoners of war. These troops took part in the fight against partisans, robberies and executions of civilians.
In 1945, after the surrender of Germany, Vlasov was captured by Soviet soldiers and taken to Moscow. He was accused of treason and hanged.
However, there are those who do not consider Vlasov a traitor. For example, the former editor-in-chief of the Military Historical Journal, retired Major General Viktor Filatov, claims that Vlasov was Stalin’s intelligence agent.
Victor Belenko
Pilot Viktor Belenko escaped from the USSR in 1976. He landed in Japan on a MiG-25 fighter and requested political asylum in the United States.
Needless to say, the Japanese, together with American specialists, immediately dismantled the plane into parts and obtained the secrets of Soviet “friend or foe” recognition technology and other military know-how of that time. The MiG-25 supersonic high-altitude fighter-interceptor was the most advanced aircraft of the Soviet Union. It is still in service with some countries.
The damage from Belenko’s actions was estimated at two billion rubles, since the country had to quickly change all the equipment of the “friend or foe” recognition system. A button has appeared in the fighter's missile launch system that removes the lock on firing at friendly aircraft. She received the nickname “Belenkovskaya”.
Soon after his arrival, he received political asylum in the United States. The permission to grant citizenship was signed personally by President Jimmy Carter.
Belenko later claimed that he made an emergency landing in Japan, demanded that the plane be hidden, and even fired into the air, driving away the Japanese who were greedy for Soviet developments.
In America, Belenko worked as a military consultant on aerospace technology, gave lectures and appeared on television as an expert.
According to the investigation, Belenko had conflicts with his superiors and in his family. After the escape, he did not try to get in touch with his relatives, in particular his wife and son, who remained in the USSR.
According to his subsequent confessions, he escaped for political reasons.
In the USA, he found a new family by marrying a local waitress.
Oleg Gordievsky
Gordievsky was the son of an NKVD officer and collaborated with the KGB since 1963. As he himself said, his disappointment in Soviet politics forced him to enlist as an agent of the British intelligence agency MI6.
According to one version, the KGB became aware of Gordievsky’s treacherous activities from a Soviet source from the CIA. He was interrogated with the use of psychotropic substances, but was not arrested, but taken into custody.
However, the British embassy helped the KGB colonel flee the country. He left the USSR in the trunk of a British Embassy car on July 20, 1985.
A diplomatic scandal soon broke out. Margaret Thatcher's government expelled more than 30 undercover Soviet embassy workers from Britain. According to Gordievsky, they were agents of the KGB and GRU.
British intelligence historian Christopher Andrew believed that Gordievsky was "the largest British intelligence agent in the ranks of the Soviet intelligence services since Oleg Penkovsky."
In the USSR, Gordievsky was sentenced to death under the article “Treason to the Motherland.” He tried to send his family to live with him - his wife and two daughters. But they were able to go to him only in 1991. However, the reunion was followed by a divorce at the initiative of his wife.
In his new homeland, Gordievsky published a number of books about the work of the KGB. He was a close friend of Alexander Litvinenko and took an active part in the investigation of his death.
In 2007, for services to Great Britain, Queen Elizabeth II personally awarded him the Order of St. Michael and St. George.
The news of the poisoning of a former GRU colonel who worked for British intelligence brought to mind the most famous traitors of the Soviet era.
Former GRU colonel Sergei Skripal, poisoned with fentanyl, was named an important agent for the UK. Sources close to MI6 believe that "he may have revealed the names of many GRU agents around the world and especially in Western Europe."
The poisoning of a former intelligence officer who defected to the British brought to mind the most famous traitors of the Soviet era.
Oleg Penkovsky
Penkovsky went through the Soviet-Finnish War. During the Great Patriotic War, his career took off - he was a political instructor and Komsomol instructor, and became the commander of an artillery battalion. In the 60s, he rose to the rank of senior GRU officer.
In 1960, a colonel of the Main Intelligence Directorate worked undercover as deputy head of the Department of Foreign Relations under the Council of Ministers. In this position, he committed treason in exchange for financial reward.
