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Putin's purge of 'traitors' scoops up pensioners, foodies and peaceniks

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There was a message to all Russians in the first cases under Russian President Vladimir Putin's hunt for what he calls "scum and traitors."

That message is no one is too small to escape notice.

Authorities arrested an Interior Ministry technician for talking privately on the phone. They also nabbed people holding blank placards inferring opposition to the war; a woman wearing a hat in Ukraine's yellow-and-blue colours, and a Siberian carpenter in Tomsk named Stanislav Karmakskikh holding a poster of an 1871 Vasily Vereshchagin artwork called The Apotheosis of War.

A popular food blogger, Nika Belotserkovskaya, was among the first three to face charges under Russia's law against "fake" war news after her Instagram feed went from truffles and rosé to posts about Ukraine refugee children. (She is outside Russia.)

 

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1 minute ago, palooka said:

Putin wants Russians to live in terror, he even wants his supporters to be terrified of him. 

Learning from his mate XJP and the North Korean imbecilic (supposed) deity.

Yeah but its all going wrong now. It would appear its a time for change.

 

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16 hours ago, palooka said:

Putin wants Russians to live in terror, he even wants his supporters to be terrified of him. 

Learning from his mate XJP and the North Korean imbecilic (supposed) deity.

Putin isn't learning from any contemporary dictator. His role model appears to be Stalin, who engineered many purges during his reign resulting in millions being killed.

Fascinating article here that talks about the Russian penchant for dictators: https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/stephen-kotkin-putin-russia-ukraine-stalin. While there are some things I disagree with, overall the author makes some very insightful and compelling observations. The video is edited down but worthwhile to read the article for more commentary.

 

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On 3/28/2022 at 7:05 AM, KaptainRob said:

Putin's purge of 'traitors' scoops up pensioners, foodies and peaceniks

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There was a message to all Russians in the first cases under Russian President Vladimir Putin's hunt for what he calls "scum and traitors."

That message is no one is too small to escape notice.

Authorities arrested an Interior Ministry technician for talking privately on the phone. They also nabbed people holding blank placards inferring opposition to the war; a woman wearing a hat in Ukraine's yellow-and-blue colours, and a Siberian carpenter in Tomsk named Stanislav Karmakskikh holding a poster of an 1871 Vasily Vereshchagin artwork called The Apotheosis of War.

A popular food blogger, Nika Belotserkovskaya, was among the first three to face charges under Russia's law against "fake" war news after her Instagram feed went from truffles and rosé to posts about Ukraine refugee children. (She is outside Russia.)

Russians been thieves, savages & tyrants … and mindless enslaved serfs ….. for their entire 1000 year history. 

present gangster FSB kleptocracy has no need of any fancy ideology, it’s just Power& Wealth by usual Russian Terror & Thieving.

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2 hours ago, oldschooler said:

Russians been thieves, savages & tyrants … and mindless enslaved serfs ….. for their entire 1000 year history. 

present gangster FSB kleptocracy has no need of any fancy ideology, it’s just Power& Wealth by usual Russian Terror & Thieving.

Talking of Russian thieving:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_tFSWZXKN0 

 

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