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| roger gonnet |
 Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:36 am |
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Cult cons farmer.
In the Kaluzhsky region Scientology brought a farmer
to sell his land for a song. Dissidents were
discouraged ...
The "Voznesene" farm used to be one of the largest in
the district. It had over 2,000 cows and swine, with
1,500 hectares under cultivation. Now the fields are
covered with weeds, 300 head of cattle remain and the
cow sheds are gray with dirt and decay. In the stalls
stand sad, gaunt cows.
"They're slaughtering the livestock," Elena Levshina
the milkmaid says mournfully. "Every Tuesday either
the Gypsy or the Armenian comes by and takes away 5-7
cows. The farm is falling apart! Our new landlord is
'trying his best.'"
Last spring everything intensified. Back then things
took off in a new direction. Some enthusiastic young
people passing themselves off as strategic investors
asked the farmer to a meeting. There they presented
the future life of the farm in radiant splendor. They
promised 10,000 rubles a month, free firewood and a
ploughed garden. They said new equipment would
replace the old. But, in order for the fairy tale to
come true, he would have to sell land shares.
"Say what! The land is the last thing we have," Lydia
Dubinkina the bookkeeper screamed loudest of all.
"It's better to keep it and lease it as a source of
income!"
After only a few days a line was forming in the
office, in which connection the bookkeeper was one of
the first. For each share of land, 6 hectares, they
got 30,000 rubles. They didn't know how it would turn
out for the farmer. They signed a blank form,
received money, and walked away.
It was later explained that the buyers represented the
interests of the "Planeta Zemlya" ("Planet Earth")
investment company, which is controlled by a religious
organization of Scientologists.
The miracle didn't happen. Instead of the 10,000
rubles promised, the farmer gets 1,500 or 2,000.
Instead of buying new machinery, management's
instructions are to cut up what they have for scrap.
"When I was on vacation for a month, nobody took care
of the tractor!" seethes mechanic Sergei Zverev.
"They took it away for scrap metal." Anyone who
sputtered a protest was sacked.
"It doesn't make any difference to the new boss
whether the farm exists or not. For them the main
thing was to get the land," says Voznesensky
administration chief Tatyana Belova. "The Oka River
runs near our village. It's a picturesque spot.
Magnificent dachas are scattered along the riverbank
upstream and down. The owners are from Moscow. In a
nearby village they say the rural school itself is
being rebuilt into a private building."
The affair quickly gathered momentum. "Zemlyan"
reorganized the "Voznesene" farm and split it into two
companies. One they called "Voznesene" and the other,
"Oka" Inc. The richest land on the banks of the river
was transferred to "Oka" Inc., and the old machinery
and employees stayed in "Voznesene." Now the
sectarians don't give a hoot what happens to the farm.
The choice land was transferred to a different
company and put up for sale.
The farmer got downright angry. If the farm was
broken up, how would it survive? Those who had not
yet bid farewell decided not to sell the land. On the
contrary, they called the land surveyor, and pooled
their resources for a site on public land.
However, the new landlords were not about to pass up
additional profit. "Planeta Zemlya" brought the
dissidents to court. The farmer was outraged: they
had tilled this land for decades, and now strangers
were taking them to court! They were being
intimidated! "Their lawyer screamed at us, 'Where are
you going? If you thrash about, you'll get nothing at
all! We're the ones with money here!" said Elena
Levshina the milkmaid.
Those who sold their land did not get the full amount.
Svarshchik Biryukov bought a lot of vodka, locked
himself in his house, hasn't finished it all and
hasn't left. "And my neighbor had canned meat all
year. 'Oh, woman, I want to eat real meat,' she said,"
continued the milkmaid.
