****BREAKING**** Another Putin opponent killed violently

[DemocratSinceBirth]

KIEV, Ukraine — A former Russian lawmaker who fled to Ukraine last year was gunned down on a sidewalk in Kiev on Thursday morning, the latest in a string of politically hued murders of critics of the Russian government abroad, going back more than a decade.

The killing coincided with a fire and explosion at a gigantic Ukrainian Army ammunition depot in the country’s east that the authorities blamed on Russia, suggesting an escalation of Russian special operations inside Ukraine.

Ukraine’s president, Petro O. Poroshenko, said it was “no accident” that the killing of the lawmaker, Denis N. Voronenkov, occurred at the same time as the ammunition depot explosion. Ukraine’s military said a drone may have touched off the blast, near the city of Kharkiv, sending tank shells firing in all directions and forcing the evacuation of 20,000 people.

Though the Kiev police said it was too early to determine a motive in the killing, Mr. Poroshenko blamed the Russian government for “an act of state terrorism.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/world/europe/a-russian-critic-of-putin-is-assassinated-in-ukraine.html?_r=0

[RKP5637]

1. I wonder if Trump and his cohorts are taking notes? FFS, I hope it's not a trend. n/t

[Girard442]

3. Man, I'd hate to be a guy who cut a deal with Putin and couldn't deliver. NT

[RKP5637]

4. Kinda like when missiles fail in NK you're the head of the project!

[nycbos]

6. Like this?

[RKP5637]

14. Yep! n/t

[BeyondGeography]

2. It's been at least 12 hours since the last one

No big deal.

[barbtries]

5. i wonder.

since it looks as if trump wants to be just like putin as far as siphoning the nation's wealth into his own pockets, if he will continue to the point that he will be sending assassins out to kill the people who oppose him.

i don't actually doubt that he would do so in a heartbeat if he thought he could get away with it.

we're so screwed. it's shocking really to think about how sick we are. we may be dying.

[Leghorn21]

7. barbtries, I'm "waiting" more than " wondering" - for this and nuclear nightmares of some sort.

"...O’Reilly said: “He’s a killer, though. Putin’s a killer.”

“There are a lot of killers,” Trump replied. “We’ve got a lot of killers. What, do you think our country’s so innocent?”

I seriously didn't grasp just how completely mobbed up dft is until about 3 weeks ago...and has no problem with killers...makes me wonder if he's already had a hand, vaguely or directly, in rubbing out other people himself, eh?

We're screwed, we're shocked; but by damn barb, we're still here, my friend -

[barbtries]

16. so far!

i'm 61, it's my children, my grandchildren, and their children and grandchildren that i'm scared for.

RESIST. to the end

[NastyRiffraff]

8. Calling Paul Manafort and Mike Flynn

Both of them should run, not walk, to the Feds and beg to give testimony in exchange for protection, perhaps witness protection.

In Putin's eyes, they've probably failed, due to the explosive news breaking. Bad things happen when you disappoint Putin.

[Blue_true]

11. Yeah, they may not be around for long if they don't. nt

[briv1016]

15. Im sure Sessions will welcome them with open arms.

He needs bargaining chips to buy his way back into Putin's graces.

[PragmaticLiberal]

9. We have our issues but to think that a sitting president compared us to Putin's Russia....

Yeah.....

[Ezior]

10. So now Ukraine is low on ammo after the Russian fire in the gigantic ammo depot?

Wonder what happens next? More little green men? Or actual Russian soldiers this time? Well, probably not. That's too conventional.

[lindysalsagal]

12. You couldn't get this litany of murders past an editor of a spy novel.

Honestly.

[mnmoderatedem]

13. but someone admires his leadership

can't recall who that is...