Paris: Today was the laying of the giant dome on Putin's enormous "Russian Orthodox Church and cultural centre" right next to the Eiffel Tower, an ideal place to intercept communications.
The Kremlin has invested 170 million Euros in the 4.240 m2 project and French security services have responded by posting scramblers in the vicinity.
The gold plated "spiritual centre" is meant to be completed this summer and inaugurated by Vladimir Putin in the fall.
On Thursday night, the French National Assembly voted a tailor-made article just for the Kremlin known as the "Ioukos Amendment" as part of a law that has nothing to do it.
The article prevents expropriation of Russian property, though its partisans claim that it's meant to protect African countries from "vulture funds".
The measure nicknamed the "Putin Amendment" was introduced and passed under Russia's threats, as several Russian properties were in danger of being seized, such as this brand new Russian Orthodox Church by the Eiffel Tower and assets of Russian space company Roscosmos.
The legal procedures were initiated by former stock holders of Ioukos, who obtained a historical judgment by the Hague Arbitration Tribunal.
In March 2015, the Russian Government overtly threatened France against "any attempts to seize Russian property" in a note given to the French Embassy in Moscow.
This massive edifice is a grim reminder of the giant structures built for Hitler and Stalin in the late 1930's that still stand across the river Seine.
It is also reminiscent of the obscene display of Russian power in the propaganda rap video "
I go hard like Vladimir Putin" with two black rappers from Zimbabwe, in which shots of Putin riding and walking around are spliced with shiny Russian Orthodox domes and Russian military action in Ukraine.
See video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDIlQ3_lsKEThis nefarious geo-strategic construction underscores the urgent need to reinforce NATO and to stop Trump's ascension to power.
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