Russian plane

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Pages on the assessment made about the Russian plane shot down in November 2015 and on how that remark was passed on.

How Did the "An Economic Crisis Is Coming" Remark Enter the Indictment?

A crisis warning from one of his sermons was placed in the indictment of the 30 January 2018 file with the question "how did he know this"; Kuytul explains that this was not a prophecy but a sentence about consequences.

Kuytul's assessment of the downing of the Russian plane

The full text of the talk that was put into circulation in cropped form: the possibility of retaliation, 5.7 billion dollars of exports, dependence on natural gas, NATO's position in December 2015 and the rules of engagement.

The claim about the remark "go ahead and shoot down Russia's plane"

The sentence was uttered before the plane crisis and did not mean "you cannot shoot it down"; in Kuytul's own explanation what is being discussed is not capability but the consequences of shooting it down.

Out of context

The "Pro-Russian" Claim

Three or four seconds were cut out of a long answer; the sentence "we would all fight against Russia together" comes immediately after the point of the cut.

Distorted

The claim that "he criticises the government only because of his own grievance"

The conference cancellations began in 2014; yet he had objected to the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and to Syria policy in 2011 — that is, eleven years before the event the claim counts as the cause.

Unfounded

The claim that "a religious teacher should not get involved in politics"

He does not deny that he speaks on political matters. But what he speaks on is not party politics; he supports no party. The field the objection calls "politics" and the field he speaks in are not the same thing.

Partly true