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[PepsimanVsJoe]

Jesus.

The Kremlin is having everyone murdered.

Anyone willing to talk about The Russian Connection might be better off staying in a Motel 6 out in Podunksville, Iowa.

 

[| Praxis |]

They being who? Cause he died on American soil.

Ever heard of Alexander Litvinenko?

Not that I think this was an assassination.

 

[Drazgul]

sometimes people die without it being a russian plot.
Hardly seems like a guy they'd want to kill.

Yeah, 64 is actually the life expectancy for russian males. They do like their drink.

 

[Real Hero]

what's the evidence he was killed?

 

[acklame]

That's not suspicious at all.

 

[Zen Aku]

Come on guys, do you think our country is so innocent?

 

[Fenderputty]

This could be an episode out of The Americans

 

[Banana Aeon]

50 blessings?

Please be discrete.

 

[Rentahamster]

This will be more juicy red meat for all the conspiracy theorists out there.

 

[HotHamBoy]

I mean, the timing, location and everything else certainly lends itself to a conspiracy.

But the dude was about to turn 65.

Occam's Razor.


Once you start chasing conspiracies you can become blind to the truth, which can be even worse. Stay focused, stay critical.

 

[rambis]

9 times out of 10 this is nothing suspicious. Dont be distracted people.

 

[dickroach]

what's the evidence he was killed?

there isn't any, but I'm gonna go ahead and link to this reddit post

 

[| Praxis |]

I mean, the timing, location and everything else certainly lends itself to a conspiracy.

But the dude was about to turn 65.

Occam's Razor.

Yeah but they waited until he was nearly 65 so it was less suspicious.

 

[rjinaz]

there isn't any, but I'm gonna go ahead and link to this reddit post

I'd be curious to know how many American government officials have died in the last year for comparison. It does seem to be piling up.

 

[Rymuth]

Wow...

 

[Speevy]

He die of natural car bomb. No suspicious.

 

[BiggNife]

Come on guys, do you think our country is so innocent?

Of course not, but also one country has a much stronger reputation for "silencing" people than others so it's not really a surprise that it's the first thing people think of.

 

[Garlador]

He die of natural car bomb. No suspicious.

It was an accident. He fell down an elevator shaft... onto some bullets.

 

[Lorcain]

High ranking Russian officials need better healthcare and a better retirement program. They trip and fall down stairs, get sick from gas leaks, or long drawn out illnesses due to environmental toxins. It's rough.

 

[Squire]

I mean, the timing, location and everything else certainly lends itself to a conspiracy.

But the dude was about to turn 65.

Occam's Razor.


Once you start chasing conspiracies you can become blind to the truth, which can be even worse. Stay focused, stay critical.

65 is a really early death by modern standards.

 

[Nerazar]

I mean, the timing, location and everything else certainly lends itself to a conspiracy.

But the dude was about to turn 65.

Occam's Razor.

Once you start chasing conspiracies you can become blind to the truth, which can be even worse. Stay focused, stay critical.

Well, in that case you can still be half-certain that the FSB did something and be critical at the same time. There are some interesting cases of accidents happening in the higher echelons of the Kremlin. The timing is very unfortunate, hm.

 

[Opticability]

there isn't any, but I'm gonna go ahead and link to this reddit post

Jesus. Scary shit. Don't know what so say.

 

[Mivey]

65 is a really early death by modern standards.

Maybe he had a terrible diet, a history of cardiac diseases and engaged in regularly drinking small bits of Polonium. Especially that last bit can kill you if you get the dosage wrong, but is surprisingly popular with Russian journalists and political dissidents.

 

[Whompa02]

Sounds like the plot to a Modern Warfare game...christ I do not want to be involved in a war...RIP Russian Ambassador.

 

[Master Yoshi]

Please comment on this, Trump. I'd love to see a Trump conspiracy theory.

 

[Glix]

Not as suspicious as the russian guy in dc who they claimed died while thrashing around his apartment wasted drunk...

 

[Zen Aku]

Of course not, but also one country has a much stronger reputation for "silencing" people than others so it's not really a surprise that it's the first thing people think of.

i think you missed my reference lol

 

[Nerazar]

Please comment on this, Trump. I'd love to see a Trump conspiracy theory.

The dishonest media killed him. They killed him, it's true. They don't want us to be friends with Russia and that's why they killed him!

 

[GAF A60-Rim A]

i think you missed my reference lol

captainamerica.gif

 

[ClosingADoor]

How many does that make within a month or three now?

