thug-president Putin bullies liberal journalists of the last corner of free media in Russia

[uhnope]

This is a vid made by a member/shill of the Putin cult...but it's is so much worse than I expected.

First Putin taunts the director of one of the last little semi-free media outlets about some things they said--a dinky radio station--then Putin asks the director if he feels offended, and then says "you pour shit on me all day long...and you have the audacity to be offended?" (3:30)

At the end he slams the "liberalism" of the head of Russia's NTV, makes him grovel for once being affiliated with Radio Free Russia, & says that criticizing Russia only serves US interests.

This first incident happened back in 2012, right before the election. What a nightmare it must be to be a free-thinking intellectual in Russia.

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[MrMickeysMom]

1. Take a lesson from Russia...

Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking - Scare Crow, Wizard of Oz

And, don't act like it can't happen here. To compare what the KGB did to what the CIA did and continues to do is mighty close territory.

P.S. Langley, VA should be as transparent with the budget and fingers in the pie. We don't have to publicly shame the falsely claimed, "liberal media", because it's effectively been put to sleep.

[Dustlawyer]

2. Wow, Putin doesn't even care that the last guy, a big media honcho now in Russia, has

long ago sold out for the money! In his youth he believed in freedom so Putin still holds it against him.

The first guy has no right to be offended while Putin insults him for 5 straight minutes, at least according to Putin.

Can you imagine Bill O'Reilly sitting quietly while Obama dressed him down like the first guy? They are right to hold their tongues and be scared of talking back because they know it would end badly for them.

[Joe Chi Minh]

3. The bounder ! For shame ! Don't let him get away with it, lads !