He met with MI6 agent Greville Wynne and offered his services.
Penkovsky returned from his first trip to London on May 6, 1961. He brought with him a miniature Minox camera and a transistor radio. He managed to transfer 111 Minox films to the West, on which 5,500 documents were shot with a total volume of 7,650 pages,- says the archival documents.
The damage from his actions is amazing. The documents that Penkovsky transmitted to the West made it possible to expose 600 Soviet intelligence officers, of which 50 were GRU officers.
Penkovsky got burned because of his signalman, who was under surveillance.
In 1962, Penkovsky was sentenced to death. However, there is a version that he was not shot, but burned alive. It is believed that it was his painful death that another Soviet intelligence officer, Viktor Suvorov, describes in his book “Aquarium”.
Victor Suvorov
Suvorov is the pseudonym of former Soviet intelligence officer Viktor Rezun. Officially, he worked in Switzerland for Soviet intelligence, and at the same time he collaborated clandestinely with the British MI6.
The intelligence officer fled to England in 1978. Rezun claimed that he did not plan to cooperate with British intelligence, but he had no choice: allegedly serious mistakes were made in the work of the intelligence department in Geneva and they wanted to make him a scapegoat.
But he was dubbed a traitor not because of his escape, but because of the books in which he described in detail the kitchen of Soviet intelligence and presented his vision of historical events.
According to one of them, the cause of the Great Patriotic War was Stalin’s policies. It was he, according to the writer, who wanted to capture all of Europe so that its entire territory would join the socialist camp. For such views, Rezun, according to his own statement, was sentenced to death in absentia in the USSR.
Now the ex-intelligence officer lives in Bristol and writes books on historical topics.
Andrey Vlasov
Andrei Vlasov is perhaps the most famous traitor of World War II. No wonder his name has become a household name.
In 1941, Vlasov’s 20th Army recaptured Volokolamsk and Solnechnogorsk from the Germans, and a year later, Lieutenant General Vlasov, commander of the 2nd Shock Army, was captured by the Germans. He began advising the German military on how to fight against the Red Army.
However, even with his obliging cooperation, he did not arouse sympathy among the Nazis.
According to some reports, Himmler called him “a runaway pig and a fool,” and Hitler disdained to meet with him in person.
Vlasov organized the Russian Liberation Army from among Russian prisoners of war. These troops took part in the fight against partisans, robberies and executions of civilians.
In 1945, after the surrender of Germany, Vlasov was captured by Soviet soldiers and taken to Moscow. He was accused of treason and hanged.
However, there are those who do not consider Vlasov a traitor. For example, the former editor-in-chief of the Military Historical Journal, retired Major General Viktor Filatov, claims that Vlasov was Stalin’s intelligence agent.
The author in his book “Vlasovism. ROA: White Spots” draws this conclusion because the allegedly captive Vlasov wore his uniform and party card to the last, and also “kept himself independent, aloof.”
Victor Belenko
Pilot Viktor Belenko escaped from the USSR in 1976. He landed in Japan on a MiG-25 fighter and requested political asylum in the United States.
Needless to say, the Japanese, together with American specialists, immediately dismantled the plane into parts and obtained the secrets of Soviet “friend or foe” recognition technology and other military know-how of that time. The MiG-25 supersonic high-altitude fighter-interceptor was the most advanced aircraft of the Soviet Union. It is still in service with some countries.
The damage from Belenko’s actions was estimated at two billion rubles, since the country had to quickly change all the equipment of the “friend or foe” recognition system. A button has appeared in the fighter's missile launch system that removes the lock on firing at friendly aircraft. She received the nickname “Belenkovskaya”.
Soon after his arrival, he received political asylum in the United States. The permission to grant citizenship was signed personally by President Jimmy Carter.
Belenko later claimed that he made an emergency landing in Japan, demanded that the plane be hidden, and even fired into the air, driving away the Japanese who were greedy for Soviet developments.
In America, Belenko worked as a military consultant on aerospace technology, gave lectures and appeared on television as an expert.
