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Really sad news. But if you really think that he was killed - why now? He was "under control" in a prison for multiple years, so why kill him now? It worsens Ru

• arp242 3y ago
  It's not my impression that Putin overly cares about Russia's public image abroad. And plausibility seems a good reason for "why now". You need to be very naïve to not strongly suspect foul play here, or in other cases of people falling out windows and whatnot, but you can also never be quite sure. Not really. So there is at least some plausibility that it was "just" an accident, or "just" illness, at least when trying to sell this to the Russian people.
  • stephenitis 3y ago
    They cared enough to cheat every Olympics systematically
• cedws 3y ago
  I think Putin was keeping him around until the 2024 elections to use as a tool. "Do not cross me or this is what happens" is the message.
• replwoacause 3y ago
  Perhaps because he was more of a focal point before, with that Netflix documentary, and they were waiting for him to exit the public consciousness, or at least have his prominence fade, before killing him. If they would have killed him at the peak of his popularity that would have invited more action from the rest of the world. Just speculating…