Russians arrested yesterday (Day 2) wearing false uniforms, trying to infiltrate Nikopol, not far from Mariupol. Again, wearing fake uniforms is illegal under the laws of war.
Posted on 02/26/2022 12:50:43 PM PST by daniel1212
Russian President Vladimir Putin's incursion into Ukraine is the latest instance of destabilizing or oppressive behavior at home and abroad by the authoritarian strongman...the aggressive behavior is in line with the Russian leader’s previous misdeeds...in 2008, Russia invaded Georgia on a similar pretext to this week’s incursion...Then in 2014, Putin seized the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine after the country’s pro-Russian government was toppled by mass protests and replaced by a more pro-E.U. administration....Outside of Europe, Putin’s Russia would later go on to put boots on the ground in Syria to preserve its access and interests there as well...
Putin’s regime has a long history of suppressing protests and keeping restrictions on journalistic freedom -- particularly those who oppose the Russian government. NBC News reported in October that Moscow has been cranking up its repression by using laws passed in 2012...
Meanwhile, opposition leader Alexei Navalny was jailed last year and is currently on trial for fraud -- after he returned to Russia after months of treatment for a near-fatal poison attack...Anti-regime protests have for years been met by extreme force by Russian police, with arrest powers used broadly..
Putin’s suppression of opposition has not just been limited to those within Russia...even when outside of Russia. In 2006, Alexander Litvinenko, an ex-Russian intelligence officer who defected, was poisoned in London. He died weeks later after drinking tea laced with polonium-210. Authorities blamed the poisoning on Russian intelligence agents acting on order from the Kremlin.
In 2018, the Russian government poisoned Sergei Skripal, a former Russian military officer and double agent who had been jailed by Russia but released as part of a spy swap, and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, England. While both targets survived, a British woman who encountered the poison after it had been disposed subsequently died.
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How many Ukrainians did America kill during the Orange “Revolution” under Obama-Mao?
Putin needs the Mussolini treatment.
Looks like Russians will be kicked off SWIFT in a few days. Germany, Italy and Hungary have come around
He may very well be the next leader of Russia!
Wonder how they were caught. Accent?
He could have used a cup bearer like kings of old.
He keeps put put put in along...
I think the gig is almost up.
The guy could retire with a big fat pension, and here he is
doing this for attention.
Sad actually.
Maybe they tried hooking up with the wrong Tinder chicks?
-PJ
Good thing their picture was taken with absolutely no identifying information.
About 14,000.
Funny how the majority of those holding up Alexei Navalny as some kind of hero are also the ones saying the January 6 protesters should be prosecuted to the fullest extent possible.
The misdeeds of Western leadership seems more worthy of our immediate concern. It is frustrating that they can manufacture a new crisis and then simply redirect our attention with such ease. Many who are quite aware of these things seem ready to send our sons to war under the leadership of Hillary and gang. Really?
What is January 6th? Schiff says that we need to direct our attention to Russia. We need to forget those trivialities and rally behind the new cause. /sarc
I know. We fall for it every damn time.
I’m disappointed but not surprised by the number of freepers falling for the propaganda.
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