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ItsjustMe

(11,971 posts)
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 12:02 PM Mar 2022

$1 million bounty on Putin offered by Russian businessman

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-699098

The Russian entrepreneur said the Russian president came to power by "blowing up apartment buildings in Russia."

A $1,000,000 bounty for the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin was offered to military officers by Russian entrepreneur Alex Konanykhin in a post he published on social media this week, as Russia continued its invasion of Ukraine.

"I promise to pay $1,000,000 to the officer(s) who, complying with their constitutional duty, arrest(s) Putin as a war criminal under Russian and international laws," wrote Konanykhin on LinkedIn. "Putin is not the Russian president as he came to power as the result of a special operation of blowing up apartment buildings in Russia, then violated the Constitution by eliminating free elections and murdering his opponents."
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$1 million bounty on Putin offered by Russian businessman (Original Post) ItsjustMe Mar 2022 OP
Wow. That is probably a bargain compared to what Putin's reign of terror is costing him. CentralMass Mar 2022 #1
As I predicted vlyons Mar 2022 #2
Perhaps others will chip in. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #44
... appalachiablue Mar 2022 #45
Putin isn't worried about being arrested but getting shot. Botany Mar 2022 #3
That little button in front of Putin activates trap doors below seats at the other end of the table. sop Mar 2022 #4
"that little button ..." left-of-center2012 Mar 2022 #25
Oh hee hee that was a good one! Ziggysmom Mar 2022 #49
That or it throws up bullet proof glass around him KS Toronado Mar 2022 #37
Below the floor is lava and sharks with frikkin laser beams... forgotmylogin Mar 2022 #66
I see this picture everywhere, Photoshopped, etc. What is it exactly? efhmc Mar 2022 #5
Not photoahopped Iwasthere Mar 2022 #9
I did not mean that this pic was photoshopped but that it has been photoshoped to add others efhmc Mar 2022 #48
Here's one I did. trusty elf Mar 2022 #55
It's very real: Orban, Macron, Sholz, Defense minister, Lavrov foreign minister, etc. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2022 #13
Table Genius. The photoshopped versions are funnier. L. Coyote Mar 2022 #14
All current photos of him at a table leftieNanner Mar 2022 #20
Sounds like Vlad's gonna need a longer table. Budi Mar 2022 #8
here's the table he needs NJCher Mar 2022 #29
👍 well that would do too! Budi Mar 2022 #32
Hillary all but called for Putin to be killed the other night. Botany Mar 2022 #35
So they just yell across the long table IronLionZion Mar 2022 #15
Putin is the only one who's worried that the others might want to kill him! ShazzieB Mar 2022 #53
Russians might be considering Operation Valkyrie IronLionZion Mar 2022 #58
Putin may be paranoid, disndat Mar 2022 #62
Yeah, one of those guys would have to be a damned good sniper to take him out at that range. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #43
Musk should raise ... Xoan Mar 2022 #6
Yes he should! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #10
Musk should raise ... Xoan Mar 2022 #7
Konanykhin's house is only one floor, he doesn't drink tea or wear underwear. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2022 #11
He'll still probably fall out of a window onto a polonium bush. eggplant Mar 2022 #51
Or fall out of a car window Captain Zero Mar 2022 #63
this is true samsingh Mar 2022 #12
False flag Dublin321 Mar 2022 #16
Funny how dictators and thieves want the respect of title. live love laugh Mar 2022 #17
Bounty on Putin...? IrishAfricanAmerican Mar 2022 #18
This too! Cate54 Mar 2022 #19
Even paranoid people have enemies. gab13by13 Mar 2022 #21
It finally looks like Putin is finished pandr32 Mar 2022 #22
I just hate to get my hopes up. calimary Mar 2022 #56
Well, save a few MAGAts pandr32 Mar 2022 #67
TFG needs money! pandr32 Mar 2022 #23
That table James48 Mar 2022 #24
Maybe he could throw in a couple hundred for Trumpsky, too. n/t Harker Mar 2022 #26
why does it have to be an officer? Open it up to all comers Evolve Dammit Mar 2022 #27
Is there a gofundme account? Asking for a friend... nt Starfury Mar 2022 #28
There's some courage in making such an offer. It will put a Putin target on his back for a future Martin68 Mar 2022 #30
That's going to go up. mainer Mar 2022 #31
oh now he's pissed off the oligarchs onetexan Mar 2022 #33
I LOVE IT !! TeamProg Mar 2022 #34
Wow. Tick tock, Vlad. nt crickets Mar 2022 #36
Make it a little more. Texaswitchy Mar 2022 #38
It will take more than one military leader. Lonestarblue Mar 2022 #39
May it be the first of many... dlk Mar 2022 #40
Maybe other people don't want to sit too close to Putin when the bomb goes off. sop Mar 2022 #41
Make it dead or alive world wide wally Mar 2022 #42
Is $1 million enough to take the risk? Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #46
I suspect an arrest won't work. marmar Mar 2022 #47
"We're going to need a longer table, Mr. Putin." C Moon Mar 2022 #50
Where were you in 2014 when he blew up those buildings...? Grins Mar 2022 #52
What the Mad King merits krkaufman Mar 2022 #54
Hoping that once a few key people realize this offers a way out of the war and confrontation bucolic_frolic Mar 2022 #57
Good for him! I wish we could Quakerfriend Mar 2022 #59
Bounty? Take a number... IzzaNuDay Mar 2022 #60
Arrest?? birdographer Mar 2022 #61
Has anyone checked if this is true? I have not been able to find anything to corroborate the story. Escurumbele Mar 2022 #64
let's CROWDFUND it up! Raster Mar 2022 #65

Botany

(77,528 posts)
3. Putin isn't worried about being arrested but getting shot.
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 12:10 PM
Mar 2022
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sop

(18,866 posts)
4. That little button in front of Putin activates trap doors below seats at the other end of the table.
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 12:18 PM
Mar 2022

Putin's a dead man walking.

