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uhnope

(6,419 posts) Wed Dec 31, 2014, 05:53 PM Dec 2014

Moscow protests after opposition leader's guilty verdict

President Vladimir Putin's chief political foe was convicted along with his brother on Tuesday in a fraud case widely seen as a vendetta by the Kremlin, triggering one of Russia's boldest anti-government demonstrations in years.

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Moscow protests after opposition leader's guilty verdict (Original Post) uhnope Dec 2014 OP

The boldest anti-government protests in years...is a dozen people in toques shouting in the night? Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #1

are you snickering at the crushing of dissent in Russia? uhnope Dec 2014 #2

Who uses "Canuck" without a conjunction, are you American? Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #3

do you always answer questions with more questions? uhnope Dec 2014 #5

Kind of hard to protest Duckhunter935 Dec 2014 #4

That is no way to talk about America, although it may be true in some folks minds. Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #6

I know like yours Duckhunter935 Dec 2014 #7

wow. you just called the USA a "totalitarian police state run by what is effectively a dictator" uhnope Dec 2014 #8

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

1. The boldest anti-government protests in years...is a dozen people in toques shouting in the night?

Reply to uhnope (Original post)

Wed Dec 31, 2014, 06:48 PM

Dec 2014

uhnope

(6,419 posts)

2. are you snickering at the crushing of dissent in Russia?

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 31, 2014, 06:55 PM

Dec 2014

that would be par for the course.
BTW, "toques"? who uses that word? You Canuck?

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

3. Who uses "Canuck" without a conjunction, are you American?

Reply to uhnope (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 31, 2014, 06:59 PM

Dec 2014

uhnope

(6,419 posts)

5. do you always answer questions with more questions?

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 31, 2014, 07:05 PM

Dec 2014

Duckhunter935

(16,974 posts)

4. Kind of hard to protest

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 31, 2014, 07:04 PM

Dec 2014

in a totalitarian police state run by what is effectively a dictator.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

6. That is no way to talk about America, although it may be true in some folks minds.

Reply to Duckhunter935 (Reply #4)

Wed Dec 31, 2014, 07:18 PM

Dec 2014

Duckhunter935

(16,974 posts)

7. I know like yours

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #6)

Wed Dec 31, 2014, 07:31 PM

Dec 2014

In America, we can, just look at NYC and many other cities. Try that in Russia.

uhnope

(6,419 posts)

8. wow. you just called the USA a "totalitarian police state run by what is effectively a dictator"

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #6)

Wed Dec 31, 2014, 07:36 PM

Dec 2014

that's the second insane post by the Putin explainers in the last hour: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=977670

You guys sharing talking points/drugs/RT binge viewing?

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