Keyword: sovietlanguage https://freerepublic.com/tag/sovietlanguage/ en-us Sun, 17 Jan 2016 08:39:30 GMT Focus Forum 15 Putin ally says opposition should be tried as enemies of the people https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3384734/posts 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. ... Reuters https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3384734/posts#comment Sun, 17 Jan 2016 08:39:30 GMT