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    Quote Originally Posted by OhOh View Post
    Those who have lived the life of Riley off the backs of the Asians living in shitholes will of course find it very hard to adjust to the 50 cents a day lifestyle.
    True...but that won't affect that "same small elite" will it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by OhOh View Post
    One could suggest those living in Asian shitholes who were earning 10 cents a day last year, would consider they are living through a booming time.

    Those who have lived the life of Riley off the backs of the Asians living in shitholes will of course find it very hard to adjust to the 50 cents a day lifestyle.
    Try telling Prayut, Hun Sen et al that. They're the experts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    They're the experts.
    Do they have The LORDS following though, his diplomacy or his excellent team around them. Plus of course his HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE military.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OhOh View Post
    Do they have The LORDS following though, his diplomacy or his excellent team around them. Plus of course his HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE military.
    Of course they do. They are dictators as well.

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    It is not true that Aleksei Navalny, a political opponent of the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin, had received grants from the National Endowment for Democracy. In fact, an organization employing him received one $23,000 grant from the endowment in 2006.

    read more:
    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/17/s...do-it-too.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by Klondyke View Post
    It is not true that Aleksei Navalny, a political opponent of the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin, had received grants from the National Endowment for Democracy. In fact, an organization employing him received one $23,000 grant from the endowment in 2006.

    read more:
    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/17/s...do-it-too.html
    You answered your own question. No, he did not receive grants. The organisation employing him did.

    In recent decades, the most visible American presence in foreign politics has been taxpayer-funded groups like the National Endowment for Democracy, the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute, which do not support candidates but teach basic campaign skills, build democratic institutions and train election monitors.
    It's probably there that he learned that, in a democracy, you're supposed to have an opposition.

    Mind you, election monitors? In Russia?

    Arf.

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    Mind you, election monitors? In Russia?
    Belarus and China are up for sending some honest monitoring officials.

    An offer from the Cambodian team is currently being considered. There is a suspicion of some major drug habits by the proffered monitors.

    The Canadian offer was withdrawn due to the monitors being occupied videoing the pretty baby seal slaughter in the arctic.

    The ameristans requirement of handing the Russian nuclear football for the duration of the vote counting is a sticking point.

    The UK offer was refused because Kate wouldn't share a bunk bed with

    Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova (Russian: Мария Владимировна Захарова)

    Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny-56dfafd5c36188cb0a8b45bb-jpg

    unless Billy Boy could join them.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny-56dfafd5c36188cb0a8b45bb-jpg  
    A tray full of GOLD is not worth a moment in time.

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    ‘He could afford these Bentleys only if he starved himself for six years'

    Navalny says Leonid Slutsky, the lawmaker accused of sexually harassing journalists, has undeclared land, fancy cars, and hundreds of speeding tickets

    https://meduza.io/en/feature/2018/03...-for-six-years

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    Russian state officials think Alexey Navalny's YouTube videos qualify as American election meddling

    Russia’s Central Election Commtission has sent a formal letter to Google complaining about Alexey Navalny using YouTube to distribute information about pension-reform protests on September 9, when the country holds nationwide regional elections. The letter was addressed to Larry Page, the CEO of Alphabet, Google’s parent company, Central Election Commission member Alexander Klyukin told the Federation Council’s Commission for the Protection of State Sovereignty.


    Klyukin explained that “Mr. Navalny acquires advertising tools from Google,” which he uses to spread information on YouTube about political protests planned for September 9. The letter to Page says it is illegal to stage these demonstrations on Election Day.


    Alexey Navalny is currently serving a 30-day jail sentence for organizing “unpermitted protests” in January. Police apparently timed his arrest to prevent him from attending his coalition’s September 9 demonstrations against the authorities’ plan to raise the country’s retirement age.


    The Central Election Commission’s press service later clarified that its outreach to Google “is nothing more than an explanation about information work,” saying that it mails out such letters all the time.


    Nevertheless, Russia’s federal censor, Roskomnadzor, slapped Google with an official warning, telling the company that it shouldn’t make its resources available for illegal activities during elections. Vadim Subbotin, the agency’s deputy director, says the Russian authorities will consider it “direct interference in Russia’s internal affairs” and an attempt to meddle in the country’s “legitimate democratic elections,” if Google doesn’t respond. Subbotin says Google should stop distributing “any content that promotes events that violate [Russian] election laws.”


    Representatives from Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service and Attorney General’s Office have sent similar letters to Google. Russia’s Foreign Ministry says it has also informed its American colleagues that U.S.-based information resources “are within an inch of violating Russian election law.” Andrey Nesterenko, a senior Russian diplomat, says Moscow is compiling a list of all attempts by the United States to meddle in Russia’s elections.


    https://meduza.io/en/feature/2018/09...ction-meddling

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    Can't have people having access to non-state propaganda sources now, can we?