According to the investigation, Belenko had conflicts with his superiors and in his family. After the escape, he did not try to get in touch with his relatives, in particular his wife and son, who remained in the USSR.
According to his subsequent confessions, he escaped for political reasons.
In the USA, he found a new family by marrying a local waitress.
Oleg Gordievsky
Gordievsky was the son of an NKVD officer and collaborated with the KGB since 1963. As he himself said, his disappointment in Soviet politics forced him to enlist as an agent of the British intelligence agency MI6.
According to one version, the KGB became aware of Gordievsky’s treacherous activities from a Soviet source from the CIA. He was interrogated with the use of psychotropic substances, but was not arrested, but taken into custody.
However, the British embassy helped the KGB colonel flee the country. He left the USSR in the trunk of a British Embassy car on July 20, 1985.
A diplomatic scandal soon broke out. Margaret Thatcher's government expelled more than 30 undercover Soviet embassy workers from Britain. According to Gordievsky, they were agents of the KGB and GRU.
British intelligence historian Christopher Andrew believed that Gordievsky was "the largest British intelligence agent in the ranks of the Soviet intelligence services since Oleg Penkovsky."
In the USSR, Gordievsky was sentenced to death under the article “Treason to the Motherland.” He tried to send his family to live with him - his wife and two daughters. But they were able to go to him only in 1991. However, the reunion was followed by a divorce at the initiative of his wife.
In his new homeland, Gordievsky published a number of books about the work of the KGB. He was a close friend of Alexander Litvinenko and took an active part in the investigation of his death.
In 2007, for services to Great Britain, Queen Elizabeth II personally awarded him the Order of St. Michael and St. George.
We have written many songs in our hearts,
singing the praises of our native land,
We loved you selflessly
Our Svyatorusskaya land.
You raised your head high,
like the sun, your face shone,
But you became a victim of meanness,
those who betrayed you and sold you.
Arise, Russia, from slavery.
The spirit of victory is calling, it's time to fight!
Raise your battle flags
For the sake of Truth, Love and Goodness.
From the song: “Farewell of the Slavic woman”
In the history of mankind there are enough examples of betrayal and people who committed similar actions. The most famous of them is Judas, who betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver. The very name “Judas” became a household word and a synonym for betrayal. Traitors have always been despised by both friends and enemies, because there is nothing more disgusting than betrayal. In this article I would like to talk about betrayal ( treason) and traitors to the Motherland, without loading the text with an analysis of other types of betrayal. Before having a conversation on this topic, you need to have a clear idea of what “betrayal” is and what Motherland.
P.S. March 2, 2011 – Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev awarded Gorbachev“for his great personal contribution to strengthening peace and friendship between peoples and many years of fruitful social activity by the Order of the Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called.” There is only one thing that can be said about this: reward the traitor the highest order of Russia is an indelible shame for the awarder, but I hope the time will come when everyone will be given what they deserve and everything will be put in its place.
3. « Yeltsin Boris Nikolaevich – from 1990 to July 1991 – Chairman of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR. At the XXVIII Congress of the CPSU in June 1990, he left the CPSU. Since June 1991 – President of the Russian Federation. On December 31, 1999, he retired early. Died April 23, 2007".
Let's analyze the “achievements” of our Motherland during the time the first president of Russia was in power. With the direct participation of Yeltsin and his comrades, the Soviet Union ceased to exist, against the will of the people, expressed at the referendum, and this is already a betrayal.
“On March 21, 1991, the Supreme Soviet of the USSR reviewed the preliminary results of the referendum. He noted that BEHIND preservation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 112 million people spoke out, that is 76% voted, and, consequently, “the fate of the peoples of the country is inseparable, that only through joint efforts can they successfully resolve issues of economic, social and cultural development...” Wikipedia
Under the “sensitive” leadership of the “dear one,” our country found itself under occupation, when foreigners, in the person of American advisers (CIA employees), actually ruled the country. They wrote, and the Duma adopted laws according to which Russia still, as a defeated country (according to various estimates), in the amount of about 500 billion dollars a year to our enemies -. This became possible, among other things, as a result of the adoption of the law on the independence of the Central Bank of Russia, which is actually a branch of the US Federal Reserve. For more information about the situation in Russia, see numerous interviews with Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Evgeny Fedorov.