KS Toronado

(23,730 posts)
37. That or it throws up bullet proof glass around him
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 02:59 PM
Mar 2022

paranoid little prick just like his employee IQ4.5

efhmc

(16,815 posts)
48. I did not mean that this pic was photoshopped but that it has been photoshoped to add others
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 09:50 PM
Mar 2022

like the former guy to the pic.

leftieNanner

(16,160 posts)
20. All current photos of him at a table
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 01:50 PM
Mar 2022

with someone else, show a VERY long table.

With Macron for example.



Botany

(77,528 posts)
35. Hillary all but called for Putin to be killed the other night.
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 02:40 PM
Mar 2022

Something like, well somebody close to him might have to take care of "things." Rough quote

IronLionZion

(51,398 posts)
15. So they just yell across the long table
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 01:39 PM
Mar 2022

I like how the other people sit near each other but Putin is the only one with major social distance

ShazzieB

(22,698 posts)
53. Putin is the only one who's worried that the others might want to kill him!
Thu Mar 3, 2022, 02:17 AM
Mar 2022


Seriously, I think it's all about paranoia. I've seen many comments from pundits to the effect that Pootie is getting more paranoid all the time, and I find that very believable.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
43. Yeah, one of those guys would have to be a damned good sniper to take him out at that range.
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 04:26 PM
Mar 2022
 

Dublin321

(29 posts)
16. False flag
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 01:39 PM
Mar 2022

It's true, the bombing of apartment buildings in Moscow in '99 was most likely false flag to justify the war on Chechnya (other atrocities assigned to Chechnya terrorists were real, e.g the 2004 hospital attack).

Cate54

(5 posts)
19. This too!
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 01:50 PM
Mar 2022

Putin is also afraid of being poisoned. No syringe can touch him that far away from the group.

calimary

(90,306 posts)
56. I just hate to get my hopes up.
Thu Mar 3, 2022, 04:56 AM
Mar 2022

But I hope you're right.

If I may be so bold, I daresay we all do.

Martin68

(27,893 posts)
30. There's some courage in making such an offer. It will put a Putin target on his back for a future
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 02:27 PM
Mar 2022

poisoning other hit job.

Lonestarblue

(13,520 posts)
39. It will take more than one military leader.
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 03:04 PM
Mar 2022

If they do not stick together and carry out any coup as a team, they will fail because Putin will have a personal security team to protect him. In those photos of Putin at the long table, I imagine several security men standing behind Putin and aiming assault rifles at the other end of the table. Putin will not be easy to remove. Perhaps the only way is to create a barricade around wherever he is and allow no food or any supplies in. When his personal guards get hungry enough, they will leave.

marmar

(79,826 posts)
47. I suspect an arrest won't work.
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 09:41 PM
Mar 2022

The only way he's going anywhere is to be taken out Bourne Identity-style.


Grins

(9,476 posts)
52. Where were you in 2014 when he blew up those buildings...?
Thu Mar 3, 2022, 01:21 AM
Mar 2022

Too late!! You lost your country and its soul.

bucolic_frolic

(55,402 posts)
57. Hoping that once a few key people realize this offers a way out of the war and confrontation
Thu Mar 3, 2022, 07:28 AM
Mar 2022

that it will take hold. Constitutions usually do offer hope to the people, often some form of democracy, and those were even the founding principles of - believe it or not - the Soviet Union. I'm not familiar with the government of the Russian Federation, but suspect it to be similar. Hoping, for the people of the Ukraine, for the masses of Russia, for the rest of the world. This Russian businessman has floated a very big idea.

Quakerfriend

(5,882 posts)
59. Good for him! I wish we could
Thu Mar 3, 2022, 09:00 AM
Mar 2022

send some very powerful bomber drones
over his estate in Sochi…

IzzaNuDay

(1,303 posts)
60. Bounty? Take a number...
Thu Mar 3, 2022, 09:10 AM
Mar 2022

While the Russian economy tanks faster than a lead balloon, I would be certain there are others (specific oligarchs) relying on the economy for their prosperity. I’d imagine there will be others who want to contribute to the bounty action!

birdographer

(2,937 posts)
61. Arrest??
Thu Mar 3, 2022, 09:50 AM
Mar 2022

I seriously doubt pootie would stand there while they put the cuffs on him. They need to bump that up to a Dead or Alive poster and tack it up everywhere. And take the officer requirement off it.

Escurumbele

(4,100 posts)
64. Has anyone checked if this is true? I have not been able to find anything to corroborate the story.
Thu Mar 3, 2022, 10:56 AM
Mar 2022

Raster

(21,010 posts)
65. let's CROWDFUND it up!
Thu Mar 3, 2022, 11:09 AM
Mar 2022

Let's let the whole world play... How High Can We Get Putin*s Bounty?

Rules: Dead or Alive. Preferably DEAD.

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