Comments | talk_politics: Should The West automatically give a political asylum to a Russian street protester?

panchul in talk_politics

Should The West automatically give a political asylum to a Russian street protester?

Jan 24, 2013 16:41

Gentlemen: I believe there is a case of a serious disconnect and I need your help to clarify the situation.

What happended: Alexander Dolmatov, a member of a Russian opposition party The Other Russia (effectively a renamed National Bolshevik Party) decided to take part in a street meeting that led him to a fight with a Russian police: Dolmatov is ( Read more... )

poll, freedom of speech, democracy, russia

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papasha_mueller January 25 2013, 01:36:27 UTC

I'd go for Sasha Grey.
Or Frau Radulova, at the very least.

imfromjasenevo January 25 2013, 01:33:10 UTC

I think you accidentally missed the facts
A. Police (anti-extremist department) came to his apartment with a search warrant
B. FSB called him in for questioning.
C. He claimed that he was threatened there.

panchul January 25 2013, 01:38:47 UTC

Thank you! I believe the information about the search warrant in included in NY Times article

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/23/opinion/a-cold-shoulder-for-russian-dissidents.html

papasha_mueller January 25 2013, 01:44:16 UTC

You could also append his last note to the family he wrote before committing suicide.

imfromjasenevo January 25 2013, 01:42:23 UTC

as wel as
D. In Russia, there are some scientists who were accused of espionage
and who were without access to any state secrets
and all of them spent more than 10 years in prison

underlankers January 25 2013, 02:11:56 UTC

NazBols? So he's one of these guys?

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panchul January 25 2013, 02:24:25 UTC

This was a very picturesque party until it was banned by evil Putin's regime:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Bolshevik_Party

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comeonyouspurs January 25 2013, 17:39:02 UTC

If only the likes of Dzerzhinsky were still around to take care of pricks like Limonov...

fizzyland January 25 2013, 03:32:56 UTC

Are you Russian security? You have that wholesome look of deep cover agents sent into America to undermine our great nation.

/maybe I've been watching too many previews of The Americans

panchul January 25 2013, 03:40:00 UTC

No, I am not a Russian security. I am an engineer in the area of Electronic Design Automation (EDA).

fizzyland January 25 2013, 05:25:10 UTC

Good to know - I used to work in electronics as well.

In general I don't think street protesters earn special protection - other countries have their own problems to attend to.

imfromjasenevo January 25 2013, 05:15:14 UTC

i'm sure that even he is not member of 50 cent party.
there is a plenty of russian guys sucking Putin's dick for free

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