No one slags off Vladimir... Opposition Leader Shot Dead.

The Aussie

Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov has been shot dead in central Moscow.

Russian media is reporting an unidentified attacker shot Mr Nemtsov four times, while he was walking with a woman near the Kremlin.

The 55-year-old was an outspoken critic of Russian president Vladimir Putin.

Posing for homoerotic photos just ain't enough for our aspiring Vlad.

CJ Haughey

They have the head lost there.

Gatling

CJ Haughey wrote: »

They have the head lost there.

No they lost what little democracy they had for Hitler 2.0

Littlekittylou

Nemtsov was against the way in Ukraine. That's it now Putin is a dictator.

shruikan2553

Has the new RT intern photoshopped Obama into the pictures yet?

hotmail.com

Putin will oversee the investigation...no I'm not joking.

RobertKK

Well they used poisoning before, Gun more effective.

irishfeen

Putin throwing back Russia decades - he is slowly by surely getting more unpredictable... bullying to re-establish old USSR borders I fear is his ultimate aim.

The Diabolical Monocle

who's to say who done it ??

politicians by nature have lots of enemies and business interests.

same as when Nisman was killed in Argentina. Everyone flipped out and said it was CFK.

Pretty handy tactic for a third party.

Desolation Of Smug

Putin the boot in good and proper. Oppose me at your peril.


I wonder does he have a pond out back, with ducks that visit occasionally, and a garbage haulage business on the side?

Baby Jane

The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »

who's to say who done it ??

politicians by nature have lots of enemies and business interests.

same as when Nisman was killed in Argentina. Everyone flipped out and said it was CFK.

Pretty handy tactic for a third party.

Yeh, I'm not part of the baffling Putin love-in, but we don't actually know that he's responsible - even if it looks that way.

AndonHandon

In mother Russia, government oppose you.

Lapin

Bad shít this.

Seriously. Easy to laugh and joke, but this is very sinister.

Hans Bricks

Russia has essentially been a mafia state since the USSR collapsed, not surprised really

The Aussie

Lapin wrote: »

Bad shít this.

Seriously. Easy to laugh and joke, but this is very sinister.

Yep, if you get rid of the opposition there is no one to oppose you is a handy way of being a Dictator.

Banjo String

Baby Jane wrote: »

Yeh, I'm not part of the baffling Putin love-in, but we don't actually know that he's responsible - even if it looks that way.

Yeah there's no point Russian straight in and blaming the bright tsar without putin any thought into it whatsoever.

People Moscow and gather their evidence first.

Gringo180

Do yous sheep really think Putin is that stupid to murder him? I'm no fan of Putin but there is no way on earth he would do this in such a chaotic time for his country.

myshirt

Can I ask, has anyone here ever been to Russia? Ever have any hassle or encounter any corruption?

Particularly at the airport, usually involving your passport and $100 dollars.

B#stards. Was caught 4 times.

myshirt

Gringo180 wrote: »

Do yous sheep really think Putin is that stupid to murder him? I'm no fan of Putin but there is no way on earth he would do this in such a chaotic time for his country.

Why not?

Putin is the most powerful man in the world.

Who do you see f#cking with the Russians?

Gatling

Gringo180 wrote: »

Do yous sheep really think Putin is that stupid to murder him? I'm no fan of Putin but there is no way on earth he would do this in such a chaotic time for his country.

It was the gay Butler in the library with the hardback copy of 50 shades of grey

RobertKK

Well the pro-western Ukrainian leader was poisoned but survived, face became disfigured.
See pictures here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1123026/Ukrainian-president-Victor-Yushchenkos-ugly-poison-scars-disappear.html

Then Litvinenko who opposed Putin was poisoned with Polonium and died.

Journalist Anna Politkovskaya was shot and murdered in Moscow, herself and Nemtsov were friends. Nemtsov was to lead a major rally tomorrow in Moscow against Putin.
Nemtsov had written a number of reports linking Putin and his inner circle of associates to corruption.