“MSU experts discovered global kindertraffic. Parental shield from state kidnapping in Russia. Beckman exposed the Gestapo of the 21st century. The names of child traffickers in Russia have been named,” video– http://avn-msk.livejournal.com/1235372.html
These are the names of these traitors- Judas, who are doing everything to destroy the very foundation of our state, the traditional family, remember them:
- Golovan Alexey Ivanovich,
- Lakhova Ekaterina Filippovna,
- Altshuler Boris Lvovich,
- Mizulina Elena Borisovna,
- Tretyak Natalya Vladimirovna,
- Batalina Olga Yurievna and many others...
“On January 26, 2013, MSU experts, who came from all over Russia to Moscow on Lomonosovsky Prospekt, discovered global kindertraffic and stated that the time has come to create special units in the Ministry of Internal Affairs in every domestic city to counter this new for Russia type of organized crime. Analyzing the thirty-year history of turning children into slaves of the juvenile state dictatorship in the EU countries, MSU experts stated that the state juvenile systems of different European countries gradually united into one whole, and then merged with the global juvenile network and Today turned into transnational children's market. Juvenile fascism is coming from Europe to Russia..." Press service of the international movement “Russian Mothers”
4. Alcoholization and drug addiction in the country directed against the security of the Russian Federation? Absolutely Yes! All people who take part in the production, advertising and distribution of tobacco, alcoholic beverages and other drugs, whether they understand it or not, voluntarily or unwittingly participate in the destruction of their people, including their RELATIVES, being, in fact, enemies of their homeland, or rather, traitors. And all the arguments to justify oneself, like “I’m not guilty, he came on his own” are nothing more than justification and abdication of responsibility for the crime.
Reference: "Today in Russia alcohol kills more than 900 thousand people a year, mostly Russians, about 400 thousand man kills tobacco, about 100 000– drugs. Just think about these terrible statistics. Alcohol, tobacco and drugs kill 1 million 400 thousand people in our country every year. These are 140 fully equipped divisions with a staff strength of 10 thousand people. Russia has never known such a war, such losses throughout its history.”. Press service of the Communist Party faction in the State Duma
It would be possible to give many more examples of betrayal, but it seems to me that this is enough to realize the scale of the harm that has been and is being caused to our Motherland.
Traitors are not born, they are made, so it is necessary to understand the reasons why a person commits such actions and try to change the conditions under which such things become impossible in principle. To do this, people need to know the most important truth, which they hide from us with all their might:
What happens to a person at the level of genetics and at the level of his Essence (immortal soul) at the moment he performs any action? (Including betrayal).
It turns out it's simple: there are real laws of nature, hidden from all people, which are vitally necessary for everyone to know and observe in order to follow the path of development and climb up the evolutionary ladder, becoming man-creator. Or, conversely, act contrary to these laws and degrade, sinking down and gradually turning into animal in human form. What kind of laws are these? Let's look at the simplest example, why you need to turn on your brains, learn to analyze incoming information and, based on knowledge of the real laws of nature, draw the right conclusions. For the first time, an academician wrote about this in detail and openly Nikolay Levashov in an amazing book...
So, everyone knows that the very existence of Homo sapiens, as a biological species, is impossible alone (for example, Mowgli children), but only in society, in a society of their own kind. This is the law of nature, and if this law is violated, man as a species will simply die out. Hence the conclusion: all a person’s actions will be correct if they are aimed at the benefit of the whole society, in this case, it will be good for him as a part of this society. Accordingly, all a person’s actions will be wrong if they cause harm to society, and, accordingly, to himself.
Everything is simple, and if it’s even simpler, then in life “You don’t have to do to others what you wouldn’t want them to do to you”. By following this rule, you can get rid of the very concept of betrayal, simply because no one wants to be betrayed, of course, if he is not sick.
