03-01-2015, 03:18 PM
Assassination Rocks Russia
The cease-fire got off to a rocky start and is still shaky two weeks later.
The economy in Russia is said to be shit as the impacts of sanctions from Europe and the US start to really take effect.
And, sadly, the most prominent opposition figure in Russia was killed on Friday. His name was Boris Nemtsov and he openly opposed and protested Putin's policies; policies that restrict criticism of the government, discriminate against gays, promote aggressive actions in Ukraine...
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Today, large crowds gathered to remember the former deputy Prime Minister turned opposition leader.
The mourners marched to the bridge near the Kremlin where Nemtsov was gunned down shortly before midnight Friday. Chanting "we'll not forget, we'll not forgive" and waving Russian flags, the crowd filled the road along the Moscow River embankment. Many tied black ribbons to railings along the way.
Some in the opposition ranks and the Russian population believe that Putin's government is directly behind the assassination. Others believe that while the government was not likely involved in the murder, Putin is to blame for creating an environment of intolerance which discourages free speech and criticism and responds to it with punishment and jail time.
Nemtsov was with a Ukrainian woman when he was killed, but she reportedly was too shaken up to give many details to investigators. The investigation is being conducted by Russia's Investigative Committee.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States had no intelligence on who was being the shooting. "The bottom line is we hope there will be a thorough, transparent, real investigation, not just of who actually fired the shots, but who, if anyone, may have ordered or instructed this or been behind this," Kerry said today on ABC's "This Week."
Ref: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/01...78328.html
The cease-fire got off to a rocky start and is still shaky two weeks later.
The economy in Russia is said to be shit as the impacts of sanctions from Europe and the US start to really take effect.
And, sadly, the most prominent opposition figure in Russia was killed on Friday. His name was Boris Nemtsov and he openly opposed and protested Putin's policies; policies that restrict criticism of the government, discriminate against gays, promote aggressive actions in Ukraine...
Today, large crowds gathered to remember the former deputy Prime Minister turned opposition leader.
The mourners marched to the bridge near the Kremlin where Nemtsov was gunned down shortly before midnight Friday. Chanting "we'll not forget, we'll not forgive" and waving Russian flags, the crowd filled the road along the Moscow River embankment. Many tied black ribbons to railings along the way.
Some in the opposition ranks and the Russian population believe that Putin's government is directly behind the assassination. Others believe that while the government was not likely involved in the murder, Putin is to blame for creating an environment of intolerance which discourages free speech and criticism and responds to it with punishment and jail time.
Nemtsov was with a Ukrainian woman when he was killed, but she reportedly was too shaken up to give many details to investigators. The investigation is being conducted by Russia's Investigative Committee.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States had no intelligence on who was being the shooting. "The bottom line is we hope there will be a thorough, transparent, real investigation, not just of who actually fired the shots, but who, if anyone, may have ordered or instructed this or been behind this," Kerry said today on ABC's "This Week."
Ref: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/01...78328.html