Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov shot dead in Moscow Boris Nemtsov, a charismatic Russian opposition leader and sharp critic of President Vladimir Putin, was gunned down Saturday near the Kremlin, just a day before a planned protest against the government.Commentsview comments in forum Page 1 2 You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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To anybody who still believes the bullshit that he was only a poor working class KGB clerk had better give their head a shake because, Vlad the Terrible is starting to head into Stalin territory with his megalomania and desire to subjugate Europe under the heel of Mother Russia.
To anybody who still believes the bullshit that he was only a poor working class KGB clerk had better give their head a shake
I'm still waiting for him or one his to declare to the world that he is long lost scion of the Romanov family.....du-du-tuh-daaaaaaa Tsar Vladimir, inheritor of the mantle of Constantinople and Rome.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has marginalized and intimidated his political opponents, jailing some and driving others into exile, since mass anti-Putin protests swept Moscow in 2011 and 2012. Nemtsov, 55, was among the few prominent opposition figures who had refused to be cowed.
"Essentially it is an act of terror. It is a political murder aimed at frightening the population, or the part of the population that supported Nemtsov and did not agree with the government," Yashin told The Associated Press. "I hope we won't get scared, that we will continue what Boris was doing."
The march could energize the opposition, but it could also prove to be a brief expression of emotions that dissipates in a climate of fear.
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So which will it be? Opposition energized or will fear win?
Total coincidence.
Good thing that Putin says he's going to personally oversee the investigation into this assassination.
Good thing that Putin says he's going to personally oversee the investigation into this assassination.
He has such a wonderful track record too!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_apartment_bombings
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explanatio ... troversies
Because you always arrest and detain witnesses.
Putin's had Nemtsov's girlfriend arrested and detained as a witness.
Because you always arrest and detain witnesses.
Easiest way to make sure learn that the witness saw nothing.
Actually, that she walked away pretty much convinces me it was a contract hit. Who ordered it . .. that's the $64,000 question. I wonder if Russians will finally see what Russia has become.
Reportedly the Russian language media is reporting that Ukrainian fascists or the CIA is behind the assassination.
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Reportedly the Russian language media is reporting that Ukrainian fascists or the CIA is behind the assassination.
Its really hard to imagine what either party could possibly gain from killing Putin's most vocal opponent.
... shooting Putin, I could understand ...
Reportedly the Russian language media is reporting that Ukrainian fascists or the CIA is behind the assassination.
Its really hard to imagine what either party could possibly gain from killing Putin's most vocal opponent.
... shooting Putin, I could understand ...
It really isn't, if you Grok Russians. A few years ago(12 or 15, when Putin came to the Kremlin), there was a meeting of the 100 or so richest 'oligarchs' to discuss the state of Russian affairs and how the 'new' Post Soviet Russia should progress.
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the wealthiest man in Russia and oil tycoon (#16 richest in the world), thought out loud that the Russian system of buying power and people in the Dumas selling that power should end. Russia should start a new era of Western style business to go along with it's Western style Democracy. Business should be allowed a fair and open market in which to flourish! This would be a great leap forward in the Russian economy and would bring untold riches!
Shortly after, the Russian government arrested Khodorkovsky for fraud, brought his company Yukos up on tax evasion charges, and eventually convicted Khodorkovsky of embezzlement and a few other charges. His company, Yukos, was broken up and divided amongst the other Oligarchs. He served 8 years of a 13 year sentence.
Now, when you consider the lengths Putin will go to in order to maintain his monopoly on the power and influence he sells, it makes perfect sense to put a few bullets in a political opponent he has already marginalized and is no longer a political threat - if you weigh the message it sends to any other political opponents that may take a run at him.