Posted on 10/16/2006 11:24:32 PM PDT by jmc1969
The business chief of Russian news agency Itar-Tass, Anatoly Voronin, was killed on Sunday night in his apartment in central Moscow, the agency reported. Death was the result of multiple knife wounds, according to police, Itar-Tass reported. Several theories are being investigated, the agency said.
The body of 55-year-old Voronin was found at his home by his driver, the news agency said. He had worked at the agency for 23 years. His death is the latest in a spate of high-profile killings in Russia in little over a month.
The journalist Anna Politkovskaya, a critic of President Putin, was shot in the entranceway of her apartment building on October 7. Leaders from around the world including President Bush called on the Russian government to carry out a thorough investigation to find her killers. No arrests have yet been made.
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http://hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/
scroll halfway down the page and you'll find it!
P.S I've never voted for Putin, I don't like communist! I've always voted for democratic parties in the past. But now democrats has lost any support for their economic policy in 90's
If this was Putin's doing or someone under Putin that did these attacks against the Journalists then it is obvious he will not except anyone questioning his actions.
In other words if Putin wins this fight against the journalists you will not get any information from anyplace other then Putin’s approved message. At that point you have absolutely no security. We at Freerepublic worry about your security.
If this is a psychotic murderer that has a twisted way to help Putin. Then you don’t have much to worry about. One man will not win, and I hope your police get the guy soon.
We don’t like what our Main Stream Media says against our president and the war, but we have to live with it because the alternative (government controlled information) is much worse.
And what do you think of Alexander Dugin?
I heard this name but don't remember who it is
So what do you think of him? How closely do you think Putin listens to him and follows the Eurasian geopilitical strategy?
Because from where I sit, it looks a lot like Putin is following his ideas.
Oh wow, Who is it, Dugin to be Putin's adviser? Putin has enough hardliner in Defense Ministry and FSB I'm sure,Dugin has no influence on state policy!
Soon before the USSR attacked Afghanistan the Russians used to call the region from Pakistan to southern Africa “the troubled Arc”
yep. Right!
The Moscow's prosecutor's office claims that was a gay affair.
I'd like to translate this for other FReepers, but short of time.
I wish you well.
However, Putin's path to energy security has put him into bed with some very unsavory characters. The appearance from this side of the globe is that Putin will buy, sell, and make deals with the lowest of the low of humanity on this globe. Not exactly the kind of foundation designed for future prosperity.
Don't you just hate it when people stab themselves to death?
Russia exports mainly oil and gas, also metals and some arms.
That's sad ( for a Russian) but true. We have a big job to do to change it and we want to - there's big enough population and mineral exports don't provide good jobs for all of them.
So Russia now has common interests with those exporting the same, probably excluding arms.
I hope Putin isn't close, long term friends with the Saudi crime family.
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