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Putin ally says opposition should be tried as enemies of the people
Reuters ^ | Wed Jan 13, 2016 7:31am EST | Andrew Osborn

Posted on 01/17/2016 12:39:30 AM PST by Olog-hai

One of Russian leader Vladimir Putin's most high-profile allies has accused the opposition of trying to exploit the economic crisis to destabilize the country, using Stalin-era rhetoric to suggest unnamed individuals be put on trial for sabotage.

Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin-backed leader of Chechnya, called the liberal opposition, which has only one lawmaker in the 450-seat parliament, enemies of the people, a phrase recalling language used during the reign of terror unleashed by Soviet leader Josef Stalin in the 1930s. ...

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: enemiesofthepeople; opposition; putin; ramzankadyrov; sovietlanguage; stalin; vladtheimploder

1 posted on 01/17/2016 12:39:30 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Our very own progressive socialists see Christian conservatives and other dissenters against their totalitarian program as enemies of the mystical god-state. But then they’re Stalinists who if absolute power fell into their grasping hands would do more than just psychologically demonize, describe as mentally ill, and abuse us in myriad other ways as they do on a daily basis. Should such power become theirs, they would round us up and cause us to disappear into death camps the same as their murderous icons did to hapless Russians.


2 posted on 01/17/2016 12:47:05 AM PST by spirited irish
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To: Olog-hai

huh, sounds like Putin and Obammy went to the same school of thuggery.


3 posted on 01/17/2016 3:03:06 AM PST by Joe Boucher (Rubio is a liar, Jeb is worthless, Go Cruz ,Keep stirring the pot Donald.)
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To: Olog-hai

Who the hell does this guy, Kadyrov , think he is? Andy Cuomo?


4 posted on 01/17/2016 4:22:13 AM PST by donozark (There is no murder in paradise.)
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To: donozark

“Who the hell does this guy, Kadyrov , think he is? Andy Cuomo?”

Good point, we don’t have a whole lot of credibility here either, at least regarding Democrats.


5 posted on 01/17/2016 5:38:05 AM PST by BobL (Who cares? He's going to build a wall and stop this invasion.)
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To: Olog-hai

PUTIN ALLY just like OBAMA ALLY

TREAT OPPONENTS AS TERRORISTS

so what’s the difference

I DONT KNOW ...... TELL ME
i know it used to be America but what is it now ???????


6 posted on 01/17/2016 8:36:57 AM PST by zzwhale (acts of treason)
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