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NPR was reporting earlier today that a Russian government spokesman said Nemstov was probably murdered by his comrades in opposition to Putin in order to get more publicity and sympathy for their demonstration scheduled for tomorrow. Nemstov was bringing more attention to recent disclosures that *before* the Maidan upheaval Putin was planning how to annex Crimea and eastern Ukraine, i.e. <http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2015/02/21/257386/russian-news-report-ukraine-invasion.html> Obviously lying and murder are no problem for the capitalist government in Moscow. On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 12:01 PM, Lüko Willms <[email protected]> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > > > on Samstag, 28. Februar 2015 at 11:44, Charles Faulkner via Marxism wrote, > quoting the Hearst-Paper "San Francisco Chronicle": > >> MOSCOW (AP) — A few hours after going on the radio to denounce >> President Vladimir Putin's policies as mad, charismatic opposition >> leader Boris Nemtsov was gunned down early Saturday as he walked near the >> Kremlin. >> >> Colleagues in Russia's beleaguered and marginalized opposition >> pointed fingers at the state or at assailants fired up by fervent >> nationalist sentiment in state-controlled news media. But Putin and >> other Russian politicians suggested the brazen attack was a provocation >> against the state. > > The US government kills its political opponents by remote controlled > killing machines on all continents, not near the White House. Or it sends > death squads in foreign countries to assasinate political opponents in their > bed room. > >> Nemtsov, 55, was shot while walking with a female companion on a >> bridge over the Moscow River about 400 meters (yards) from the >> Kremlin. Russia's Investigative Committee said at least seven shots were >> fired. > > From the article on Boris Nemtsov on en.Wikipedia.org : > >> In November 1991, Nemtsov was appointed Governor of the Nizhny >> Novgorod region. He was re-elected in that position by popular vote >> in December 1995. His tenure was marked by the implementation of a >> wide-ranging, chaotic free market reform program which earned the >> nickname "Laboratory of Reform" for Nizhny Novgorod and resulted in >> significant economic growth for the region. Nemtsov's reforms won >> praise from former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who >> visited Nizhny Novgorod in 1993 (Chinayeva 1996, 37). >> >> In December 1993 Nemtsov was elected to the Federation Council, the >> upper house of the Russian Parliament. During the election campaign >> he was backed by "Russia's Choice" and Yabloko, which were then the >> principal liberal parties in the country. >> >> In March 1997 Nemtsov was appointed First Deputy Prime Minister of >> the Russian Federation, with special responsibility for reform of >> the energy sector. He was widely popular with the public and >> appeared to be the lead candidate to become President of Russia in >> 2000. In the summer of 1997, opinion polls gave Nemtsov over 50% >> support as a potential presidential candidate. His political career, >> however, suffered a blow in August 1998 following the crash of the >> Russian stock-market and the ensuing economic crisis. >> >> As part of Chubais' economic team, Nemtsov was forced to resign his >> position of Deputy Prime Minister (Yeltsin 2000, 99). After the >> dismissal of Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin in 1998, Nemtsov was >> reappointed by Yeltsin to his post of Deputy Prime Minister, but >> again resigned shortly after when Yeltsin dissolved the government. >> In August 1999 Nemtsov became one of the co-founders of the Union of >> Rightist Forces, a new liberal-democratic coalition which received >> nearly 6 million votes, or 8.6%, in the parliamentary elections in December >> 1999. > > >> U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Nemtsov committed his life >> to a more democratic Russia, "and to strong relationships between >> Russia and its neighbors and partners, including the United States." > > Yeah, that was the value of Boris Nemtsov for "the West". The "democracy" > of Mr. Kerry is lived out in the concentration camp on the US occupied part > of Cuba at the entry of the Guantanamo Bay, and earlier in the Abu Ghraib > prison in Iraq. > > > > Cheers, > Lüko Willms > > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: > http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/daynegoodwin%40gmail.com _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
