The return of the Putin III

[abomvubuso]

I think this vid is pretty succinct, how'dya think? Well, the exit polls are unambiguous. There'll be no 2nd round, Putin wins the presidential election in Russia. 58-60% roughly. And no surprise there.

The result was anticipated, and is hardly a shock for anybody. More important is what the opposition's reaction would be and what are Putin's next

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[telemann]

I saw Masha Gessen's interview with Jon Stewart, discussing her biography of Putin. I'm going to buy an electronic copy of the book tonight, it looks fascinating. If anyone else is reading it now, I'd love to hear what you think of it. Thanks ;)

[pofigistiks]

Yeah, I know. :-)
Well, the sites novayagazeta and BBC did not even go to allude to the mass media is mauvais ton. A novayagazeta in Russia is considered propaganda newspaper.

Which anniversary?
March 6, 1857 U.S. Supreme Court ruled that slaves are property, not citizens.

[htpcl]

I'm not American. It's not my anniversary.

Good at least that you didn't cite Pravda as a source.

[pofigistiks]

O, Bulgaria! Sorry, did not know.
Yes, "Pravda" is also not a reliable source, as well as writings of the revisionists.

By the way, the court has recently ruled that the Red Army could not have shot Polish officers in Katyn.

[htpcl]

Yep. Talking about revisionism.

Whose court?

[pofigistiks]

Russian court, of course.

[htpcl]

So a Russian court acquits a Russian atrocity? That's just... beautiful.

[pofigistiks]

The court makes decisions based on facts ... In Bulgaria it is done differently?

[htpcl]

Let's stay focused on the Russian court for now if you don't mind. A Russian court says that Russia didn't do anything wrong. And you don't notice anything suspicious in this?

[pofigistiks]

Russian court ruled that the shooting was in September 1941, when the place was occupied by Germany.

[htpcl]

The Russian court is not independent. An international investigation would've been far more impartial. But of course the Russians won't allow an international investigation, and that says a lot.

[pofigistiks]

In September 1941, 11,000 Polish officers who were prisoners of war were killed in the Katyn Forest near Smolensk.
Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 1
Indictment : Count Three
COUNT THREE - WAR CRIMES
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/imt/count3.asp

Russian court issued a similar decision.
Are you going to argue with the trials at Nuremberg.

[htpcl]

But that was a year after the actual Katyn massacre that we're talking about here. The area changed hands over the course of 1941.

Did you even read the above source that I provided?

And let's reassess where we started from, so we stay focused. You claim that GULag wasn't used as a tool for dealing with political opponents to the Soviet regime. That's patently false. Thousands of political prisoners perished in those camps and that's documented. You chose to ignore all the evidence, stating ridiculous reasons like "this is Wikipedia". Further, it was demonstrated that Stalin relocated millions of ethnic minorities to remote areas in order to disrupt their communities. You didn't even respond to that. Again, why should any of your arguments be taken seriously?

[pofigistiks]

But that was a year after the actual Katyn...
Yes, at the Nuremberg Trials were fools, and they wrote nonsense.
Well I quoted and gave a link, do not read it?

And let's reassess...
Yes, you can call political prisoners and Chikatillo.
But it is not. You can create a site and write it here and refer to it, but it will remain false.
All links that you gave have the same quality, and reliability.
And compare, I refer to the official document you refer to the BBC.

Again, why should any of your arguments be taken seriously?
It's your choice. I do not force.

[htpcl]

They were fools but Putin's court are smarter, right? ;-)

Yep, they should've found the truth back then, namely: Stalin had ordered the decapitation of the Polish military elite. But those fools from the Allies chose not to do that, to preserve their friendship with Stalin. After all, the Yalta conference was the most important thing at the time. Funny how Realpolitik works, isn't it?

> All links that you gave have the same quality, and reliability.

Would've been nice if you had read them.

[pofigistiks]

They were fools but Putin's court are smarter, right? ;-)
Russian court said the same thing, as the Nuremberg Trials.

After all, the Yalta conference was the most important thing at the time. Funny how Realpolitik works, isn't it?
Politics a funny thing.
And the power of the Red Army - it was the most important thing of a thing at a time;)

Would've been nice if you had read them.
Why do I need to read obscure sites, if I read historical works on this subject?