In Navalny’s death, echoes of Stalin https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/16/opinions/navalny-dead-putin-russia-stalin-bergen/index.html
Putin assassinating more people outside of Russia again. Russian Chopper Pilot Who Defected to Ukraine Found Dead in Spain https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-chopper-pilot-defected-ukraine-195501177.html The Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine last year by flying a military Mi-8 helicopter across the shared border has been found dead in Spain—months after the government he abandoned swore it would seek revenge. Maksim Kuzminov briefly captured the world’s attention last summer when it initially seemed as if his chopper had simply disappeared, only for the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate to reveal that it had secretly been plotting his defection for six months and arranging for his family’s safe escape from Russia. At a press conference, Kuzminov recalled how he tricked his two crew members but managed to stop them from killing him mid-flight because he was the only one able to keep the aircraft from crashing. The Ukrainian intelligence agency would later say that Kuzminov’s two companions refused to surrender and “died immediately after landing.” But the incident became a scandal back home in Russia, where local media reported that the military intelligence agency GRU had a standing order with “no expiration date” to assassinate the pilot. On Monday, the news site Ukrainska Pravda quoted Ukraine’s military intelligence stating that Kuzminov had “decided to move to Spain… invited his ex to his place and was found shot.” Intelligence sources apparently said his killers were found fleeing the scene of the pilot’s burned-out car.
"Along with opposition politicians, independent journalists and human rights activists, ordinary Russians have been increasingly swept up in a crackdown reminiscent of the Soviet era. Some human rights advocates compare the scale of the clampdown to the repression from the 1960s to the 1980s, when dissidents were prosecuted for "anti-Soviet propaganda." A lonely radio nerd. A poet. Vladimir Putin’s crackdown sweeps up ordinary Russians https://apnews.com/article/russia-dissent-crackdown-ordinary-people-c102c4f4f4fa7d11e5d3587257ecd864
Add one more to the list. Fourth Exec at Russian Oil Giant Lukoil Dies ‘Suddenly’ Vitaly Robertus, a 53-year-old vice president, is at least the fourth executive at the company to die since the start of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine. https://www.thedailybeast.com/vital...c-at-russian-oil-giant-lukoil-to-die-suddenly
Russia arrests more journalists on ‘extremism’ charges https://thehill.com/policy/internat...rrests-more-journalists-on-extremism-charges/
LOL... Russian hater gets chewed up by the "justice system" he supports. Russian informer who had people jailed for criticising Ukraine war is charged with same crime https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-informer-had-people-jailed-154136685.html A Russian activist who has boasted about denouncing Kremlin critics to the authorities has himself been charged with discrediting the Russian armed forces. A notice posted to Moscow’s court website showed Timur Bulatov, an outspoken supporter of Russia’s “special military operation” in Ukraine, was charged under a censorship law that has been used to punish critics of the war. He told the Ostorozhno Novosti Telegram channel that he did not understand the origin of the charge, which could incur a fine of up to 50,000 roubles (£430) for a first offence. Repeat offenders risk jail terms. “Where is the discrediting,” he asked. “I am a person whose petitions [have led to] the imprisonment of about eight people in St Petersburg, and throughout Russia more than 20.” The official notice showed Mr Bulatov’s case was registered on Tuesday, but gave no further details. Bulatov nicknamed the ‘gay fighter’ Mr Bulatov has openly discussed his activity as a serial informer whose denunciations have led to a slew of civil and criminal cases being filed against individuals. Referred to as the “gay fighter” by some in Russia’s media, Mr Bulatov has long focused his denunciations on LGBT people. By his own account, at least 60 LGBT school teachers have lost their jobs after he found their social media profiles and reported them to authorities. Homosexuality is not criminalised in Russia, but authorities have used laws against “gay propaganda” for more than a decade to pursue civil and criminal cases against LGBT people. Mr Bulatov’s campaigns have extended beyond LGBT people. Separate cases were opened against two individuals who posted photographs online of themselves standing partially unclothed in front of Russian Orthodox churches after Mr Bulatov reported them to authorities, Ostorozhno Novosti said. More recently, Russian independent media have linked Mr Bulatov to denunciations of those seen as opposing the war in Ukraine. The St Petersburg branch head of the PEN International writers’ association was fined under the “discrediting” law after Mr Bulatov wrote online that she had been “spreading lies” about the Russian army.
Putin and his cronies are homicidal maniacs. Political Assassinations In Russia: How It Really Works Boris Yeltsin had a technique for not stopping certain top Russian officials from eliminating their opponents. Vladimir Putin refined the practice. So engrained in the country's politics, it's a formula for murder borrowed from mafia dons. https://worldcrunch.com/focus/russia-political-assassination-putin-yeltsin
It's like the good ole Soviet times under Stalin again... Putin’s purge continues after another top war general is detained https://metro.co.uk/2024/05/23/putins-purge-continues-another-top-war-general-detained-20894175/
The purge will continue. Top Russian military officials are being arrested. Why is it happening? https://apnews.com/article/russia-p...stry-scandal-5557e109f658ba727b19acb10fe95d68
Locked in prison after the show trial. The good old days of Stalin are back in Russia. Russian scientist jailed for treason as Putin's 'spy mania' escalates accusing academics of betraying the motherland https://www.gbnews.com/news/world/russia-scientist-jailed-treason-putin-spy-mania-anatoly-maslov