Agi: Putin intitola l'Accademia dei servizi al capo della polizia di Stalin

AGI - Nell'ambito di una lunga e regolare campagna del Cremlino per la riabilitazione di Stalin, il presidente russo, Vladimir Putin, ha dato ordine di rinominare l'Accademia dei Servizi segreti (Fsb) in onore di Felix Dzerzhinsky, fondatore e primo direttore della famigerata Cheka, la polizia segreta sovietica. "Considerato l'eccezionale contributo di F.E. Dzerzhinsky alla sicurezza dello Stato", è la motivazione che si legge nel decreto di Putin. È la prima volta che il leader del Cremlino - anche lui ex studente dell'Accademia dell'Fsb - esprime pubblicamente un giudizio così positivo sulla personalità di "Felix di ferro", figura simbolo della repressione dell'era sovietica, artefice del Terrore Rosso che seguì la Rivoluzione del 1917.
L'Fsb oggi si considera l'erede della Cheka
Il predecessore dell'Accademia dell'Fsb, la Scuola Superiore del Kgb dell'Urss, portò il nome di Dzerzhinsky fino al 1992, quando l'Unione Sovietica non esisteva più. Putin ha espresso rammarico solo poche volte per la rimozione avvenuta nel 1991 dalla Piazza Lubyanka a Mosca, sede del Kgb e poi Fsb, del monumento a Dzerzhinsky; la statua di Felix di Ferro è stata messa 'a riposare' in un giardino di altri monumenti dell'epoca sovietica, vicino al famoso Parco Gorky nella capitale e ora si teme che torni presto nella sua collocazione originaria.
Il Partito comunista della Federazione Russa ha ripetutamente chiesto il ritorno di Dzerzhinsky alla Lubyanka. L'idea sarebbe di rimuovere dalla piazza la Pietra di Solovetsky, il monumento eretto in memoria delle vittime della repressione politica nell'Urss, e riportarvi la statua del fondatore della polizia segreta, tra i responsabili di quelle uccisioni. La rinascita dell'Accademia Dzerzhinsky dell'Fsb "è un evento simbolico importante, che offre un quadro chiaro degli ideali delle persone più potenti della Russia", fa notare la nota giornalista indipendente russa, Farida Rustamova.

Putin names the Stalin-era chief of police academy

In the context of a long and regular Kremlin campaign to rehabilitate Stalin, Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the renaming of the Security Services Academy (FSB) in honor of Felix Dzerzhinsky, founder and first director of the infamous Cheka, the Soviet secret police. “Considering the exceptional contribution of F.E. Dzerzhinsky to the security of the State,” is the justification read in Putin’s decree. It is the first time the Kremlin leader – also a former student of the FSB Academy – has publicly expressed such a positive judgment on the personality of “Iron Felix,” a symbol figure of repression during the Soviet era, the architect of the Red Terror that followed the 1917 Revolution.

The FSB today considers itself the heir of the Cheka.

The predecessor of the FSB Academy, the Superior School of the KGB of the USSR, bore Dzerzhinsky’s name until 1992, when the Soviet Union no longer existed. Putin has expressed regret only a few times regarding the removal in 1991 from Lubyanka Square in Moscow, headquarters of the KGB and then the FSB, of the Dzerzhinsky monument; the statue of Iron Felix was placed ‘in repose’ in a garden of other monuments of the Soviet era, near the famous Gorky Park in the capital and now it is feared that it will soon return to its original location.

The Communist Party of the Russian Federation has repeatedly called for the return of Dzerzhinsky to Lubyanka. The idea would be to remove from the square the Solovetsky Stone, the monument erected in memory of the victims of political repression in the USSR, and to bring back the statue of the founder of the secret police, one of the perpetrators of those killings. The rebirth of the Dzerzhinsky FSB Academy "is an important symbolic event, which offers a clear picture of the ideals of the most powerful people in Russia,” notes independent Russian journalist Farida Rustamova.

