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Re: The Suspected Poisoning of Alexey Navalny, Putin’s Most Prominent Adversary

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Post by meowface » Fri, Aug 21, 2020, 3:43 PM UTC

etc-hosts wrote: post #169

meowface wrote: post #99

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That's crazy to think about, but you definitely may be right. I suppose that is a very Chekist way of trolling. Although I certainly think it's very likely some aspect of the government is involved, what are the odds that some of these instances have just been the actions of diehard Putin supporters who acted totally alone? I know full well Putin's and his security services' despotic and cruel nature, but I also do w…

> I suppose that is a very Chekist way of trolling. are you an alt of John Schindler?

I think there's a chance I started using that term when I read some thing written him or another commentator years ago, which caused me to research the history of the organization.

Re: The Suspected Poisoning of Alexey Navalny, Putin’s Most Prominent Adversary

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Post by yostrovs » Sat, Aug 22, 2020, 11:44 AM UTC

tim333 wrote: post #168

yostrovs wrote: post #152

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This comment would be considered bigoted by some or at least when applied to some other nations. But I agree with you. I came from there about when communism crashed and had high hopes, which have now been destroyed. Russians just don't have the same wishes that people in the west do. They just want a grand and powerful nation that is feared by others. They don't mind living rather poor as long as they have nukes and…

Well, the Russian leadership perhaps. I wouldn't mind betting that many ordinary Russian people would rather be a normal EU style democracy like France or Germany.

Many do, but surprisingly many more don't. Their main complaints are economic. If they would be a bit wealthier, they would be content. They are ok with a one party state, homophobia, corruption, etc. It's just they're very poor and it does kind of suck. So they're upset about wealth, but everything else is ok as far as they're concerned. Generalizing of course.

Re: The Suspected Poisoning of Alexey Navalny, Putin’s Most Prominent Adversary

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Post by strictnein » Thu, Aug 27, 2020, 3:04 AM UTC

sam_lowry_ wrote: post #185

strictnein wrote: post #182

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> placing foreign nuclear missiles in your country to threaten another country Clearly that's not "domestic".

Threaten another country? That's only one interpretation. I would say, to protect own soil.

lol - just noticed your stealth edit. I was quoting you.