Does anyone remember the last Presidential election in the US, where Obama laughed at Romney for saying Russia was the number one geopolitical issue in the world?

From 2012: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/22/obama-romney-russia_n_2003927.html

“Gov. Romney, I'm glad that you recognize that al Qaeda is a threat,” Obama said, “because a few months ago when you were asked what's the biggest geopolitical threat facing America, you said Russia.”
“The 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back because the Cold War's been over for 20 years,” Obama said.

Obama went onto say:

“Governor, when it comes to our foreign policy, you seem to want to import the foreign policies of the 1980s,

I guess Putin was laughing then seeing how blind and asleep on the job Obama had been towards Russia. Then went full steam ahead, Putin rightly stopped the US bombing Assad in my opinion, Assad's Syria is an ally of Russia, started a war with Ukraine over a non pro-Russian President leading the country, as I said earlier, tried poisoning the previous pro-western one.

Well we are back in the 1980s, there is a stand off against between the west and Russia. Weak leadership in America hasn't helped.

suicide_circus

Russian opposition leader falls down an elevator shaft....on to some bullets

Darkglasses

Married with four kids. RIP

Firefox11

irishfeen wrote: »

Putin throwing back Russia decades - he is slowly by surely getting more unpredictable... bullying to re-establish old USSR borders I fear is his ultimate aim.

Except some of those countries are now members of EU/NATO.

Interesting BBC Article from an ex MI6 Boss stating that Russia is now a real threat to the west and the west needs to prepare for this now..a return to the cold war is real.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-31669195

Gringo180

Firefox11 wrote: »

Except some of those countries are now members of EU/NATO.

Interesting BBC Article from an ex MI6 Boss stating that Russia is now a real threat to the west and the west needs to prepare for this now..a return to the cold war is real.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-31669195

I think the west is more of a threat to Russia than the other way around. I can't recall the Russians starting or being the aggressor in any wars like the U.S or Britain for that matter, in the last half century.

FouxDaFaFa

myshirt wrote: »

Can I ask, has anyone here ever been to Russia? Ever have any hassle or encounter any corruption?

Particularly at the airport, usually involving your passport and $100 dollars.

B#stards. Was caught 4 times.

Is this a joke or did you actually pay $400 in bribes?

I don't know whether Putin would be so blatant in having Nemstov killed but having such a prominent role in investigating the murder seems like a great way to make it so that it won't be impartial.

kryogen

I like Putin you know.

pablo128

Gringo180 wrote: »

I think the west is more of a threat to Russia than the other way around. I can't recall the Russians starting or being the aggressor in any wars like the U.S or Britain for that matter, in the last half century.

The 'west' is more than just America and the UK.

spaceHopper

Gringo180 wrote: »

I think the west is more of a threat to Russia than the other way around. I can't recall the Russians starting or being the aggressor in any wars like the U.S or Britain for that matter, in the last half century.

What about the Afghanistan war, or Chechnya or Georgia or http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_Spring

Firefox11

Gringo180 wrote: »

I think the west is more of a threat to Russia than the other way around. I can't recall the Russians starting or being the aggressor in any wars like the U.S or Britain for that matter, in the last half century.

Thats why is being flying TU-95's off the UK Coast to remind the west of it's 8000 nuclear warheads sitting in submarines, silos, etc.

Gringo180

pablo128 wrote: »

The 'west' is more than just America and the UK.

Indeed. But if anything were to kick off between these 2 western nations and Russia all of us will be effected unfortunately.

I just hate the hypocrisy of it all. The media painting the Russians as the bad guys all the time, the news reports pointing the finger towards Putin as the murderer when they haven't a shred of evidence. Georgia were the aggressors in the South Ossetia war and the media painted it out that it was the Russians, the same with Ukraine and Crimea. The Yanks and Brits should look in the mirror before pointing the fingers at others.