Equating yourself with an ex-KGB spy now dictator who just invaded a neighbor that was absolutely NO threat to him, and his ultra wealthy gangster supporters.......... OK then. Do you also order nerve agent or radioactive poison hits on people who oppose you? Or do you just bomb their towns into rubble and then use chemical weapons on the survivors? I've seen a LOT of incredibly stupid arguments on this board over the years, but this one takes the cake. The fact that they aren't liked AND WHY makes ALL the difference here man, All THE DIFFERENCE. This ain't even remotely the same thing as what goes on between political opponents here. Good LORD I have seen it all now.
So you seriously think that supporting Putin is the same as supporting a political side HERE? Some of y'all have NO perspective on ANYTHING. Let me tell you a little story. I spent a couple of days in St. Petersburg back in 2013. That was just before Putin started to tighten things back down. That was probably at the height of what little freedom they have ever had there. Even then, the "cops" on the beat walking around the town were in military uniform and were carrying REAL assault rifles. The people we met then were wonderful. They had a palpable resentment of the oligarchs and Putin that they had trouble hiding. It only REALLY slipped when they were drunk, and no other Russians were around. I feel sorry for them.
