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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