Former Russian double agent seriously ill in Salisbury.

[ubersonic]

So what?

So using stuff the USSR did in WW2 as an example of why the Russian Federation is bad is stupid. It's just like saying Brexit negotiators shouldn't trust anything the EU say because Hitler and Napoleon negotiated in bad faith, or saying that we should be friends with Russia now and oppose France and the USA with them like we did in Napoleon's day, applying unrelated history from a century or more ago to modern politics/countries is dumb.

They invaded Afghanistan, toppled the existing government, and imposed a Soviet-backed puppet government which oppressed the Afghans. They then propped up this puppet government with Soviet military forces.

Wrong, the Afghan government was already Soviet friendly (like Cuba/etc) hence why it was targeted by the USA (friend of my enemy is my enemy, etc), the US armed/funded/trained Islamic fundamentalist insurgents (who would later become the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, so that worked out great lol) to otherthrow the government which lead to the USSR sending troops to support it's ally.

The entire thing was engineered by the USA in order to draw the USSR into "it's own Vietnam" and it worked spectacularly, it was one of the main catalysts of the breakup of the USSR.

No, Russia illegally annexed South Ossetia

Russia don't control South Ossetia, it's been a self governing independent state since 1991 when the USSR broke up.

 

[KillBoY_UK]

Kremlin critic shot dead in a foreign country

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44296672

 

[Freakbro]

Nothing to see here!

 

[Dis86]

Fake news.

 

[KillBoY_UK]

Fake news.

It was a accident, he fell on the bullet

 

[Dis86]

It was a accident, he fell on the bullet

It's amazing how dopey these critics are.

 

[KillBoY_UK]

It's amazing how dopey these critics are.

You know I was joking right ?

 

[gettothechopper]

The bullet was on holiday from the army and volunteered to be shot at the reporter, then everyone had a legitimate vote and decided that they wanted the bullet to be in the reporter anyway

 

[Dis86]

You know I was joking right ?

Yup. They always seem to be falling on bullets, falling out of windows, falling in front of cars though. Should be more careful.

 

[KillBoY_UK]

Yup. They always seem to be falling on bullets, falling out of windows, falling in front of cars though. Should be more careful.

Don't forget handling chemical and nuclear material without the proper gloves and hazmat suits

 

[gettothechopper]

Bill Browder just got arrested in Spain under a Russian Interpol warrant (for fraud lol)

Browder is responsible for a lot of the Magnitsky Act stuff

 

[ubersonic]

Don't forget handling chemical and nuclear material without the proper gloves and hazmat suits

That Litvinenko dude even accidentally swallowed some of the Polonium he was using to build a rockery, what a doofus.

 

[HazardO]

Kremlin critic shot dead in a foreign country

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44296672

Fake news: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44307611

 

[KillBoY_UK]

Fake news: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44307611

The head of Ukraine's security services, Vasyl Hrytsak, told reporters the "murder" had been staged to expose Russian agents.

Wow, some how I don't think it worked

 

[HazardO]

If he wasn't on a kremlin hit list before, he most certainly will be now. If the 1000s of mourners or his wife don't lynch him first.

 

[KillBoY_UK]

If he wasn't on a kremlin hit list before, he most certainly will be now. If the 1000s of mourners or his wife don't lynch him first.

Or at least de-balled

 

[Amnesia]

So how many of you were mourning his death before he came back to life lol.

Thats was actually quite funny.

 

[Freakbro]

It's a weird story one way or another!

Mr Hrytsak alleged that Russian security services had recruited a Ukrainian citizen to find hitmen within the country. He said the citizen approached several acquaintances, including war veterans, offering $30,000 for the contract killing, one of whom revealed the plot to the security services.

They say they have made one arrest from the sting, time to keep an eye on any future news about this one

 

[dowie]

So how many of you were mourning his death before he came back to life lol.

Thats was actually quite funny.

Who came back to life? What are you even talking about?

 

[Freakbro]

Who came back to life? What are you even talking about?

The Ukranian journalist reported as bring assassinated yesterday, just reappeared at a press conference

It was actual fake news intentionally set up by the paper.