He’s absolutely not Vladimir Putin but let’s not hail him as this shining beacon of truth just because he’s a martyr. He was still a Russia first nationalist that supported the Russians during the Russo-Georgian war and was vocally supportive of the annexation of Crimea. He even made a youtube video where he played a pest control specialist and explains how to rid themselves of immigrants while comparing them to fleas and cockroaches. In the video he is attacked by a figure presumed to be one of the muslim immigrants he is calling to be exterminated and shoots them twice in the chest.
And yet would still be an improvement on the psychopath currently in the presidents office. crazy ain’t it?
Didn’t your boss explode on his plane? I guess Simonyan is your new boss.
For those who don’t understand what happened here’s short version: he was opposing annexation back in 2014 when it started, and in video he talks not about immigrants(because they did not immigrate, Russia did. Twice.), but about certain Russian citizens - Chechen mafia.
It’s not “muslim immigrant”. It’s Shamil Basayev, a former Ichkerian guerilla fighter (which short existence was fueled largely by kidnappings and slave trade), who later turned terrorist and is directly responsible for numerous bombings and hostage crisises.
More about him: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamil_Basayev
and half this country wants to see these kind of headlines coming from ours. 😢
Not half. Never forget that the insane, reactionary conservatives are a minority in this country. They’re just extremely loud.
They are a minority by population but US elections are by county and state. This is the last presidential election:
Everyone thinks that because Biden won the last election everything is fine and they can go back to ignoring elections.
US elections are mostly by state not by county. You can see states that voted blue despite being majority red on the county level. And Alaska is the opposite example where county level seems more blue but the state is red. It’s a misleading map because it doesn’t represent population density. Most of red counties are low population areas.
The state distribution however is kinda BS, but the real reason republicans can have power with a clear minority is because of the FPTP voting that prefers a two party system instead of a multiparty system. GOP would be far more fringe party if more alternatives existed.
“This country” This is world news thread, and even then is a UK news article. Americans and their damn elections …
We assumed way too much that our country is split in half. Conservatives are much less than half but due to gerrymandering and voter suppression tactics are not targeted towards them. They are cheating to make you think it’s half.
The guy is named Vladmir putin for fucks sake of course he will leach the life out of people who oppose hin
General malnutrition plus weakened health from the previous poisoning is my guess.
Death is just the last time someone loses consciousness… And lots of things can cause a loss of consciousness, in this case, maltreatment, abuse, and neglect.