History often records not the names of heroes, but the names of traitors and defectors. These people cause great harm to one side and benefit to the other. But all the same, they are despised by both. Naturally, one cannot do without complicated cases when a person’s guilt is difficult to prove. However, history has preserved several of the most obvious and classic cases that do not raise any doubts. Let's talk below about the most famous traitors in history.
Judas Iscariot. The name of this man has been a symbol of betrayal for about two thousand years. At the same time, the nationalities of people do not play a role. Everyone knows the biblical story when Judas Iscariot betrayed his teacher Christ for thirty pieces of silver, dooming him to torment. But then 1 slave cost twice as much! The Kiss of Judas has become a classic image of duplicity, meanness and betrayal. This man was one of the twelve apostles who were present with Jesus at his Last Supper. There were thirteen people and after that this number began to be considered unlucky. There was even a phobia, a fear of this number. The story goes that Judas was born on April 1, also a rather unusual day. But the history of the traitor is rather unclear and full of pitfalls. The fact is that Judas was the keeper of the treasury for the community of Jesus and his disciples. There was much more money there than 30 pieces of silver. Thus, in need of money, Judas could simply steal it without committing betrayal of his teacher. Not long ago, the world learned about the existence of the “Gospel of Judas,” where Iscariot is depicted as the only and faithful disciple of Christ. And the betrayal was committed precisely on the orders of Jesus, and Judas took responsibility for his action. According to legend, Iscariot committed suicide immediately after his deed. The image of this traitor is described many times in books, films, and legends. Different versions of his betrayal and motivation are considered. Today, the name of this person is given to those suspected of treason. For example, Lenin called Trotsky Judas back in 1911. He also found his “plus” in Iscariot - the fight against Christianity. Trotsky even wanted to erect monuments to Judas in several cities of the country.
Marcus Junius Brutus. Everyone knows the legendary phrase of Julius Caesar: “And you, Brutus?” This traitor is known, although not as widely known as Judas, but is also one of the legendary. Moreover, he committed his treason 77 years before the story of Iscariot. What these two traitors have in common is that they both committed suicide. Marcus Brutus was the best friend of Julius Caesar; according to some data, this could even be his illegitimate son. However, it was he who led the conspiracy against the popular politician, taking direct part in his murder. But Caesar showered his favorite with honors and titles, endowing him with power. But Brutus' entourage forced him to participate in a conspiracy against the dictator. Mark was among several conspiratorial senators who pierced Caesar with swords. Seeing Brutus in their ranks, he exclaimed with bitterness his famous phrase, which became his last. Wanting happiness for the people and power, Brutus made a mistake in his plans - Rome did not support him. After a series of civil wars and defeats, Mark realized that he was left without everything - without family, power, friend. The betrayal and murder took place in 44 BC, and just two years later Brutus threw himself on his sword.
Wang Jingwei. This traitor is not so well known here, but he has a bad reputation in China. It is often unclear how ordinary and normal people suddenly become traitors. Wang Jingwei was born in 1883, when he turned 21, he entered a Japanese university. There he met Sun-Yat Sen, the famous revolutionary from China. He influenced the young man so much that he became a real revolutionary fanatic. Together with Sen, Jingwei became a regular participant in anti-government revolutionary protests. It is not surprising that he soon went to prison. There Wang served several years, being released in 1911. All this time, Sen kept in touch with him, providing moral support and care. As a result of the revolutionary struggle, Sen and his comrades won and came to power in 1920. But in 1925, Sun-Yat died, and Jingwei replaced him as the leader of China. But soon the Japanese invaded the country. This is where Jingwei committed the real betrayal. He essentially did not fight for the independence of China, giving it over to the invaders. National interests were trampled in favor of the Japanese. As a result, when a crisis broke out in China, and the country most needed an experienced manager, Jingwei simply left it. Wang clearly joined the conquerors. However, he did not have time to feel the bitterness of defeat, since he died before the fall of Japan. But the name of Wang Jingwei found its way into all Chinese textbooks as a synonym for betrayal of his country.
