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Jacoby wrote:
this is the same Russia we accuse of covertly poisoning people in other countries
It's not Russia that's accused, it's Putin. You don't doubt that the assassinations of Alexander Litvinenko, Anna Politkovskaya and all the others were ordered by Putin, do you?
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why would he order somebody to be publicly executed in broad day light literally in front of the Kremlin?
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pour encourager les autres?" Because that's how tyrants consolidate and maintain power?
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Putin hasn't gotten this far by being stupid.
No. He's gotten this far by killing lots of people. No reason to think he would suddenly stop now.
Putin has an 86% approval rating, what power does he need to consolidate? Despite all the demonization and sanctions by the west, his approval rating is higher now than it has ever been. Why would he order someone killed in such a way where he himself would be the first to be blamed? To call this guy a "prominent opposition figure" is a real stretch, he was the not very well liked former deputy PM under Yeltsin who then jumped in bed with American NGOs(National Endowment for Democracy) and think tanks. Unsurprisingly his efforts in politics since then have been completely unsuccessful as he served American interests rather than Russian ones. He also tried his hand at being a banker of which got shut down shortly after for fraud and money laundering, perhaps he had more enemies than we know? His girlfriend, a 23 year old model and Ukrainian national, was on a convenient romantic stroll with Nemtsov when he got shot in which she was unharmed and detained where she is now claiming amnesia. Cui bono, who has the most to gain here?

Here is our good friend John McCain with the kiss of death, it just seemed like chaos and destruction follows poor John where ever he goes.