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A list of Russian oligarchs who have died under suspicious circumstances this year. (Original Post) StrictlyRockers Sep 2022 OP
Ours die of extreme old age after sucking the life out of as many peons as possible.. CentralMass Sep 2022 #1
Trump gave Putin names Shellback Squid Sep 2022 #2
I wonder how much we'd have to pay Putin to add some more names. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #5
I remember the stories about the high profile extractions Warpy Sep 2022 #15
It's not coincidence, it is a blood bath. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #3
Most brutal twitter reply: "Do you have a list of the American oligarchs by chance?" Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #4
It sure seems like a concerted hit. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2022 #6
Wow, killing wives and children too! treestar Sep 2022 #7
They *are* family annihilators -- worse than the Italian Mafia Hekate Sep 2022 #8
A brutal warning to others. crickets Sep 2022 #10
eliminating witnesses more likely. barbtries Sep 2022 #11
And then there was this from early 2017: Gaugamela Sep 2022 #9
Oh shit! BigmanPigman Sep 2022 #12
That's a good question. nt crickets Sep 2022 #13
Seeing how the oligarchs are basically a bunch of criminals who looted a nation JanMichael Sep 2022 #14

Warpy

(110,900 posts)
15. I remember the stories about the high profile extractions
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 10:03 PM
Sep 2022

after TFG got his list of spies. Funny how nobody mentions that. Anybody who didn't realize he was a traitor then is dangerously stupid.

However, the Kremlin knew all these names, already. Nine were oil barons, inside Russia and in other countries. My guess is that they were less than thrilled about the loss of income Putin's war caused them. Or maybe he thought they'd complain if he let them live. Or maybe he just realized they were the only ones who could pay enough to get him whacked, instead. Who knows? The old court intrigues that plagued the Czars were more transparent than the Kremlin.

Usually when dictators are deposed, it's fast and complete. Let it also be soon, very soon.

OAITW r.2.0

(23,813 posts)
6. It sure seems like a concerted hit.
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 06:57 PM
Sep 2022

my question is, were they pro- or anti-Putin? I suspect that they were part of a conspiracy....just not sure sure which side they were on.

crickets

(25,896 posts)
10. A brutal warning to others.
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 07:20 PM
Sep 2022

As if the murders of the oligarchs themselves weren't enough. Monstrous.

barbtries

(28,702 posts)
11. eliminating witnesses more likely.
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 07:29 PM
Sep 2022

i think putin is past the point of caring how it looks. his hitmen clearly don't care about anything.

Gaugamela

(2,486 posts)
9. And then there was this from early 2017:
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 07:18 PM
Sep 2022
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has been informed about media reports that senior Russian security service officers have been arrested, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.

Peskov said he could not confirm anything about the media reports, which cite unnamed sources as saying two Federal Security Service officers who worked in the cyber security department have been arrested and charged with treason.


https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-russia-cyber-arrests-idAFKBN15G440

The article (quoted in full) is dated 2/1/2017, 10 days after Trump took office. It includes a photo of Trump talking on the phone with Putin on 1/28/2017.

Did Trump help Putin eliminate two CIA assets in Russia who were relaying inside info on Trump and the election to American intelligence?

JanMichael

(24,846 posts)
14. Seeing how the oligarchs are basically a bunch of criminals who looted a nation
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 09:34 PM
Sep 2022

I really don't care do you?

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