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Russian Citizens Giving Putin The Significant Finger

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by adoo, Feb 24, 2022.

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  1. adoo

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    Amazing bravery of her and many other Russians. Sadly this might be the last we see of that reporter.
     
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    Courageous hero

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Ovsyannikova

    Ovsyannikova was arrested and taken to Moscow's Ostankino Police station.[6] Her lawyer has not been able to contact or even locate her for more than 12 hours. The morning after the broadcast, her whereabouts were still unknown.[15]

    On the morning of March 15, a post was made from a Twitter account using her name saying that she did not regret anything and that she was under house arrest; furthermore, the post said "I need your endorsement though. #StopTheWar"; the Twitter account had been deleted by noon.[18][19]
     
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    UK's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) chief Jeremy Fleming said President Vladimir Putin had "massively misjudged" the capabilities of Russia's once mighty armed forces while underestimating both the resistance of the Ukrainian people and the resolve of the West, which has punished Moscow with largely coordinated sanctions.

    "Putin has massively misjudged the situation," Fleming said in a speech in Canberra at the Australian National University, according to a transcript of his remarks.
    "We believe Putin’s advisers are afraid to tell him the truth."

    Citing new intelligence, Fleming said there was evidence that Russian soldiers had low morale and were poorly equipped.

    "We’ve seen Russian soldiers – short of weapons and morale - refusing to carry out orders, sabotaging their own equipment and even accidentally shooting down their own aircraft,"
    Fleming said.
     
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    A Russian oligarch has written a scathing assessment of President Vladimir Putin's war against Ukraine, touching a nerve on social media where it has attracted tens of thousands of likes in just one day.

    Writing on Instagram, Oleg Tinkov said Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the "crazy war" that has followed has no benefit, a rare break from one of the country's billionaires who gathered their wealth under Putin and have remained mostly silent since Moscow launched what it calls a "special military operation" on February 24.

    "I don't see ANY beneficiary of this crazy war! Innocent people and soldiers are dying," he wrote in the post, dated April 19, which had almost 120,000 likes less than a day later.
    But Tinkov's criticism runs far deeper.

    "The generals are waking up with a hangover and realizing that they had a shitty army," Tinkov wrote, adding that with rampant nepotism making "everything else in the country ****," the state of the army shouldn't be a surprise.

    "Kremlin officials are shocked that not only they, but also their children, will not go to the Mediterranean in the summer. Businessmen are trying to save the rest of their property," he added.

    Tinkov also took aim at those "morons" using the symbol Z -- used by Russian armed forces to mark their vehicles and equipment -- as they represent only 10 percent of the country and that the other 90 percent of Russians "are AGAINST this war!"




    "Dear 'collective West,' please give Mr. Putin a clear exit to save his face and stop this massacre,"
    he wrote at the end of the text.

    effectively, the Russian oligarch is asking the West for a face-saving exit for Putin    ​
     
    #25 adoo, Apr 20, 2022
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