Hetman Mazepa. This man in modern Russian history is considered the most important traitor, even the church anathematized him. But in modern Ukrainian history, the hetman, on the contrary, acts as a national hero. So what was his betrayal or was it still a feat? The Hetman of the Zaporozhye Army for a long time acted as one of the most loyal allies of Peter I, helping him in the Azov campaigns. However, everything changed when the Swedish king Charles XII spoke out against the Russian Tsar. He, wanting to find an ally, promised Mazepa Ukrainian independence in case of victory in the Northern War. The hetman could not resist such a tasty piece of the pie. In 1708, he went over to the side of the Swedes, but just a year later their united army was defeated near Poltava. For his treason (Mazepa swore allegiance to Peter), the Russian Empire deprived him of all awards and titles and subjected him to civil execution. Mazepa fled to Bendery, which then belonged to the Ottoman Empire, and soon died there in 1709. According to legend, his death was terrible - he was eaten by lice.
Aldrich Ames. This high-ranking CIA officer had a brilliant career. Everyone predicted a long and successful career for him, and then a well-paid pension. But his life turned upside down, thanks to love. Ames married a Russian beauty, it turned out that she was a KGB agent. The woman immediately began to demand that her husband provide her with a beautiful life in order to fully comply with the American dream. Although officers in the CIA earn good money, it was not enough to pay for the constantly required new jewelry and cars. As a result, the unfortunate Ames began to drink too much. Under the influence of alcohol, he had no choice but to start selling secrets from his work. A buyer quickly appeared for them - the USSR. As a result, during his betrayal, Ames gave the enemy of his country information about all the secret agents working in the Soviet Union. The USSR also learned about hundreds of secret military operations carried out by the Americans. For this, the officer received about 4.6 million US dollars. However, everything secret someday becomes clear. Ames was discovered and sentenced to life imprisonment. The intelligence services experienced a real shock and scandal; the traitor became their biggest failure in their entire existence. It took a long time for the CIA to recover from the damage that one single person inflicted on it. But he just needed funds for his insatiable wife. By the way, when everything became clear, she was simply deported to South America.
Vidkun Quisling. This man's family was one of the most ancient in Norway; his father served as a Lutheran priest. Vidkun himself studied very well and chose a military career. Having risen to the rank of major, Quisling was able to enter the government of his country, holding the post of Minister of Defense there from 1931 to 1933. In 1933, Vidkun founded his own political party, National Accord, where he received a membership card number one. He began to call himself Föhrer, which was very reminiscent of the Fuhrer. In 1936, the party collected quite a lot of votes in the elections, becoming very influential in the country. When the Nazis came to Norway in 1940, Quisling invited local residents to submit to them and not resist. Although the politician himself came from an ancient, respected family, the country immediately dubbed him a traitor. The Norwegians themselves began to wage a fierce struggle against the invaders. Quisling then came up with a plan in response to remove Jews from Norway, sending them directly to the deadly Auschwitz. However, history has given the politician who betrayed his people what he deserved. On May 9, 1945, Quisling was arrested. While in prison, he still managed to declare that he was a martyr and sought to create a great country. But justice thought otherwise, and on October 24, 1945, Quisling was shot for high treason.
Prince Andrei Mikhailovich Kurbsky. This boyar was one of the most faithful companions of Ivan the Terrible. It was Kurbsky who commanded the Russian army in the Livonian War. But with the beginning of the oprichnina of the eccentric tsar, many hitherto loyal boyars fell into disgrace. Kurbsky was among them. Fearing for his fate, he abandoned his family and in 1563 ran to the service of the Polish king Sigismund. And already in September of the following year he came out with the conquerors against Moscow. Kurbsky knew very well how the Russian defense and army worked. Thanks to the traitor, the Poles were able to win many important battles. They set up ambushes, captured people, bypassing the outposts. Kurbsky began to be considered the first Russian dissident. The Poles consider the boyar a great man, but in Russia he is a traitor. However, we should not talk about treason to the country, but about treason personally to Tsar Ivan the Terrible.