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    Navalny is arrested again in Moscow for advocating a mass protest this Saturday outside City Hall against local election meddling

    On Wednesday, July 24, police arrested anti-corruption activist Alexey Navalny outside his home in Moscow, as he left for his morning jog. At the time of this writing, Navalny is in custody at the city’s Danilovsky District police station.


    According to his lawyer, Olga Mikhailova, Navalny is being charged with repeatedly violating Russia’s laws on public assemblies. His press secretary, Kira Yarmysh, announced on Twitter that Navalny is accused of this misdemeanor offense because he advocated an unpermitted protest outside City Hall against local election officials’ refusal to register dozens of independent candidates for September’s City Duma elections.


    At a mass demonstration on July 20 in support of Moscow's rejected candidates, Navalny suggested staging another protest on July 27 outside City Hall, if the authorities still refuse to register the race’s opposition candidates.





    https://meduza.io/en/news/2019/07/24...ction-meddling

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    Doubtful billion rubles passed through the accounts of employees of the Navalny Fund

    Law enforcement authorities suspect the leadership of the Anti-Corruption Fund (FBK), founded by Alexei Navalny , of money laundering and tax evasion. This was reported by the "Project" with reference to the materials of the preliminary investigation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the authenticity of which, according to the publication, was confirmed by an interlocutor close to the leadership of the security forces.

    According to the source, in the near future, according to the materials of the audit, the Investigative Committee will institute criminal proceedings. However, the official representative of the UK Svetlana Petrenko said that she has no comments on this matter.

    According to the “Project”, the police checked the accounts of Leonid Volkov (he headed the headquarters of Navalny before the presidential election in 2018; he is listed on the FBK website as the project manager), former director of the fund Roman Rubanov , accountant of the FBK Anna Chekhovich, head of the legal department Vyacheslav Gimadi , head of the sociological services of Anna Biryukova , as well as lawyers Alexander Pomazuev and Evgeny Zamyatin .

    According to the results of the audit, in 2017-2018, more than a billion rubles passed through the accounts of these individuals “only at Alfa Bank ,” the newspaper writes. The largest turnover was recorded on Volkov’s accounts - 540 million rubles, 215 million rubles went through Rubanov’s accounts. Their accounts at other banks were checked, but the turnover of them to the Project is unknown, as it is not indicated in the document.

    The Ministry of Internal Affairs believes that the employees of the fund contributed part of the money in cash to their accounts through ATMs. This money, according to experts of the department, “could come from abroad from third parties and have signs of doubtfulness,” the publication said.

    In addition to money laundering, police suspect FBK employees of tax evasion. So, Volkov, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, evaded paying taxes by 4.6 million rubles, Rubanov - by 3.1 million.

    Volkov declined to comment, but wrote on Facebook that "so far there is no" criminal case ", there is no information."

    At the end of July, a search was conducted at the FBK office . Law enforcement officials also searched the fund employee, Ivan Zhdanov , who was denied registration as a candidate in the elections to the Moscow City Duma .

    https://lenta.ru/news/2019/08/02/fbk/

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    Russia's Justice Ministry blacklists Alexey Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation as a ‘foreign agent’

    Russia’s Justice Ministry has added Alexey Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) to its list of so-called “foreign agents.” In a statementpublished on its website, the agency said only that an audit in Moscow has determined that Navalny’s nonprofit organization “performs the functions of a foreign agent.”


    In a tweet, FBK Director Ivan Zhdanov said the organization is “funded exclusively by citizens of the Russian Federation,” and maintained that it's never accepted foreign money. Zhdanov calls the Justice Ministry's decision “just the latest attempt to strangle FBK.”


    The Russian government enacted legislation against “foreign agents” in 2012, allowing the Justice Ministry to flag any nonprofit organizations that receive foreign funding and practice supposedly political activity. After an organization is registered as a foreign agent, it is subjected to regular and sometimes crippling government audits. The ministry's official registry currently lists 71 “foreign agents” (FBK isn't formally listed yet).


    Since 2014, Russia's Justice Ministry has added dozens of organizations to its list of “foreign agents,” including human rights groups, charities, environmentalist organizations, and other groups whose work is supposedly supported by foreign grants.


    During Moscow's summer 2019 protests, state investigators opened a criminal case against several top FBK members on charges of money laundering. According to police, staff deposited money into the foundation's accounts that was “obviously acquired by criminal means.” The Anti-Corruption Foundation has denied any wrongdoing.

    https://meduza.io/en/news/2019/10/09...-foreign-agent

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    Is that a surprise?

