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MattSh

(3,714 posts)
82. No it is not...
Sat Feb 28, 2015, 04:04 AM
Feb 2015

It's been very well established now that a lot of those people shot in Kiev a year ago were shot by their own people. And they got themselves a whole country to run into the ground less than a week later.

Holy shit . . . God help us it doesn't happen here. NBachers Feb 2015 #1
What are you talking about? It happens here all the time Demeter Feb 2015 #48
The only difference, they don't do the "lone gunman" act. leveymg Feb 2015 #78
Who is that last photo, the man in the hospital? nt raccoon Feb 2015 #86
I dont remember his name, but he was a Russian defector Telcontar Feb 2015 #87
Alexander Litvinenko EX500rider Feb 2015 #95
+1000. nt raccoon Feb 2015 #85
It's already happened here Man from Pickens Feb 2015 #79
Michael Hastings was not assassinated. Spare us the crazy talk. nt geek tragedy Feb 2015 #80
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
K&R DeSwiss Feb 2015 #2
Well, it wasn't slow from polonium, I guess that's a merciful thing. TwilightGardener Feb 2015 #3
No more opposition now... Helen Borg Feb 2015 #4
The mafia state claims another victim in Russia. Don Putin will be very pleased nt geek tragedy Feb 2015 #5
I hope any Putin apologists we may have here see this thread YoungDemCA Feb 2015 #8
they'd just blame it on Ukrainians nt geek tragedy Feb 2015 #9
It'll be interesting to hear what she has to say jakeXT Feb 2015 #25
I'd imagine she'd soon be dead, christx30 Feb 2015 #93
It was his 23 year old girlfriend an Ukrainian model jakeXT Feb 2015 #96
Bingo! 7962 Feb 2015 #70
Them or someone else... freshwest Feb 2015 #77
Or Mossad. Codeine Feb 2015 #92
Oh, they'll see it and try to make sure putin is blameless. Cha Feb 2015 #73
BBC article YoungDemCA Feb 2015 #6
Tabloid msm at work again. It is a tragedy but he was not a "leading" politician newthinking Feb 2015 #66
Strange reporting. MattSh Feb 2015 #83
"He had a cold," Treant Feb 2015 #7
okey dokey. .back to this again MBS Feb 2015 #10
This is just devastating news....horrific. n/t Jefferson23 Feb 2015 #11
" " " " n/t MBS Feb 2015 #12
I am sitting here stunned beyond belief...this is so horrible. n/t Jefferson23 Feb 2015 #13
:(... Cha Feb 2015 #72
Horrific news, I am near speechless over it. It is unfortunate some of the comments here Jefferson23 Feb 2015 #90
" " " " n/t MBS Feb 2015 #100
More Flowers for Boris #Nemtsov, Jefferson.. Cha Feb 2015 #107
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
Breaking on CNN now tavernier Feb 2015 #14
Washington Post article. . MBS Feb 2015 #15
yeah right jakeXT Feb 2015 #21
This is ridiculous: JDPriestly Feb 2015 #31
Hard to believe, for sure MBS Feb 2015 #33
I bet more people will come jakeXT Feb 2015 #43
I'm sure they believe that it was A warning... Hekate Feb 2015 #46
No it is not... MattSh Feb 2015 #82
Russian history makes Game of Thrones look like Mr Rogers Neighborhood Fumesucker Feb 2015 #89
I don't think Putin would bbe subtle at all. JDPriestly Feb 2015 #99
Sad that you take your life in your hands when you challenge Putin. n/t. hrmjustin Feb 2015 #16
This was a direct murder hired by Putin. Putin rladdi Feb 2015 #17
Disgusting. Putin has no shame. nt SunSeeker Feb 2015 #18
" " " " n/t MBS Feb 2015 #19
This is not.. YvonneCa Feb 2015 #22
cue Stephen Cohen to explain how people blame the Kremlin "everytime (someone) breaks a leg" uhnope Feb 2015 #20
Definitely An Assassination DallasNE Feb 2015 #23
yup n/t MBS Feb 2015 #34
Someone on another board posted that if Rudy got his wish for Obama to be more like Putin, kelliekat44 Feb 2015 #24
And with him, the Putin crowd shot their credibility. JDPriestly Feb 2015 #26
