Russian Scholar Calls for U.S.-Russian Alliance Against London

Igor Panarin, a noted Russian analyst and publicist who is also a professor at the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry, calls on the U.S. and Russia to form an alliance to fight the London financial oligarchy. Panarin made the comments at a forum in Washington sponsored by the Friends of Russia and America Goodwill Association on November 3. Talking about the global financial collapse, Panarin indicated that China had been awaiting action by the U.S. to support the dollar until the Pittsburgh Summit, when it was clear that nothing would be done. "The elites failed to rally to the call to resolve the problem." He then made the following insight full of import, "I feel that also the large corporations in England may be interested in bringing down the dollar."

Again, in the midst of some weird speculations that there would develop three centers of economic power (the EU, a "Eurasian bloc" based on the ruble, and a Pacific bloc, that included the U.S. but would be led by China), he made a very interesting statement. "You know, Russia twice saved the United States, once under Catherine the Great in her support of the American Revolution, and then during the Civil War when Alexander II sent the Russian fleet to both U.S. coasts to keep the British at bay." Panarin then called for a "U.S.-Russian alliance against the London transnational financial interests."

While most of the audience was taken aback by Panarin's comments, he was applauded by the lone EIR rep, who then presented some optimism to counter Panarin's dismal forecasts, by laying out the LaRouche Four-Power agreement for building a new credit system, noting the recent China-Russia agreements as opening the door to such a development.

Although Panarin is most noted for his rather wild predictions of the United States breaking up like the Soviet Union under the pressure of the present economic crisis, he is well aware of LaRouche and his policies and cites him publicly on occasion.