[ralucagymnast]

Methinks his girlfriend may have been warned off from talking.

[BryanXavier]

Putin will soon be sending his personal condolences - one way or another.

[niknik]

Putin is a mass murderer. The list of people he's suspected of murdering is hundreds of names long.
Most notably was during the war with Chechnya. When several bombs went off in apartment buildings in several Russian cities.
It was and still is believed to have been done on Putins orders. As a legitimate reason to start a war campaign in Chechnya. Which Putin did.
In fact a few days after the bombings another device was found in a apartment building and defused. The local police investigation found three FSB agents who planted the device. And Putins administration said it was a training exercise.
Later a investigation was started, well attempted, but was blocked by Russian parliament (Putin).
So a independent investigation was started, but got nowhere due to Putins administration completely not responding for documents or evidence. Two of the top investigators were later assassinated, and their lawyer arrested.
During the Chechnya war several Russian journalist who covered the front lines were also assassinated on their return to Russia.
Many investigators and journalists, leaders of opposition groups have been assassinated since Putin took office.
There is no democracy in Russia. Putin is a tyrant, and he won't be ousted in any election. That's why he created 24 hour propaganda agencies such as Russia Today. Who carefully orchestrate the public opinion in Russia with misinformation. And rally nationalistic support by creating false threats against Russia.
All designed specifically to get support for Putin. It would be like (and I'm positive he would if he could) Obama banning all news agencies except msnbc. Well, and he took over msnbc.

[niknik]

Originally Posted by ralucagymnast ↗

Methinks his girlfriend may have been warned off from talking.

Well, they won't let her leave Russia. So I'm sure if she does have something to say. She won't be saying anything until they let her go home.
I read today that there's cameras on that bridge too. That were mysteriously down for repair or something that day.

[Oswald2001]

I would be surprised if the bimbo wasn't part of the plot.

You are talking KGB Putin after all.

Honey pot traps are classic KGB tactics.

[rob666]

Originally Posted by Oswald2001 ↗

I would be surprised if the bimbo wasn't part of the plot.

You are talking KGB Putin after all.

Honey pot traps are classic KGB tactics.

The KGB is typically more tactful than this.

Remember that spy that was poisoned in the uk a few years ago?

It would have been a lot easier to just make this guy disappear off the face of the earth, and the KGB has the tools and resources to make that happen.

[rob666]

Originally Posted by ralucagymnast ↗

Methinks his girlfriend may have been warned off from talking.

She's extremely lucky she didn't catch a bullet when it all went down.

[jackdiggums]

Hard like the hammer, crooked like the sickle. That shit was a straight show of force message. Just blocks from Putins office. Open your mouth and see what happens.

[ralucagymnast]

Originally Posted by jackdiggums ↗

Hard like the hammer, crooked like the sickle. That shit was a straight show of force message. Just blocks from Putins office. Open your mouth and see what happens.

Absolutely. I wonder if many people realise just what the hammer and sickle actually stood for.

[ralucagymnast]

Originally Posted by niknik ↗

Putin is a mass murderer. The list of people he's suspected of murdering is hundreds of names long.
Most notably was during the war with Chechnya. When several bombs went off in apartment buildings in several Russian cities.
It was and still is believed to have been done on Putins orders. As a legitimate reason to start a war campaign in Chechnya. Which Putin did.
In fact a few days after the bombings another device was found in a apartment building and defused. The local police investigation found three FSB agents who planted the device. And Putins administration said it was a training exercise.
Later a investigation was started, well attempted, but was blocked by Russian parliament (Putin).
So a independent investigation was started, but got nowhere due to Putins administration completely not responding for documents or evidence. Two of the top investigators were later assassinated, and their lawyer arrested.
During the Chechnya war several Russian journalist who covered the front lines were also assassinated on their return to Russia.
Many investigators and journalists, leaders of opposition groups have been assassinated since Putin took office.
There is no democracy in Russia. Putin is a tyrant, and he won't be ousted in any election. That's why he created 24 hour propaganda agencies such as Russia Today. Who carefully orchestrate the public opinion in Russia with misinformation. And rally nationalistic support by creating false threats against Russia.
All designed specifically to get support for Putin. It would be like (and I'm positive he would if he could) Obama banning all news agencies except msnbc. Well, and he took over msnbc.

Yep business as usual for the USSR. People need to forget this illusion of democracy in Russia. It will never be a democracy. Too many think of Russia as a "near abroad" (Zbigniew Brzezinsky "The Grand Chessboard") but most of its territory is more Asian than European. Its more relevant to think of Russia as we would think of China.