Meanwhile the "Planeta Zemlya" is already selling
hectare parcels for construction lots near the village
of Voznesene. Besides this, they can go to market
with the parcels of two other Kaluzhsky region farms
they bought up earlier. The price in 6,000 rubles an
are (100 sq. meters). Calculated at that rate, then
one farm share is worth 3.6 million rubles. It's
really something, cults con people!
from: http://www.aif.ru, 16.2.05
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[no surprise, the cultists are once again hardsellers, and working in a
controversial market where easy money can be done by unscrupulous people]
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| Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 7:43 am |
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The farmer was outraged: they
had tilled this land for decades,
How was this possible in the USSR? |
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| roger gonnet |
| Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 10:20 am |
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<stevejdufour@yahoo.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
1109594588.695923.192230@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
Quote: The farmer was outraged: they
had tilled this land for decades,
How was this possible in the USSR?
still trying to defnd the strong criminals against the poor worker, while
YOU are a poor worker, stevdufour@nothingbutOSA?
Well, i can easily imagine why:
scientology makes morons from intelligent brave people.
r
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| Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 10:41 am |
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Quote: The farmer was outraged: they
had tilled this land for decades,
How was this possible in the USSR?
still trying to defnd the strong criminals against the poor worker,
Not at all. *If* the story is true and the Scientologists took the
land by fraud then I think they should be sued in court and the land
given back. *If* the story is true that is. But when I hear about a
farmer in Russia tilling his land for decades is makes me wonder about
the reliability of the whole story when I know that private individuals
were not allowed to own land "decades" ago. |
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| roger gonnet |
| Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:19 pm |
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<stevejdufour@yahoo.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
1109605311.157386.31520@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
Quote:
The farmer was outraged: they
had tilled this land for decades,
How was this possible in the USSR?
still trying to defnd the strong criminals against the poor worker,
Not at all. *If* the story is true and the Scientologists took the
land by fraud then I think they should be sued in court and the land
given back. *If* the story is true that is.
Yes. No chance that it is not.
Have you seen lots of the anti-scam suits lost by the attackers? Sometimes
they are forced to sign off like in Lisa McPherson, but EVEN the TWO most
fantastically financed of all the ones scientology did (Lisa Mc Pherson and
Larry Wollersheim) have been UTTERLY LOST by the cult.
Would you bet that if the poor russian has money by the tons, he would win
against the crime culties?
r |
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| Fredric L. Rice |
| Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 1:57 am |
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stevejdufour@yahoo.com wrote:
Quote: The farmer was outraged: they
had tilled this land for decades,
How was this possible in the USSR?
still trying to defnd the strong criminals against the poor worker,
Not at all. *If* the story is true and the Scientologists took the
land by fraud then I think they should be sued in court and the land
given back. *If* the story is true that is. But when I hear about a
farmer in Russia tilling his land for decades is makes me wonder about
the reliability of the whole story when I know that private individuals
were not allowed to own land "decades" ago.
You're mistaken, as usual. Collectives had quotas to fill however
every farmer was granted private allotments for their own use -- much
of which went into the open market. Toward the end the private plots
were the mainstay source of vegitables. Also when ever Germany was
either threatening or had actively invaded, private Soviet plots were
increased in size as a back-handed admittance by the Soviet leaders
that people's private plots surpassed the collectives.
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http://www.ElmerFudd.US/ http://www.notserver.com/
Scientology crooks: http://sf.irk.ru/www/ot3/otiii-gif.html
Scientology murder: http://PerkinsTragedy.org |
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| Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 7:02 pm |
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Fredric L. Rice wrote:
Quote: stevejdufour@yahoo.com wrote:
The farmer was outraged: they
had tilled this land for decades,
How was this possible in the USSR?
still trying to defnd the strong criminals against the poor
worker,
Not at all. *If* the story is true and the Scientologists took the
land by fraud then I think they should be sued in court and the land
given back. *If* the story is true that is. But when I hear about
a
farmer in Russia tilling his land for decades is makes me wonder
about
the reliability of the whole story when I know that private
individuals
were not allowed to own land "decades" ago.
You're mistaken, as usual. Collectives had quotas to fill however
every farmer was granted private allotments for their own use -- much
of which went into the open market. Toward the end the private plots
were the mainstay source of vegitables. Also when ever Germany was
either threatening or had actively invaded, private Soviet plots were
increased in size as a back-handed admittance by the Soviet leaders
that people's private plots surpassed the collectives.
Wouldn't it have been better if the Soviets had let farmers own their
own land? |
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