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https://www.agi.it/estero/news/2026-04-23/stalin-putin-accademia-fsb-36710428/

#GorkyPark (1983)

A Moscow police officer investigates a vicious triple homicide and stumbles upon a high-level international political conspiracy.
#SpyMovies #FilmMastodon

Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2XO39vz01M

Listen To The New Gorky Park Song “One World Freedom” ft. Marco Mendoza

Legendary Russian hard rockers Gorky Park released a brand-new song on January 17th titled One World Freedom. With a different lineup from the band’s heyday, now reinforced by legendary bassist Marco Mendoza (Whitesnake, Blue Murder, Thin Lizzy), the guys are back with a powerful single. Take a listen or check out our Junkyard Kommentz reaction to the song!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-aUChOJulM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBS07i_P3ow&feature=youtu.be

Here is a short Gorky Park history taken from the Last.Fm

Gorky Park (international title) or “Парк Горького” (Russian title) was a Soviet Russian glam metal band, that gained short-lived mainstream popularity in USA during the Perestroyka times. Gorky Park is famous for its kitch use of western stereotypes of russians, such as pseudo-traditional clothing, balalaika-like guitar design and Hammer and sickle as their logo. It was the first russian band to be aired on MTV.

In 1987 guitarist Alexey Belov, vocalist Nikolay Noskov, bassist Alexander “Big Sasha” Minkov
, guitarist Jan Janenkov, and drummer Alexander Lvov (formerly from Aria) came together to form Gorky Park. Stas Namin, a famous 70’s soviet musician and a leader of Tsvety, became band’s manager. Since Gorbachev has lifted the censorship, many of underground rock bands, including Gorky Park, became able to recieve more widespread popularity. Later that year the band left Russia for USA in search of a record deal.

In the U.S. the band soon made some connections in the record business. One of the first people to take notice was famous guitarist Frank Zappa. Also Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora helped them to secure a deal with Mercury Records.

The band released a self-titled debut album in 1989, featuring initials GP stilized as Hammer & sickle on the cover. With a fall of the Iron Curtain and growing interest to soviets in western countries, Gorky Park soon became widely known. The band seemed to be a kind of symbol of American-Russian friendship. The band’s first video, “Bang,” received MTV rotation. Their next two singles, “Try to Find Me” and a collaboration with Bon Jovi, “Peace in Our Time,” received rotation on mainstream radio stations.

Gorky Park participated on that year’s Moscow Music Peace Festival alongside Bon Jovi, Mötley Crüe, Ozzy Osbourne, and the Scorpions. The band continued into 1990 touring with Bon Jovi and performing at the Goodwill Games opening ceremony. Gorky Park live shows often featured the band dressed in traditional russian style, waving soviet and american flags. In 1991 the band recieved scandinavian Grammy award as the best new international act.

As perestroika era came to its end, the group’s fame in America subsided rather quickly. Nikolai Noskov left the band in 1990 but GP remained active and kept releasing albums in the ’90s. 1993’s Moscow Calling sold 500,000 copies outside the US. Their next album, Stare, came out in 1996, released only in Russia, followed up by promotional tour of the former USSR states. In 1998 the band released Protivofazza. In 1999 Alexander Minkov left the band and started his solo career under the scenic name Alexander Marshall. Gorky Park was never officially claimed to disband, but actually inactive since 2001.

#Georgia has descended into protests after plans over joining the #EU were put on hold by the pro-#Russia parliament. Sound familiar? That was the prelude to #Euromaidan in #Ukraine in 2013

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy5ypkn7kjo

But... that's not the point of this post

The point:

The protests in Georgia feature fire benders vs water benders 👀 👀 👀

(Protesters with fireworks bound into tubes vs police with water cannons)

Someday, Mr. #Putin: this is what #GorkyPark, #Moscow will look like. Bet on it, ghoul

Oh no!

Via #Variety

#WilliamHurt, who became a top leading man in the 1980s, winning an #Oscar for 1985’s “#KissOfTheSpiderWoman” and starring in “#TheBigChill” and “#BodyHeat,” died Sunday of natural causes. He was 71. Hurt’s death was confirmed to Variety by his friend, #GerryByrne.

#RIP #AlteredStates #GorkyPark

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/william-hurt-dead-kiss-of-the-spider-woman-1235203576/