 

[GAF A60-Rim A]

Update:
He met with Trump a few years ago:

Russian ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin said on August 1 he had had two meetings with the Republican candidate for the White House, Donald Trump, who is the Republican candidate for U.S. presidency and the man had produced an encouraging impression on him.

Churklin said it while speaking to reporters at the UN headquarters.

"I met with Trump," he said. "I think our first meeting took place in 1986 and the second, a few years ago. He really impressed me."

Churkin recalled that he accompanied Soviet ambassador Yuri Dubinin on a trip to New York thirty years ago. Dubinin then had a meeting with a group of top business executives and Trump was among them.

http://rbth.com/news/2016/08/02/russian-ambassador-to-un-says-met-trump-twice_617373

 

[Iolo]

Russian President Vladimir Putin was deeply upset to learn of the death of Russia's ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, Russian news agencies cited Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Monday.

Krokodil tears.

 

[NullPointer]

Please just be natural causes.

If I ever owned a gun that's what I'd name it.

 

[Tom Nook]

RIP

 

[BlastProcessing]

He's the second high-ranking Russian to die in the US.

Buzzfeed did an investigation on the first one, Sergei Krivov. Died from blunt force trauma, but the police said it was a heart attack. He didn't have a genuine address on file with the NYPD, the NYPD refused to release the incident report which is a rare thing to do, and the State Department abruptly stopped a request to confirm Krivov's identity.

That article is something else...

 

[iRAWRasaurus]

Sounds like the plot to a Modern Warfare game...christ I do not want to be involved in a war...RIP Russian Ambassador.

"Remember no Russian"

 

[freethought]

Is anyone following Louise Mensch on twitter? She's currently badgering Michael Cohen and in general hammering the Russia angle with an almost obsessive zeal.

I keep switching between three positions; either she's gone a bit barmy which I think is the most likely, she's right in which case Trump is never getting out of Jail or Russia which honestly does not seem impossible, or she's running disinformation for Bannon.

Now I admit the last one is pretty out there but the way she keeps hyping the next revelation, hyping easily disproveable conjecture and a couple of other things have me half convinced that she's trying to delegitimise the scandal itself.

Then of course I realise I've fallen right into the trap and go back to awaiting news from sources slightly more reputable than Louise Mensch.


Still, this is all extremely fascinating.

 

[gutter_trash]

suddenly....

 

[Real Hero]

Is anyone following Louise Mensch on twitter? She's currently badgering Michael Cohen and in general hammering the Russia angle with an almost obsessive zeal.

I keep switching between three positions; either she's gone a bit barmy which I think is the most likely,

She's an evil maniac don't listen to her about anything

 

[Ravensmash]

Unless I'm missing something from the initial reports, why are people assuming Russia would even be involved?

He was absolutely allied to the Russian leadership,from what I can see.

 

[Empyrean Heaven]

RIP.

You guys are being too cynical. Nobody knows what happened.

If it walks like a duck...
and it acts like a duck...
and it quacks like a duck...
IT'S A DAMN DUCK.

 

[Spiral Insanity]

They're cleaning up anyone aware of the truth that wasn't trustworthy enough.

RIP.

You guys are being too cynical. Nobody knows what happened.

Bullshit. It's Russia. This is how they do politics.

 

[Obliterator]

Probably poisoned

 

[Pedrito]

RIP. As far as Russia officials suddenly dying, this is one ain't that suspicious unless we learn more. A heart attack at 65 isn't exactly rare.

It's gonna generate wild conspiracy theories, as partisans of "both sides" will say the other side killed him because there's no clear motive. You could come up with just about anything.

 

[ProtomanNeo]

If this was indeed foul play I would hope this would be the part where a safety deposit box pops up. <sigh> Only in the movies.

 

[freethought]

She's an evil maniac don't listen to her about anything

Yeah, that has up until now been a policy I've strictly adhered to but I'm mesmerised by her twitter. The fact that I would not have been surprised to see her defending Trump makes me even more surprised to see her leading any kind of charge against him.

Rhen you figure in how crazy she sounds and like I say, it's just fucking fascinating.

 

[akira28]

I hope he was at least an old man, and not the youngest Ambassador ever.

 

[Tacitus_]

65 is a really early death by modern standards.

Not for Russia though, 64 is the life expectancy for males there.

Overall, a quarter of Russian men die before reaching 55, compared with 7% of men in the UK and about 10% in the United States. The life expectancy for men in Russia is 64 years, placing it among the lowest 50 countries in the world in that category.

 

[Tugatrix]

Natural causes of course

Spoiler

(plutonium is a natural compound)

 

[lastplayed]

If it was murder, why assume it must be Russian? There's a lot of spy agencies and assassins out there.