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Putin denies Russian troops are in Ukraine, decrees certain deaths secret
Washington Post ^ | 28 May 15 | Karoun Demirjian

Posted on 05/28/2015 10:52:43 AM PDT by elhombrelibre

MOSCOW — If there was one weak spot in Russian support for the Kremlin’s aims in Ukraine this year, it was the population’s strong aversion to sending in Russian troops — something Russia denies doing, despite mounting international evidence to the contrary.

Now, Russia can ignore that evidence — as well as any questions citizens might raise — since President Vladimir Putin signed a decree classifying certain peacetime deaths of soldiers as state secrets.

Putin signed an order Thursday making the deaths of Russian troops lost during “special operations” a secret, amending a previous decree that limited such secrecy to deaths of soldiers in wartime. Some watchers can see only one plausible reason for the change: Russia is gearing up for another military push into Ukraine.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: crimea; donetsk; putinsbuttboys; russia; ukraine; ukrainecrisis; vladtheimploder

1 posted on 05/28/2015 10:52:43 AM PDT by elhombrelibre
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To: elhombrelibre
More info on the macabre Putin policies for his undeclared, war on his peaceful neighbor.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/may/26/russia-using-mobile-crematoriums-hide-dead-soldier/

2 posted on 05/28/2015 10:56:16 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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To: elhombrelibre

How Stalin-esque. They may as well just start photoshopping them out of the unit pictures.


3 posted on 05/28/2015 11:00:37 AM PDT by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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To: elhombrelibre


4 posted on 05/28/2015 11:07:01 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Thanks elhombrelibre.

5 posted on 05/29/2015 4:58:28 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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To: edpc

They already tried something similar. Right after shooting down the MH17 airliner they bragged about how they control the skies and just destroyed an Ukrainian military plane. When they found out it was a passenger jet they deleted it, but you can’t really delete things from the internet and their original bragging had been seen and saved.


6 posted on 05/29/2015 8:02:46 AM PDT by Krosan
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To: elhombrelibre

Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. ; Putin Critic Poisoned.

Any number of sources: http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-kara-murza-hospitalized-evacuation/27041835.html#ixzz3bbEbV3Iq

I hope he pulls through, some reports say he is in grave condition.


7 posted on 05/29/2015 11:18:10 PM PDT by BeadCounter
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