Posted on 10/04/2016 9:47:15 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A Moscow court on Monday fined a prominent blogger for inciting hatred after he called on President Vladimir Putin to wipe Syria off the map.
Russia has conducted a year-long bombing campaign in Syria to bolster long-time ally President Bashar Assad, and is currently supporting a brutal offensive by government troops to capture the rebel-held part of Aleppo.
Blogger Anton Nossik, a familiar face at rare opposition rallies, was slapped with a 500,000-ruble fine ($8,000) by a Moscow court for welcoming Russias bombing campaign and calling on the Kremlin strongman to destroy Syria in a blog post, court spokeswoman Anastasia Pylina told AFP.
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I don’t get it - he was supporting Putin in this case.
It’s because Putin didn’t come out and say it first.
No, Putin needs Assad.
Trump: “That’s my line.”
That is the best kind of offensive.
Hashtags aren't going to cut it.
Get ready Freepers, it is coming our way if the Rats win.
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