DSK Conspiracy - The fastest way to become most hated

The short answer is: being the head of International Monetary Fund and standing in the way of international interests.


Mr Putin, the Russian prime minister, has suggested that Dominique Strauss-Kahn may be the victim of a conspiracy to force him from the head of the IMF.


Vladimir Putin said that he finds it hard to believe that the sex charges against the Frenchman are real and that he may have fallen victim to a shadowy plot to discredit him.

"It is hard for me to evaluate the real political underlying reasons and I do not even want to get into that subject, but I cannot believe that everything is as it seems and how it was initially presented," he said. "It does not sit right in my head."
Mr Strauss-Kahn was apprehended at JFK airport in New York on May 14 for allegedly sexually assaulting a hotel chambermaid.
Russian's prime minister public support for DSK comes days after a French politician alleged that the former IMF chief had said before his arrest that he thought Mr Putin was actively plotting his downfall.


The french politician, Claude Bartolone, stated: "He said the Russians and notably Mr. Putin had formed an alliance with France to try to have him fired from the IMF to stop him running for (French) president."


The Russian prime minister's support for the embattled former IMF boss could be seized upon by his critics who suspect that he is a male chauvinist, a claim Vladimir Putin rejects.
He sparked uproar in 2006 however when he was overheard joking about rape allegations against then Israeli President Moshe Katsav. The Russian was quoted as saying: "What a mighty man he turns out to be! He raped 10 women. I would never have expected this from him. He surprised us all - we all envy him!" Kremlin's spokesman claimed the sense of the controversial(practical) joke had been lost in translation. Mr Katsav was later convicted of rape and is now serving out a seven-year prison sentence.

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