| Nov 19, 2006 @ 7:00 PM |
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eastham
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A former member of the Russian successor of the KGB, friend of the reporter and Putin critic murdered in her Moscow apartment last month, and a critic of Putin in his own right is under armed guard in a London hospital after he was poisoned. An interesting story. Here's the link:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/11/19/npoison19.xml
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| Nov 20, 2006 @ 7:51 AM |
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MotownManiax
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I've seen the stories about the murder of Anna Politkovskaya here on TV. Dozens of journalists have been intimidated or killed in Russia for exposing corruption. I guess now they're targetting defectors residing in other countries.
To anyone that thinks our government is corrupt, you haven't studied Russian politics. They're in a whole other universe.
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| Nov 25, 2006 @ 2:24 PM |
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eastham
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It was polonium....Here's the link to the story in today's Guardian.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,1956680,00.html
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| Nov 25, 2006 @ 2:26 PM |
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whoredog2
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where there's smoke, there's fire.... 
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| Nov 25, 2006 @ 2:36 PM |
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Blondino
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A Russian spy killed by a Russian President ...
no surprise there then
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| Nov 25, 2006 @ 4:14 PM |
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eastham
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I wonder if the Russians did it or if they used the Bulgarians? If I remember correctly, the assassination of a Soviet dissident in London (very Cold War, he was poked with an umbrella) a few years back was the work of the Bulgarians. Also, let's not forget the attempt on the life of the current president of the Ukraine.
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| Nov 25, 2006 @ 5:53 PM |
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eastham
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"Security sources said MI5 believes the Russian intelligence services assassinated Mr Litvinenko. Britain made a formal request to Moscow for help in the murder investigation. But Mr Putin left diplomats open-mouthed with claims that the former spy did not die ‘a violent death’. " Daily Mail
Sources at MI5 support the contention that this was a state-sponsored assassination and hold the Russians culpable.
There is also concern that given the properties of polonium 210, anyone who came into contact with this man, including his wife and child who gave him a final kiss, are at risk. Public health officials are debating whether they should conduct an autopsy, or if it would be too risky for the pathologist. Yikes.
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| Nov 25, 2006 @ 5:55 PM |
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whoredog2
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and people wonder why there was a cold war...
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| Nov 25, 2006 @ 6:00 PM |
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DoorWatcher
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According to the last report I heard, it has to be ingested. Even his favorite sushi restaurant is considered safe. Gawd...I am so naive....I can't imagine murdering someone so harmless....In This Day and Age. But I'm not Russian...not nyet.
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| Nov 25, 2006 @ 6:02 PM |
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whoredog2
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so much for bringing the ruskies into the modern age.
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| Nov 25, 2006 @ 6:53 PM |
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eastham
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Hey, I thought W had looked into Putin's soul and declared him a good guy.
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| Nov 26, 2006 @ 2:47 PM |
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eastham
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It gets curiouser and curioser...A new story out of London...Investigators are looking more deeply into the relationship between the former KGB agent killed this week in London and the Russian journalist murdered in her apartment building this summer. Apparently, at the time of her murder, the Russian journalist was investigating rumors that the Breslan school hostage taking was a "false flag" operation -- an action by one group made to look as if it was commited by another.
ttp://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Was_former_KGB_agent_murdered_over_1126.html
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| Jan 21, 2007 @ 10:54 AM |
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eastham
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An update. London's Times online is reporting that law enforcement now has a visual of the assassin.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2556377,00.html
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| Jan 21, 2007 @ 10:45 PM |
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midnightthunder
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The spirit of Stalins regime lives on....where's Rasputin when you need him.
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| Jan 22, 2007 @ 6:07 PM |
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eastham
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I think they're still trying to drown him in the River Neva.
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| Feb 24, 2007 @ 11:38 PM |
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eastham
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The Guardian is running a story in today's paper about Putin's "disappearing" enemies...and it's not a cocktail party trick.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,,2019157,00.html
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| Feb 24, 2007 @ 11:48 PM |
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MarysPlace
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And what else is new? Remember Uncle Joseph?
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| Feb 25, 2007 @ 12:36 AM |
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Tibert
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Hey, I thought W had looked into Putin's soul and declared him a good guy
Of course Putin is a good guy, all former director of the KGB are good guys, aren't they?
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| Mar 24, 2007 @ 1:53 PM |
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eastham
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Politkovskaya's last book is now available in English. Here's a link to an extract in the Guardian.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/chechnya/Story/0,,2038122,00.html
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