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    Headline should be "Putin orders cronies to fuck up any credible opposition".

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    Seems Vlad is terrified of Navalny.

    He has come back to Russia only to be arrested on yet more trumped up charges.

    (Trumped up... perfect wording for something completely fucking fake )

    MOSCOW — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained at a Moscow airport after returning from Germany on Sunday, the prison service said.

    The prison service said he was detained for multiple violations of parole and terms of a suspended prison sentence and would be held in custody until a court makes a decision in his case.

    Navalny, who is President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent and determined foe, had spent the previous five months in Germany recovering from a nerve agent attack that he blamed on the Kremlin.

    Navalny decided to leave Berlin of his own free will and wasn’t under any apparent pressure to leave from Germany.


    The prison service made the announcement after the flight carrying Navalny landed in the Russian capital, though at a different airport than had been scheduled. It was a possible attempt to outwit journalists and supporters who wanted to witness Navalny’s return.

    Russia’s prison service last week issued a warrant for his arrest, saying he had violated the terms of suspended sentence he received on a 2014 conviction for embezzlement. The prison service has asked a Moscow court to turn Navalny’s 3 1/2-year suspended sentence into a real one.

    After boarding the Moscow flight in Berlin on Sunday, Navalny said of the prospect of arrest: “It’s impossible; I’m an innocent man.”


    The Kremlin has repeatedly denied a role in the opposition leader’s poisoning.


    Navalny supporters and journalists had come to Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport, where the plane was scheduled to land, but it ended up touching down at Sheremetyevo airport, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) away. There was no immediate explanation for the flight diversion.


    The OVD-Info group, which monitors political arrests, said at least 37 people were arrested at Vnukovo Airport, although their affiliations weren’t immediately clear.
    Kremlin critic Navalny arrested after landing in Moscow - POLITICO

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    Seems Vlad is terrified of Navalny.
    Wasn't it why the "Vlad" has been shaking over few last months being afraid of the day when his 2% opponent will return to his fatherland - so much "grateful" to the doctors who saved his life?

    Russia’s diplomatic mission to the EU last month quoted a previous survey putting Navalny’s popularity at only 2% and commented that it would make no sense for Moscow to have poisoned a political opponent with so little support.
    Putin critic Navalny'''s approval rating surges in wake of poisoning | Reuters
    (but the Reuters had it 4 months ago, perhaps now it is higher, 3 - 4 - 5 %?)

    BTW, when somebody embezzles big money, isn't it punishable in other countries (please no names here)? (OK, sometimes it's not...)

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    Russia’s prison service last week issued a warrant for his arrest, saying he had violated the terms of suspended sentence he received on a 2014 conviction for embezzlement. The prison service has asked a Moscow court to turn Navalny’s 3 1/2-year suspended sentence into a real one
    It appears that breaking laws has consequences in Russia.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OhOh View Post
    It appears that breaking laws has consequences in Russia.
    Yes.

    It's a master plan when you think about it.

    Poison him so he has to go to a proper hospital abroad to get medical treatment.

    Then arrest him on his return for skipping his parole on the fake charges you convicted him on with the judges you control.


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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    Yes.

    It's a master plan when you think about it.

    Poison him so he has to go to a proper hospital abroad to get medical treatment.

    Then arrest him on his return for skipping his parole on the fake charges you convicted him on with the judges you control.



    He always has expensive private healthcare. His kids go to Harvard in the US. All part of the CIA contract

    You know that Navalny is to the right of Putin on everything and is also more economically liberal right?

    And he also would never give Crimea back if he became president. And he opposed Trumps ban from Twitter. This is your Russia hero ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    He always has expensive private healthcare. His kids go to Harvard in the US. All part of the CIA contract
    Link?

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    Quote Originally Posted by misskit View Post
    Link?
    Oh don't fucking encourage the fucking twat, misskit.


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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    Oh don't fucking encourage the fucking twat, misskit.

    It is Stanford actually.

    The daughter Alexei Navalny arrived in Stanford university | Lifestyle | Seldon News

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    Yes.

    It's a master plan when you think about it.

    Poison him so he has to go to a proper hospital abroad to get medical treatment.

    Then arrest him on his return for skipping his parole on the fake charges you convicted him on with the judges you control.
    It'd be clever weren't it so transparent . . . but then subtlety was never a Russian trait, more the sledgehammer approach

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    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    It is Stanford actually.
    Harvard oh no wait it was Stanford. But it was the CIA. No proof as usual just talking out of your own ass. Do you even realize that there are over 1.1 million international students at American universities? Stanford has 4,238 foreign students currently enrolled. It is commonplace and there is no need to involve the CIA you utter imbecile.
    Last edited by bsnub; 19-01-2021 at 05:19 PM.

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