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Anna Politkovskaya – Investigative journalist and critic of the Chechen war, shot in Moscow (2006). Alexander Litvinenko – Ex-FSB officer poisoned with polonium
by kubb 2y ago
Anna Politkovskaya – Investigative journalist and critic of the Chechen war, shot in Moscow (2006).
Alexander Litvinenko – Ex-FSB officer poisoned with polonium in London (2006).
Stanislav Markelov & Anastasia Baburova – Human rights lawyer and journalist, shot in Moscow (2009).
Boris Nemtsov – Opposition leader, shot near the Kremlin (2015).
Denis Voronenkov – Former Russian MP, shot in Kyiv (2017).
Nikolai Andrushchenko – Journalist, beaten to death in St. Petersburg (2017).
Alexei Navalny – Opposition leader, died in prison after previous poisoning (2024).
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The difference is that they murder their political opponents for show to make their people be afraid of dissent.
You comparing it with some (disgusting, vile) social media company (which would improve the world immensely if it disappeared) is completely inappropriate.
- sharpshadow 2y agoIf you gonna mix in politicians and opposition the USA has a extensive list themselves.
- tdeck 2y agoFred Hampton would have something to say if, you know, he were still alive.
- MomsAVoxell 2y agoI mean, you don’t have to go far to find Soviet-style political repression in the USA. Julian Assange says hi.
- basisword 2y ago"We're not as bad as them" is a poor argument. Particularly while America quickly slides in that direction. Just take a look at the deportation of Venezuelans especially the case of the wrongly deported man that the government conveniently "can't find". That's a story comparable to the stories Americans tell about Russia and China.
- bradly 2y agoI think OP is more using this incident along with many others. Things similar to in February when the President signed executive orders that imposed sanctions on American law firms and lawyers which included suspension of security clearances, termination of government contracts, and restrictions preventing firm employees from accessing federal buildings. (https://www.justsecurity.org/110109/president-cannot-issue-attainder-bills/ https://www.justsecurity.org/110109/president-cannot-issue-a...) I have no idea how to talk equality to speak of whether they are comparable or not, but I do think people are seeing a different atmosphere.
- kubb 2y agoSure, combined with others it makes sense. Just Facebook isn't enough to draw equivalence though.
- vaidhy 2y agoIs this an example of whataboutism?
- subscribed 2y agoTrump is barely, like, 90? days into his presidency and his gestapo is already kidnapping people and shipping them to torture camps contrary to the court orders. Putler is an established dicktator with a long list of killing his own citizens with impunity. Give trump a couple of years. He can't do it overnight, he needs to cook the Americans slowly. Hitler didn't turn the Germans into Nazis overnight either.