what happened to the großrossiya thread

[Sava]

If John Boehner got shot walking down Pennsylvania Avenue, I would be highly suspicious and wouldn't rule out the possibility of Obama ordering a hit but I would give the benefit of the doubt pending an investigation. But given Alexander Litvinenko, Anna Politkavskaya, Mikhail Khordokovsky, rigged elections, press restrictions, etc etc etc the much more reasonable assumption is that this guy was killed by the government.

Just an observation, even if Putin isn't responsible (unlikely), in the United States and other western countries, people like that would likely receive police protection. I think Boehner gets secret service protection because he's in the line of succession, and I know presidential candidates receive it. It says something about Russia that he didn't.

But we knew Russia is a dictatorship already, I guess.

If Boehner got shot and you think of Obama, you have some serious problems. We're talking 9-11 truther type **** bro [emoji38]

Now if we're talking Nixon, maybe.

[Hauldren Collider]

It's a fairly extreme hypothetical. I wouldn't really rule anything out under those circumstances.

[Dr Strangelove]

You know, after John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King you'd think someone would have done something about Richard Nixon.

[N35t0r]

I read he was undertaking a serious cleanup re. corruption in his home district, and one theory is that he was knocked off by mobsters whose 'livelyhoods' were being threatened.

[I AM MOBIUS]

Mobsters who are by definition pro Putin.

I doubt very much Putin gave the orders, but he's certainly created an environment where people of a similar mind feel that they can act with impunity...

Of course, he does deny Russian involvement in Ukraine as well.

[N35t0r]

Mobsters who are by definition pro Putin.

I doubt very much Putin gave the orders, but he's certainly created an environment where people of a similar mind feel that they can act with impunity...

Agree

[Sava]

If Putin didn't order it, I imagine he might be upset that it occurred without him calling the shot. Though, I doubt he is shedding any tears.

[I AM MOBIUS]

Loatian.

And this! Do you do this sort of **** on purpose!?

Hey, maybe she was a seporatist...?

[Bereta_Eder]

austaraty is the answer to seporatists so they don't turn out like loatians
(and we need intigration)

[Bereta_Eder]

unless he's dyslexic...
in which case apologies...

[Sava]

new developments

Russia: The car used in Putin critic's killing belongs to an 'in-house security service'

Russia's finance ministry says the car being sought in connection with the killing of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov belonged to an "in-house security service" for the ministry, according to the Russian news agency TASS.

Nemtsov was shot dead last week in the highest-profile killing of its kind during Vladimir Putin's 15-year reign as prime minister and president.

Because of Nemtsov's status as an opposition leader and former deputy prime minister, many of his supporters believe Putin was to blame for his death. He was attacked 200 meters from the Kremlin walls, according to one reporter in Moscow.

While the car in question, which reportedly fled the scene of Nemtsov's death, did not belong to the finance ministry directly, the connection to a contractor for the state body raises fresh questions about Kremlin involvement.

The ministry's press office told TASS: "The Ford car we are talking about does not belong to the finance ministry. This is a vehicle of an in-house security service, an independent FSUE providing services to the finance ministry, Goznak, and other bodies."

Police are investigating Nemtsov's death. Russian security services say they have identified several suspects.

Nemtsov served as a deputy prime minister and a regional governor in Russia in the 1990s, when he helped put free-market reforms in place. Ukraine's president believes Nemtsov was killed because he had evidence that Russia armed forces in Ukraine.

The fact Nemtsov was gunned down right outside the Kremlin and state officials have acknowledged a connection to the car that fled the scene of the killing is being interpreted by Putin's critics that no one is safe.

A Putin representative, however, has denied that the Kremlin was involved in Nemtsov's death.

The Russian government has even offered a reward of $50,000 for information leading to the conviction of the killer of Nemtsov. However, Russia might have actually captured the shooting on tape — Nemtsov was killed in front of the Kremlin's security cameras.

http://www.businessinsider.com/car-used-in-boris-nemtsov-murder-belongs-to-russian-finance-ministry-contractor-2015-3

[Bereta_Eder]

Is the minimum wage in Russia only 80 euros?

[Hauldren Collider]

wait over what time period is that wage?

Also wow, a surprising number of countries don't have one. at including Syria's minimum wage

[onodera]

Minimum wage in Moscow is 14.5K roubles per month, which is 240$ or 220EUR. I don't think you'll be paid this little even in a McDonalds.

Federal minimum wage is 5965 roubles, 90EUR or 100$.

[Dinner]

It looks like the Ukraine is the place to go for dirt cheap hookers.