Like this one:




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It translates: "Buy Lada, Buy Lada, you biatch!"

Lada - is a crappy Russian car. No one wants to buy that crap, because before, for same price or even cheaper you could buy a much better Japanese car on a second hand market.

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Originally posted by otec Like this one:

ROFL! Thats hilarious!!!

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Uh oh... another reminder not to fuck with Putin's Russia.

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Human rights lawyer, journalist killed in Moscow A Russian human rights lawyer renowned for his work on abuses in Chechnya was shot to death Monday by a masked gunman who followed him from a news conference, officials said. A young journalist who tried to intervene also was gunned down. The broad-daylight shootings of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova prompted grief and outrage in a country where lawyers and journalists who challenge the official version of justice are frequently targeted. Markelov had fought the early release of a Russian colonel whose killing of a Chechen woman in 2000 put names and faces on the gruesome rights abuses in the war-wracked region. His death Monday angered many Chechens, already upset by the release of last week of the military officer. Colleagues drew comparisons with the 2006 killing of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya — a client of Markelov's and a fellow enemy of rights abuses in Chechnya and across former President Vladimir Putin's Russia. Markelov, 34, was shot near a building where he had just held a news conference, about half a mile (1 kilometer) from the Kremlin, said Viktoria Tsyplenkova, a spokeswoman for the Investigative Committee of the Moscow prosecutor's office. Markelov was shot in the back of the head at close range by an attacker who followed him after the news conference, wore a stocking-style mask and had a silencer on his gun — clear signs of a planned killing, state-run RIA-Novosti news agency reported, citing an unidentified law enforcement official. Police also reportedly said there were several witnesses.

Read the rest of the article. Chilling shit.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090119...a_lawyer_killed

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Originally posted by The17sss Uh oh... another reminder not to fuck with Putin's Russia. Read the rest of the article. Chilling shit. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090119...a_lawyer_killed

Yes, its sickening. After a few of such profile killings, its hard even for me to look at this indifferently. Pretty obvious that this murder was done by someone in the FSB (KGB), and not the Chechens, as on whom its usually blamed on - because Markelov worked hard for Chechen rights from Russian military crimes in the region.

Lack of response from Putin, lack of protection for these people, these and more only lead to Putin.

I am not defending Putin or Russia here. This is a shame, a stain, a senseless killing to protect one war criminal. Thats weak.

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putin and medvedlev in headcases...i thought it was pretty good

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Originally posted by The17sss I read something the other day that said about 75% of AMERICANS believe their economy is in great shape. Newspapers DON'T use words like "recesson", "depression" and "economic downturn" at the request of the RUPERT MERDOCK apparantly. My wife's brother called her the other day asking how we are able to survive over here and if we would be living in the street soon (based on what he has been reading over there). lol.

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I'm very surprised at how the Russian economy has degenerated in the past three months. The accounts of the country STILL look better then those in the US. Unfortunately the memory of currency problems, and possibly an Anglo bias, seem to have really crushed the currency.

The media all over the world has been talking about how bad the US is. I think the reason you've not seen it yet is because the effects haven't quite worked through. My boss just got back from a trip in the North East and he was saying that there were suburbs with rows of for sale signs. Until the stock sitting on the market clears it's going to be tough to tell how bad things are going to be.

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Originally posted by The17sss look, that side note about certain words to be used or not used in Russian publications is besides the point. The thread is about Russia pushing legislation that will allow them to treat dissent (in the Kremlin's definition) as treason and deny the accused jury trials.... and the effects that could have on the election process and in regard to NGO's. Surely a Russian like yourself wouldn't consider that silly.

Al-Quida is an NGO, so is Hezebula, and the Muslim Brotherhood, and the KKK, Black Panthers, you name it.

I understand the reason the Russians have imposed controls on NGOs but I agree they seem a bit draconian.

By the same token, how many Russian NGOs do you think are allowed to opperate in the US?

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Originally posted by atbell By the same token, how many Russian NGOs do you think are allowed to opperate in the US?

that's a good question. I have no clue. But aparantly, if you have Russian citizenship, and work for a Russian company that has offices in the U.S., even if you're in the U.S. at the time and do/say something the Kremlin deems as "dissent" or "treason" in their opinion, you're still toast.

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http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070131/59969529.html

if only america could adopt a similar law, it might turn back into the USA instead of the USI

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Originally posted by The17sss that's a good question. I have no clue. But aparantly, if you have Russian citizenship, and work for a Russian company that has offices in the U.S., even if you're in the U.S. at the time and do/say something the Kremlin deems as "dissent" or "treason" in their opinion, you're still toast.

Examples? I don't really care about your nightmares.

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I am very surprised that Western media hasnt attacked or linked Putin to this one. You see, when it was Politkovskaya - they did, but now they don't. I see it the other way around - Markelov was possibly murdered by someone in the Russian military, who are upset at Markelov's campaign to prosecute Russian troops [early release from prison]. While Politkovskaya was murdered by Kadyrov men. Because Politkovskaya's bulk of work was on Chechnya.

Politskovskaya was clearly murdered by Kadyrov, in my opinion. Every time someone in Russia criticizes him or Chechen government, they end up dead. I dont think that Russian agencies are doing Kadyrov's dirty work. They just don't want to do anything about it when someone turns up dead. Kremlin would not dare criticize Kadyrov - they might not like what he does, but to Moscow stability and control in Chechnya is priority over human lives, democracy and rights.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7831198.stm

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Austrians hunt Chechen's killers Human rights groups have urged the Austrian government to bring to justice the killers of a Chechen dissident who was shot dead on a Vienna street. Umar Israilov, 27, was killed by two gunmen on Tuesday, Austrian media say. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Memorial Human Rights Centre said the victim had told police in Austria that he was being followed. Mr Israilov, a former Chechen rebel, had accused the Russian-backed Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov of torturing him. Mr Israilov, a former bodyguard for Mr Kadyrov who later fled, filed a complaint against the Chechen president with the European Court of Human Rights in 2006. Austrian police arrested a suspect on Tuesday near St Poelten, 80km (50 miles) west of Vienna, in connection with the shooting, local media report. Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov Ramzan Kadyrov has long been accused of human rights abuses Leadership under suspicion The campaign groups said it appeared to be another politically-motivated killing of a critic of high-level Russian government officials. "In light of the brutal retaliation inflicted on those who speak out on abuses in Chechnya, Israilov's actions were particularly courageous, and his killers and those behind them need to be promptly held to account," said Oleg Orlov, director of the Memorial Human Rights Centre. "We're familiar with the case, and find Israilov's torture allegations entirely credible," said Rachel Denber of US-based Human Rights Watch. Last September, Ruslan Yamadayev, a member of a prominent Chechen family who had fallen out with Ramzan Kadyrov, was shot dead in Moscow. Mr Kadyrov denied any involvement.

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