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[[File:Larry Johnson, Dugin and Zakharova.PNG|right|250px|thumb|Larry Johnson speaking at the 2024 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Behind him [[Alexander Dugin]] and [[Maria Zakharova]].]]

[[File:Larry Johnson, Dugin and Zakharova.PNG|right|250px|thumb|Larry Johnson speaking at the 2024 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Behind him [[Alexander Dugin]] and [[Maria Zakharova]].]]

'''Larry C. Johnson''' is a veteran of the [[CIA]] and the [[U.S. State Department]]’s Office of Counter Terrorism. He is the founder and managing partner of BERG Associates, which was established in 1998. Johnson provided training to the US Military’s Special Operations community for 24 years.

'''Larry C. Johnson''' is a veteran of the [[CIA]] and the [[U.S. State Department]]’s Office of Counter Terrorism. He is the founder and managing partner of BERG Associates, which was established in 1998. Johnson provided training to the US Military’s Special Operations community for 24 years. Johnson is a member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS).  

Johnson has been included on the [[Security Service of Ukraine]] (SBU) [[Myrotvorets|kill list]].

Johnson has been included on the [[Security Service of Ukraine]] (SBU) [[Myrotvorets|kill list]].

Johnson summarized [[the West]]'s relationship with [[Russia]] as such:

Johnson summarized [[the West]]'s relationship with [[Russia]] as such:

{{quotebox-float|[[Western alliance|Western leaders]] locked themselves into a narrative. And the narrative is basically, "Here's poor [[Ukraine]], just minding its own business when this [[rape|rapist]] thug that's [[Russia]] came along and decided to invade it. And they invaded in 2014. And the heroic Ukrainian people have been fighting back. And that's who we're fighting with" - that has no relationship to [[reality]], at all. That is just complete manufactured [[crap]]. Johnson is a member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS).  

{{quotebox-float|[[Western alliance|Western leaders]] locked themselves into a narrative. And the narrative is basically, "Here's poor [[Ukraine]], just minding its own business when this [[rape|rapist]] thug that's [[Russia]] came along and decided to invade it. And they invaded in 2014. And the heroic Ukrainian people have been fighting back. And that's who we're fighting with" - that has no relationship to [[reality]], at all. That is just complete manufactured [[crap]].  

It is [[the West]] that has been constantly meddling in [[Russia]]'s internal affairs. It's been the West that has put together an organized [[intelligence agency|intelligence effort]] to try to [[subvert]] and destroy Russia. But the way we sell that in the [[United States]] is we flip it, and maintain that that's exactly what Russia's doing to us. "Russia's trying to destroy us". [[Truth]] be told, if we had our hands in our pockets and were minding our own business, we wouldn't have a problem with Russia. But that's not the case.  

It is [[the West]] that has been constantly meddling in [[Russia]]'s internal affairs. It's been the West that has put together an organized [[intelligence agency|intelligence effort]] to try to [[subvert]] and destroy Russia. But the way we sell that in the [[United States]] is we flip it, and maintain that that's exactly what Russia's doing to us. "Russia's trying to destroy us". [[Truth]] be told, if we had our hands in our pockets and were minding our own business, we wouldn't have a problem with Russia. But that's not the case.