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Death threats before Putin’s political opponent brutally killed
Las Vegas Review-Jouirnal ^ | 02/28/2015 | THOMAS GROVE

Posted on 02/28/2015 2:08:50 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

MOSCOW — It was near closing time on Friday at the upscale Bosco restaurant that looks out onto the illuminated red-brick walls of Moscow’s Kremlin. Boris Nemtsov and his young, dark-haired girlfriend were finishing dinner.

A political reformer who had fallen foul of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Nemtsov had been preoccupied for weeks with details of an opposition march planned for Sunday.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: nemtzov; putinopponentmurder

1 posted on 02/28/2015 2:08:50 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Why the fuss? The Clinton and Obama Machines smeared or knocked off more than Putin has.
2 posted on 02/28/2015 2:14:33 PM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Does the girlfriend need some consoling ?


3 posted on 02/28/2015 2:17:03 PM PST by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: vetvetdoug

Yup. Mena, Arkanskiy!


4 posted on 02/28/2015 2:17:28 PM PST by Alas Babylon! (As we say in the Air Force, "You know you're over the target when you start getting flak!")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Tell the truth. Whoever heard of Boris Nemtsov before yesterday?
5 posted on 02/28/2015 2:21:33 PM PST by McGruff (Maybe my comments were too nuanced for you)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

In before the Putin butt-boys drop in to defend their fascist hero.


6 posted on 02/28/2015 2:22:07 PM PST by ozzymandus
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To: McGruff

Uh, people in Russia?


7 posted on 02/28/2015 2:22:51 PM PST by ozzymandus
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To: ozzymandus
In before the Putin butt-boys drop in to defend their fascist hero.

You didn't make it in time.

8 posted on 02/28/2015 2:23:45 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Putin has taken personal charge of the investigation.

Perfectly innocent, I’m sure...


9 posted on 02/28/2015 2:29:30 PM PST by EternalVigilance
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To: EternalVigilance

Yeah it’s kind of like Eric Holder investigating Lois Lerner.


10 posted on 02/28/2015 2:32:46 PM PST by McGruff (Maybe my comments were too nuanced for you)
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To: FreeReign

I noticed that. Lost by a hair.


11 posted on 02/28/2015 2:45:01 PM PST by ozzymandus
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To: McGruff

No doubt.


12 posted on 02/28/2015 2:51:47 PM PST by EternalVigilance
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FReepers! Let's go!
Every donation
counts!



Let's Git-R-Done!

13 posted on 02/28/2015 3:00:24 PM PST by RedMDer (Keep Free Republic Alive with YOUR Donations!)
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To: McGruff
Yeah it’s kind of like Eric Holder investigating Lois Lerner.

It's exactly like Obama investigating Obama.

14 posted on 02/28/2015 3:14:58 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: McGruff

does it matter if we heard of him before yesterday? How does that make his assassination okay?


15 posted on 02/28/2015 3:16:42 PM PST by GeronL
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To: ozzymandus

The TV media is tightly controlled by Putin, he makes sure the opposition will never get good coverage


16 posted on 02/28/2015 3:17:25 PM PST by GeronL
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Read Tom Clancy’s “Command Authority”. All of this was accurately predicted more than two years ago

There are none so blind as those who will not see.


17 posted on 02/28/2015 3:18:22 PM PST by Walrus (I love the America that used to be ---I hate the America that now IS!)
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