Putin wants to put together the old USSR. That's his goal, make no mistake. MADem Feb 2015 #30
I agree n/t MBS Feb 2015 #35
Someone on DU responded to one of my posts with the message JDPriestly Feb 2015 #40
Agreed. Hekate Feb 2015 #44
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
Some just think they are cool if they side with anti-US leaders FLPanhandle Feb 2015 #37
But..but..'Putin has a 1000% approval rating'. I bet that number doubles pretty soon. Who's left.. Tarheel_Dem Feb 2015 #47
Hmmm, like duh, wonder who's behind this one ... guess, guess, guess! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2015 #28
Clearly, it's "the imperialist West's" doing... appal_jack Feb 2015 #62
Yep, sad, isn't it, that some favor Putin. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2015 #69
Sadly, yes, you DO need a sarcasm thingy for a few folks around here. nt 7962 Feb 2015 #71
Fascist State blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #36
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
maybe the snide comments can be withheld at least until the body is cold uhnope Feb 2015 #41
Of course a year ago he was on record being afraid for his life Blue_Tires Feb 2015 #49
Post removed Post removed Feb 2015 #55
Oh come on Scootaloo Feb 2015 #57
I'm with Obama: Comrade Grumpy Feb 2015 #64
Amazing isn't it? newthinking Feb 2015 #67
I just saw the former British ambassador on the BBC. He doubted the regime did it. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2015 #75
You're right, DU is obviously barking up the wrong tree. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2015 #106
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
Deputy and First Deputy Prime Minister under Yeltsin for a short time /nt jakeXT Feb 2015 #54
his bio shows not only how thin and fractured boundaries are in the region, but the political jumble MisterP Feb 2015 #60
He was not a significant player (as the media is making it sound) newthinking Feb 2015 #68
Needless to say, Greenwald and Snowden were unavailable for comment Blue_Tires Feb 2015 #50
have any of the RT westerners made any response? Hartmann, Keiser, Larry King uhnope Mar 2015 #111
Not that I've seen, other than some nutbars on twitter Blue_Tires Mar 2015 #112
Putin starts the disinfo machine before the body is even cold: Blue_Tires Feb 2015 #51
The piece of shit makes an intentionally vague statement..grrr. Jefferson23 Feb 2015 #56
Fascists like Putin don't take criticism well tabasco Feb 2015 #52
And Putin smiled. Agnosticsherbet Feb 2015 #53
The writing is on the wall... Ford_Prefect Feb 2015 #58
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
I can't see Putin or the CIA stooping to this Demeter Feb 2015 #84
Russian mafia popped into my mind too. PersonNumber503602 Feb 2015 #97
latest from Washington Post MBS Feb 2015 #65
"The murder, he said, was a consequence of “the evil energies set free by the Kremlin in the last.. Cha Feb 2015 #74
That is awful. freshwest Feb 2015 #76
This story will probably defy expectations Man from Pickens Feb 2015 #81
A love triangle. Yeah, that's it. tavernier Feb 2015 #88
"most hated rival"? Man from Pickens Feb 2015 #98
Yes, authoritarian despots often are 'popular' YoungDemCA Feb 2015 #104
I hope there is a proper investigation done for this murder jamzrockz Feb 2015 #91
This is will always be funny.. Feron Feb 2015 #94
Just FWIW: The murder happened in front of the Kremlin,.... YoungDemCA Feb 2015 #101
If all the cameras in the area belong to the government, then the government decides which MADem Mar 2015 #110
So how long will it be before the republicans blame Obama? still_one Feb 2015 #103
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