Pavlik Morozov. This boy had a heroic image for a long time in Soviet history and culture. At the same time, he was number one among the child heroes. Pavlik Morozov was even included in the book of honor of the All-Union Pioneer Organization. But this story is not entirely clear-cut. The boy's father, Trofim, was a partisan and fought on the side of the Bolsheviks. However, after returning from the war, the serviceman left his family with four small children and began to live with another woman. Trofim was elected chairman of the village council, but at the same time led a stormy everyday life - he drank and became rowdy. It is quite possible that in the history of heroism and betrayal there are more everyday than political reasons. According to legend, Trofim’s wife accused him of hiding bread, however, they say that the abandoned and humiliated woman demanded to stop issuing fictitious certificates to fellow villagers. During the investigation, 13-year-old Pavel simply confirmed everything his mother said. As a result, the unruly Trofim went to prison, and in revenge, the young pioneer was killed in 1932 by his drunken uncle and godfather. But Soviet propaganda created a colorful propaganda story out of everyday drama. And the hero who betrayed his father was not inspiring.
Genrikh Lyushkov. In 1937, the NKVD was rampant, including in the Far East. At that time, this punitive body was headed by Genrikh Lyushkov. However, a year later, a purge began in the “organs” themselves; many executioners themselves found themselves in the place of their victims. Lyushkov was suddenly summoned to Moscow, supposedly to appoint him as the head of all the camps in the country. But Heinrich suspected that Stalin wanted to remove him. Frightened by reprisals, Lyushkov fled to Japan. In his interview with the local newspaper Yomiuri, the former executioner said that he really recognized himself as a traitor. But only in relation to Stalin. But Lyushkov’s subsequent behavior suggests just the opposite. The general told the Japanese about the entire structure of the NKVD and the residents of the USSR, about where exactly the Soviet troops were located, where and how defensive structures and fortresses were built. Lyushkov transmitted military radio codes to the enemies, actively urging the Japanese to oppose the USSR. The traitor personally tortured the Soviet intelligence officers arrested on Japanese territory, resorting to cruel atrocities. The pinnacle of Lyushkov’s activity was his development of a plan to assassinate Stalin. The general personally set about implementing his project. Today, historians believe that this was the only serious attempt to eliminate the Soviet leader. However, she was not successful. After the defeat of Japan in 1945, Lyushkov was killed by the Japanese themselves, who did not want their secrets to fall into the hands of the USSR.
Andrey Vlasov. This Soviet lieutenant general became known as the most important Soviet traitor during the Great Patriotic War. Back in the winter of 41-42, Vlasov commanded the 20th Army, making a significant contribution to the defeat of the Nazis near Moscow. The people called this general the main savior of the capital. In the summer of 1942, Vlasov took the post of deputy commander of the Volkhov Front. However, his troops were soon captured, and the general himself was captured by the Germans. Vlasov was sent to the Vinnitsa military camp for captured senior military officials. There the general agreed to serve the fascists and headed the “Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia” they created. Even the entire “Russian Liberation Army” (ROA) was created on the basis of KONR. It included captured Soviet military personnel. The general showed cowardice; according to rumors, from then on he began to drink a lot. On May 12, Vlasov was captured by Soviet troops in an attempt to escape. His trial was closed, since with his words he could inspire people dissatisfied with the authorities. In August 1946, General Vlasov was stripped of his titles and awards, his property was confiscated, and he himself was hanged. At the trial, the accused admitted that he would plead guilty because he had become cowardly in captivity. Already in our time, an attempt was made to justify Vlasov. But only a small part of the charges against him were dropped, while the main ones remained in force.
