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I'm genuinely curious what the logic is behind Russia murdering someone (or attempting to murder, in the previous attempt) with a distinctively Russian nerve ag

I'm genuinely curious what the logic is behind Russia murdering someone (or attempting to murder, in the previous attempt) with a distinctively Russian nerve agent that would immediately implicate them as being involved- Was it done on purpose as an intimidation thing? Why not just push them out a window?

dralley 2y ago
Why do they care if they get implicated? For years the West provided essentially zero pushback against Russian assassinations even when they happened on German / UK / Czech / Bulgarian soil. And now an assassination is just a drop in the ocean of bad blood between the factions.
- onemoresoop 2y ago
  > For years the West provided essentially zero pushback against Russian assassinations even when they happened on German / UK / Czech / Bulgarian soil That is not quite true, there was quite a bit of repercussions on Russia, lots of diplomats expelled, lots of agents investigated then arrested and so on.
- benterix 2y ago
  It's a bit like asking what the Netherlands did after Russia shot down their civilian plane. Well, at that time they couldn't do much, but a few years later they are doing more than enough.
acuozzo 2y ago
> Why not just push them out a window? They did whatever was necessary to prevent him from becoming (the popular definition of-) a martyr. It worked. It would be interesting to break this down. One necessary action, I think, is to wait long enough for the person to no longer be a subject in the news.