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L. Coyote

(51,129 posts) Thu Mar 23, 2017, 10:26 PM Mar 2017

Ten critics of Vladimir Putin who died violently or in suspicious ways

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Ten critics of Vladimir Putin who died violently or in suspicious ways (Original Post) L. Coyote Mar 2017 OP

Denis Voronenkov was to be a witness against Paul Mamfort tomorrow dixiegrrrrl Mar 2017 #1

Great post. Thanks for being so on top of this story. L. Coyote Mar 2017 #2

And for a more in-depth look at the rise of Putin L. Coyote Mar 2017 #3

A look at the number of people Vladimir Putin has just had murdered. L. Coyote Mar 2017 #4

dixiegrrrrl

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1. Denis Voronenkov was to be a witness against Paul Mamfort tomorrow

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Thu Mar 23, 2017, 10:56 PM

Mar 2017

in Ukraine.
Manafort tried in absentia, of course.

Just one day after the full extent of former Donald Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort’s alleged crimes in Ukraine was publicly revealed, the Russian dissident who would have been a star witness against him has been shot to death in Kiev. Denis Voronenkov, a former elected official in Russia who fled to Ukraine and joined the resistance against Vladimir Putin, was murdered earlier today according to CNN.

Yesterday, the government of Ukraine released evidence which confirmed the longtime rumors that Paul Manafort had been taking tens of millions of dollars in payments from a Kremlin intermediary while he was running the political campaign of Russian puppet Viktor Yanukovych in Ukraine. Yanukovych was elected president before ultimately being chased out of the country by the Ukrainian people.

Denis Voronenkov was helping Ukraine build a treason case against Yanukovych, but they were never going to be able to get him back from Russia in order to put him on trial. In contrast, the government of Ukraine has become increasingly vocal about wanting to put Paul Manafort on trial for his financial crimes in relation to in installing Yanukovych into power. In addition, Ukraine recently stated its intention to go after Manafort for the deaths of several Ukrainian protester; Manafort’s own daughter alleges the deaths were arranged by Manafort for Yanukovych’s political gain.

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