Outspoken Putin critic shot dead in Moscow

Reuters ^ | 10-7-06 | James Kilner

[Pharmboy]

Once a fascist totalitarian commie, always a fascist totalitarian commie.

[xzins]

The moral of the story being, "Don't visit Moscow if you're a Putin critic." It's a violent place.

[trumandogz]

But Russia is a Democracy.

[Pharmboy]

...and you don't think that this was, perhaps, a birthday present for Putinkyskaya??

[elcid1970]

The leopard will not change its spots. Ever.

Ms. Politkovskaya - KGB victim.

(:^(

[billybudd]

But remember, Bush looked into Putin's soul and vouched for his honesty. Putin must be a good guy if Bush says so.

[Mrs. Darla Ruth Schwerin]

I am soooo surprised. Just a matter of time. The U.S.S.R. is still alive and kicking...

[dangus]

I can't tell; Are you missing one of these: (/sarcasm)?

[Pharmboy]

For old time's sake...


An elderly man is sitting on a park bench studying a Hebrew book. A KGB agent walks by, looks over the man's shoulder, and says, "What is that strange writing?"
"This is Hebrew," says the old man. "It's the language of Israel."
"Don't be silly," says the agent. "At your age you'll never get to Israel."
"Perhaps not," sighs the old man. "But Hebrew is also the language of heaven."
The agent replies, "What makes you so sure you're going to heaven?"
"Maybe I'm not," says the old man, "but I already know Russian."

[Bahbah]

How many journalist critics of George Bush (I hear he has a few), the supposedly fascist President who wants to suppress all criticism, have been shot dead?

[Mrs. Darla Ruth Schwerin]

That's funny!

[KoRn]

"Moscow chief prosecutor Yuri Syomin told reporters at the crime scene, a nine-story Soviet-era apartment building in central Moscow, that he was treating the death as murder.

Well no sh1t Sherlock! Glad to see they are on top of things.

[DaveTesla]

What did you want him to say?
He looked into the eyes of an evil son of a bi**h?

I am certain President Bush knew exactly what and who he was dealing with.

[Pharmboy]

Shot dead? They're not even removed from the invite list for White House diners! LOL!

[DarthVader]

Sounds like the assaination of Kirov in the 30's.

[theFIRMbss]

>I am soooo surprised. Just a matter of time. The U.S.S.R. is still alive and kicking...

Well, you know, sometimes folks die mysteriously in free countries, too!

[dangus]

No tin foil hats; good ol' fashion Kevlar. The Soviet (ahem) Russian military appears to have made previous attempts on her life. A military officer was charged (and acquitted) of making death threats against her, and she was mysteriously poisonned during the Chechnyan terrorist negotiations.

I get the sense (only a hunch) that few FReepers would actually like her politics, but she certainly was a heroically brave woman whose death is very ominous.