Friedrich Paulus. There was also a traitor on the part of the Nazis in that war. In the winter of 1943, the German 6th Army under the command of Field Marshal Paulus capitulated at Stalingrad. His subsequent history can be considered mirror in relation to Vlasov. The German officer's captivity was quite comfortable, because he joined the anti-fascist national committee "Free Germany". He ate meat, drank beer, received food and parcels. Paulus signed an appeal “To the prisoners of war of German soldiers and officers and to the entire German people.” There, the field marshal said that he called on all of Germany to eliminate Adolf Hitler. He believes that the country must have new government leadership. It must stop the war and ensure that the people restore friendship with their current opponents. Paulus even made a revealing speech at the Nuremberg trials, which greatly surprised his former comrades. In 1953, grateful for the cooperation, the Soviet government released the traitor, especially since he was beginning to fall into depression. Paulus moved to live in the GDR, where he died in 1957. Not all Germans accepted the field marshal’s action with understanding; even his son did not accept his father’s choice, eventually shooting himself due to mental anguish.
Victor Suvorov. This defector also made a name for himself as a writer. Once upon a time, intelligence officer Vladimir Rezun was a GRU resident in Geneva. But in 1978 he fled to England, where he began writing very scandalous books. In them, an officer who took the pseudonym Suvorov argued quite convincingly that it was the USSR that was preparing to strike Germany in the summer of 1941. The Germans simply forestalled their enemy by several weeks by launching a preemptive strike. Rezun himself says that he was forced to cooperate with British intelligence. They allegedly wanted to make him extreme for failure in the work of the Geneva department. Suvorov himself claims that in his homeland he was sentenced to death in absentia for his treason. However, the Russian side prefers not to comment on this fact. The former intelligence officer lives in Bristol and continues to write books on historical topics. Each of them causes a storm of discussion and personal condemnation of Suvorov.
Victor Belenko. Few lieutenants manage to go down in history. But this military pilot was able to do it. True, at the cost of his betrayal. You could say that he acted as a kind of bad boy who just wants to steal something and sell it to his enemies at a higher price. On September 6, 1976, Belenko flew a top-secret MiG-25 interceptor. Suddenly the senior lieutenant abruptly changed course and landed in Japan. There the plane was disassembled in detail and subjected to careful study. Naturally, it could not have happened without American specialists. The plane was returned to the USSR after careful examination. And for his feat “for the glory of democracy” Belenko himself received political asylum in the United States. However, there is another version according to which the traitor was not such. He was simply forced to land in Japan. Eyewitnesses say that the lieutenant fired a pistol into the air, not allowing anyone to approach the car and demanding that they cover it. However, the investigation took into account both the pilot’s behavior at home and his flight style. The conclusion was clear - the landing on the territory of an enemy state was deliberate. Belenko himself turned out to be crazy about life in America; he even found canned cat food tastier than what was sold in his homeland. From official statements it is difficult to assess the consequences of that escape; moral and political damage can be ignored, but material damage was estimated at 2 billion rubles. After all, in the USSR they had to quickly change all the equipment of the “friend or foe” recognition system.
Otto Kuusinen. And again the situation is when a traitor for some is a hero for others. Otto was born in 1881 and in 1904 joined the Social Democratic Party of Finland. Soon and leading it. When it became clear that there was no chance for communists in the newly independent Finland, Kuusinen fled to the USSR. There he worked for a long time in the Comintern. When the USSR attacked Finland in 1939, it was Kuusinen who became the head of the country's new puppet government. Only now his power extended to the few lands captured by Soviet troops. It soon became clear that it would not be possible to capture all of Finland and the need for the Kuusinene regime disappeared. He subsequently continued to hold prominent government positions in the USSR, dying in 1964. His ashes are buried near the Kremlin wall.
Kim Philby. This scout lived a long and eventful life. He was born in 1912 in India, in the family of a British official. In 1929, Kim entered Cambridge, where he joined the socialist society. In 1934, Philby was recruited by Soviet intelligence, which, given his views, was not difficult to accomplish. In 1940, Kim joined the British secret service SIS, soon becoming the head of one of its departments. In the 50s, it was Philby who coordinated the actions of England and the United States to fight the communists. Naturally, the USSR received all the information about the work of its agent. Since 1956, Philby has already served in MI6, until in 1963 he was illegally transported to the USSR. Here the traitorous intelligence officer lived for the next 25 years on a personal pension, sometimes giving consultations.