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Nightmare on Kremlin Street: Senators and lawyers go missing in Russia and no one notices | |
2007-07-20 | |
![]() Two weeks later, a fifth senator was history. Smirnov writes: "On June 2, Senator Levon Chakhmakhchyan was arrested by officers of the Federal Security Service (FSB) on charges of bribery. Chakhmakhchyan represents Kalmykia, a region in southern Russia is and vice-president of the Association for Russian-Armenian Business Cooperation." On July 19th, attorney Robert Amsterdam reported: Today's news that the highly regarded lawyer Boris Kuznetsov is fleeing Russia after an absurdly baseless order for his arrest under the allegation of "revealing state secrets" represents yet another outrageous example of the state's abuse of the legal system ... | |
Posted by:lotp |
#2 Wonder which country he will attack first in his quest for world domination. The Baltic nations lead my list, followed by Belarus or the Ukraine. Other bits and pieces of the Former Soviet Union to follow. They'll want to work on isolating Europe from the US some more, or getting Europe more solidly hooked on Russian petro-chemicals before they make any moves outside the Former Soviet Union, but I suspect the Poles, Czechs, or Slovaks would be the first outside that area. |
Posted by: Rob Crawford 2007-07-20 12:11 |
#1 ah great. Where is my Murderous Tyrant Check-List? Promised reforms, consolidated power, murders opponents, starts up an army of brown-shirts and rev's of the juche. He's checked off most of those boxes and is now ready to begin the fast and furious purges. Those who sit around him must know that they are already screwed and will suffer an unfortunate accident, such as a 30,000 ft fall or swim in the sea with a pair of cement shoes. Won't be but months before we will see flag waving by women with babes in arms as all those new tanks and missles parade by. Wonder which country he will attack first in his quest for world domination. Gonna get a bit sticky between him and all those caliphate wanna bees. |
Posted by: AT 2007-07-20 11:34 |