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A Russian Soldier's Instagram Posts May Be The Clearest Indication Of Moscow's Involvement
Business Insider ^ | 31 Jul 14 | Paul Szoldra

Posted on 07/31/2014 4:33:09 AM PDT by elhombrelibre

Moscow has tried to hide its support for pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, but some social media posts from a Russian soldier may reveal even more direct involvement in the region.

Over at BuzzFeed, reporter Max Seddon has the scoop on a 24-year-old soldier named Alexander Sotkin, who has been posting some very interesting photos of his military service, and the locations of the photos are rather telling.

While Seddon has embedded a number of Sotkin's photos, which show him in southern Russia taking selfies, it's this one the communications specialist posted, in rebel-controlled Krasna Talycha in east Ukraine, that's most intriguing:

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Russia
KEYWORDS: mh17; ukraine; whyexcerpt
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To: Vaquero; elhombrelibre; Uncle Chip
We have our own problems...let the Russians and Ukrainians play.

Nah. DQs. Look at me!! Look at me!!!


41 posted on 07/31/2014 7:50:04 AM PDT by caveat emptor (!)
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To: caveat emptor

I don’t get it...


42 posted on 07/31/2014 8:23:22 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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To: elhombrelibre

Oops. My bad. Wrong img. DQ=Drama queen.


43 posted on 07/31/2014 8:38:58 AM PDT by caveat emptor (!)
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To: babygene
bad link, dude.
Redirected to a weird site.
44 posted on 07/31/2014 4:08:42 PM PDT by publius911 ( Politicians come and go... but the (union) bureaucracy lives and grows forever.)
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To: publius911

I just tested it and it worked fine... It’s a tech site that tells you how to spoof a location on instagram... It’s purpose is to allow you to add photos from before the program was released.

There is a site that allows you to drag photo’s onto and read the metadata. It’s http://metapicz.com/#landing

I didn’t try this with the pics posted in this thread. Maybe I’ll try it after dinner.


45 posted on 07/31/2014 4:59:07 PM PDT by babygene ( .)
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