The bullets were migrating south. He tripped on a curb and stumbled right into it.
What a tragic completely innocent occurrence.
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Putin Critic Boris Nemtsov Shot Dead on Moscow Street
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The bullets were migrating south. He tripped on a curb and stumbled right into it.
What a tragic completely innocent occurrence.
SymbiantXenos
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It's pretty naive to think that humanity has really moved on from these things. The mass colonization of Africa by Europe was less than 200 years ago. The Holocaust began just over 70 years ago. These are all short times by even our standards as humans.
What's going on in Russia is civil compared to some places on Earth.
Not a chance in hell, a war with them will make WW2 look like a school ground fistfight.
Proxy war's on the other hand? Probably, at somepoint in the next ten years.
NYCmetsfan
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looks like we have a fair and impartial investigation coming
IdreamofHIME
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Wonder if Fox news approves?
Do they want Obama to assassinate his critics....oh wait.
Do they want Obama to assassinate his critics....oh wait.
"The person you most suspect is the least likely to be suspect when investigating the thing they're suspected of because of suspicious spectators."
--Sherlock Holmes
More Fun To Compute
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Journalists and senior politicians maybe but I doubt they monitor the whole population that much. People generally like a strong man in power when they feel insecure. It's not like we are not bombarded with propaganda in the English speaking world and you don't get people wanting violence from the state.
ultratruman
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You might be surprised to know how much praise the psycho autistic dwarf receives from parties and politicians on the right in Europe.
NYCmetsfan
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and left. Russia has fans from both spectrums.
ThatStupidLion
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uhhh proxy wars have been going on since who knows how long ago. that's what most of the mid east shit is.
Very low level proxy war. Once the USA starts putting lethal weapons in Ukraine it will start.
Im also saying the next ten years, because I strongly believe places like the Baltics, Poland and Finland will become battlefields once (and if) Russia gets all the toys it needs by 2020.
Rug Monkey
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rbanke
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I'm not one for conspiracy theories or anything of that sort but all the 'mysterious' deaths that are related to Russian politics always seem as though they were made to look obviously related to Putin on purpose. As though he/his supporters want to deny responsibility while also making people know it was him/them. Like 'hey that wasn't me wink wink, but watch your back'
More Fun To Compute
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Not really. There was a real campaign to finance and support European far right parties because they support breaking up the EU which would be in line with his strategic goals.
I'm looking at it from a Korean, Vietnam, 80s Afghanistan war perspective. When either of the big powers are actually substantially in the fight, with the other supplying huge amounts of armaments to the proxy country.
It exists, I was just pointing that out. It's not as strong as their current support for the far right but I wager that's because the far right is the current major promoter of dissolving the EU. It could easily of been the far left if that was their major objective.
Russia also has a long history of supporting the left in Europe after WW2 as well.
ultratruman
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Appeasement from the left, open support from the right.
It was definitely about projecting strength and to distract from all his failures. I don't think he expected the reaction from Ukraine he got though. Even the guy he sent in to start it all Strelkov has repeatedly complained about how when he went in he got pretty much no support locally and had to bring in people to build his war.
Game of thrones?
SymbiantXenos
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Already happening.
ultratruman
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Leviathan
NYCmetsfan
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maquiladora
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Klebnikov '04, Politkovskaya '06, Litvinenko '06, Magnitsky '09, Markelov '09....Nemtsov '15
Life expectancy isn't long if you are a high profile critic of the Kremlin.
Life expectancy isn't long if you are a high profile critic of the Kremlin.
SymbiantXenos
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Yeah not a fan of seeing dead bodies in threads ty....
Extra Sauce
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The post you quoted was sarcastic, not sure if you caught that.
Was there also a big sign with his name on it next to him?
NYCmetsfan
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I only posted a covered picture that would be on the NYT front page.
SymbiantXenos
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Dont worry.. it's just been a loooooong day.
This got me lol
90s? That was like the most peaceful decade ever (well for the West). There is a reason books like "The end of History" were written then.
More like early 80s scary. Or imo 1933-1939 scary.
SymbiantXenos
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Crime scene is already being washed/cleaned.
Because **** forensics.
Because **** forensics.
realalbedo
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Ordinary russians are part of this mess. They can read news from independent sources and do some critical thinking. Instead, they just follow tzar like sheeps.
BreezyLimbo
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Yeah, it definitely looks like his killing was pretty much to send a message to anyone who would try dissenting Putin.
Russia is....fucked up right now.
Russia is....fucked up right now.
Visualante2
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How many world leaders do?
Eh no worries, it'll be fucked up for a long time to come.
Well, in Russia 90s=worthless ruble, emply shelves, assasinations, uncontrollable street crime. There's even saying along the lines of "wild 90s"
It's not much of a warning if no one sees it...
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