Americus, February 16 – The Union of Bashkir Youth is calling for the removal of the head of the republic FSB because, its members say, he is provoking extremism in Bashkortostan where it has not existed in order to win plaudits for suppressing it from his bosses in Moscow and thus promotion to a more senior post somewhere else in the Russian Federation.
In a statement released yesterday, the group says that "there is no extremism in Bashkortostan and has never been any. But then Major General V.N.Palagin arrived in the republic to serve and in the course of 18 months, extremism appeared,” not on its own but thanks to his efforts..
"It is understandable that any major general of the FSB dreams of becoming a lieutenant general, of receiving orders, medals, prizes and extra financing,” the appeal says. But by his actions in provoking extremism so that he can show himself capable of fighting it, Palagin is creating a situation that Bashkirs will have to live with after he mov ... Читать дальше »