What is interesting is watching the hands play.....Kerry, Obama McCain all mentioned the wonderful value Nemtsov was to the world...yet few knew him...and Russians if not on the fence certainly weren’t supporting a former Yeltzin boy.
I still think he was our guy to rile the Russian people to turn on Putin.... Remember that prior Nemtov’s political party was refused representation in the Duma...so he simply went out and overtook another that was permissible...thus he was then recognized. Not because of who he was but the Party he was then with and over.
Ever since prior to Maidan we’ve had teams in Russia orgainising aginst Putin. I remember following them on twitter and other social media’s as they formed, left Ukraine, and arrived in Russia...pretty interesting to follow.
Just like we have teams on the ground in Israel organizing against BiBi’s re-election.
The mothers of Russian soldiers are all Ukrainians?
I don’t think anyone expects the political opposition to do well in a country with a media tightly controlled by Putin