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In reply to the discussion: Russia opposition politician Boris Nemtsov shot dead [View all]MBS
(9,688 posts)15. Washington Post article. .
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/russian-opposition-leader-boris-nemtsov-reported-killed-in-moscow/2015/02/27/972e15f0-becb-11e4-b274-e5209a3bc9a9_story.html?tid=trending_strip_2
BBC America just noted the timing: that this happened just a day before an opposition march, organized in part by Nemtsov, which intends to criticize the government for its invasion of Ukraine and for economic problems. .
Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister, angered the government two years ago when he charged that billions of dollars had been stolen from funds designated for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, his home town. He blamed Putins friends for the alleged embezzlement, which he described as a real threat to Russias national security.
A year earlier, Putin warned publicly that his opponents were prepared to murder one of their own so they could blame him for the death.They are looking for a so-called sacrificial victim among some prominent figures, Putin, a former KGB agent, told a gathering of the All-Russia Popular Front, a group organized to support him, ahead of Russias 2012 presidential election. They will knock him off, I beg your pardon, and then blame the authorities for that.
(yeah, right)
Nemtsov, an opponent whom Putin was said to despise more than most, said at the time that it was up to the authorities to prevent such a crime.If the head of the federal government, who controls all intelligence agencies, makes a public statement that he has information about such a provocation and such a crime, he must do everything to prevent it and not just publicly scare Russians, he told the Interfax news agency.
BBC America just noted the timing: that this happened just a day before an opposition march, organized in part by Nemtsov, which intends to criticize the government for its invasion of Ukraine and for economic problems. .
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Some are willing to ally with anyone in blaming the US government for its alleged misdeeds
YoungDemCA
Feb 2015
#105
I hadn't thought about Michael Hasting's story in a while, but was wondering if the work he was
midnight
Feb 2015
#102
The mafia state claims another victim in Russia. Don Putin will be very pleased nt
geek tragedy
Feb 2015
#5
Tabloid msm at work again. It is a tragedy but he was not a "leading" politician
newthinking
Feb 2015
#66
Horrific news, I am near speechless over it. It is unfortunate some of the comments here
Jefferson23
Feb 2015
#90
I am so pleased to see the ambassadors there..thank you for the photos, Cha.
Jefferson23
Feb 2015
#108
I know.. I think it's comforting when I see the ourpouring of caring and love like this for
Cha
Feb 2015
#109
cue Stephen Cohen to explain how people blame the Kremlin "everytime (someone) breaks a leg"
uhnope
Feb 2015
#20
Someone on another board posted that if Rudy got his wish for Obama to be more like Putin,
kelliekat44
Feb 2015
#24
I hope this cold blooded murder wakes people up who think Russia's political climate is
hrmjustin
Feb 2015
#27
Some apparently want to be brutalized who defend Putin, seems that way to me. n/t
RKP5637
Feb 2015
#29
I don't know or get Putin defenders motives but I think they are wrong to do it. n/t.
hrmjustin
Feb 2015
#32
But..but..'Putin has a 1000% approval rating'. I bet that number doubles pretty soon. Who's left..
Tarheel_Dem
Feb 2015
#47
Wow. DU definitively solved this so quickly. And from 5,000 miles away. Impressive.
Comrade Grumpy
Feb 2015
#38
We don't know who pulled the actual trigger but we know who created the climate for it to happen.
hrmjustin
Feb 2015
#39
I just saw the former British ambassador on the BBC. He doubted the regime did it.
Comrade Grumpy
Feb 2015
#75
Gunned down in the street like a dog. How subtle. Can't wait for GG's thoughts on this.
Tarheel_Dem
Feb 2015
#42
also a Yushchenko confidant, to bring Russians into Ukraine (or at least their hryvnia)
MisterP
Feb 2015
#45
his bio shows not only how thin and fractured boundaries are in the region, but the political jumble
MisterP
Feb 2015
#60
He told a Russian news source on on Feb. 10th, "I'm afraid Putin will kill me."
herding cats
Feb 2015
#59
The rest of the quote, hc.. "I believe that he was the one who unleashed the war in the Ukraine."
Cha
Mar 2015
#113
The comment section of RT.com is full of claims this was a CIA operation
PersonNumber503602
Feb 2015
#61
I saw that. some just can't bring themselve to see whwt Putin truly is so they have
hrmjustin
Feb 2015
#63
"The murder, he said, was a consequence of “the evil energies set free by the Kremlin in the last..
Cha
Feb 2015
#74