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uhnope

(6,419 posts)
Wed Dec 31, 2014, 05:53 PM Dec 2014

Moscow protests after opposition leader's guilty verdict



President Vladimir Putin's chief political foe was convicted along with his brother on Tuesday in a fraud case widely seen as a vendetta by the Kremlin, triggering one of Russia's boldest anti-government demonstrations in years.
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uhnope

(6,419 posts)
2. are you snickering at the crushing of dissent in Russia?
Wed Dec 31, 2014, 06:55 PM
Dec 2014

that would be par for the course.
BTW, "toques"? who uses that word? You Canuck?

 

uhnope

(6,419 posts)
8. wow. you just called the USA a "totalitarian police state run by what is effectively a dictator"
Wed Dec 31, 2014, 07:36 PM
Dec 2014

that's the second insane post by the Putin explainers in the last hour: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=977670

You guys sharing talking points/drugs/RT binge viewing?

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