By Rusty Shackleford
Just last Friday we noted that Umar S. Israilov had been murdered in Austria. Now a prominent Russian lawyer, Stanislav Markelov, shoots self in back with silenced pistol. Also shot was a muckraking journalist critical of Russian handling of Chechen war, but who survived the attack.
The saddest part? My friends from the days I lived in Moscow think I'm crazy to point out that they are slowly becoming a fascist state. But now that the oil boom has gone bust, I pray that it will only be a matter of time for them to wake up and see what's happening.
Just last Friday we noted that Umar S. Israilov had been murdered in Austria. Now a prominent Russian lawyer, Stanislav Markelov, shoots self in back with silenced pistol. Also shot was a muckraking journalist critical of Russian handling of Chechen war, but who survived the attack.
The saddest part? My friends from the days I lived in Moscow think I'm crazy to point out that they are slowly becoming a fascist state. But now that the oil boom has gone bust, I pray that it will only be a matter of time for them to wake up and see what's happening.
Source: The Jawa Report
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