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Posted by Gatekeeper on Wednesday, October 15 2014 at 09:03:20AM
In reply to Re: Self-loathing sometimes leads to.... posted by Warm Bread on Wednesday, October 15 2014 at 08:27:58AM

"The Russo-Georgian War (also known as the South Ossetia War, Five-Day War, August War or Russian invasion of Georgia), a conflict between Georgia and Russia, along with the separatist regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, took place in August 2008.

The 1991–92 South Ossetia War between ethnic Georgians and Ossetians had left the part of South Ossetia under the de facto control of a Russian-backed, internationally unrecognised government." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Georgian_War

" Ukraine’s president today declared that a "Russian invasion" of his country was underway and the United Nations' Security Council called an emergency session to discuss the latest crisis involving allegations of Russia's overt support for Ukrainian rebels.

Rebel forces have also opened up a new front in the conflict in southern Ukraine. Heavy fighting was reported in the southeast of Ukraine near the town of Novoazovsk." - http://abcnews.go.com/International/russian-invasion-ukraine-prompts-emergency-meeting/story?id=25156827

Are those "evil and tyrannical" enough for you?

If not, how about:

"HBO presents Hunted: The War Against Gays in Russia (7 p.m.) - and it’s utterly horrifying.

The filmmakers got inside anti-gay vigilante groups in Russia and show us the worst of human behavior. They hunt, beat and humiliate gays, posting ghastly videos online with impunity.

And they do it in the name of family values. The Russian Orthodox Church links homosexuality with child abuse and pedophilia. Which ought to be a lesson to a whole lot of Americans, too.

It’s not just the vigilantes, it’s the actions - and the inactions - of the police and other officials that make Russia a haven of hatred.

'This is Russia,' says one of the vigilantes. 'This is hell for homosexuals.'" - http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogstv/58493367-63/russia-cbs-gays-supernatural.html.csp

"LGBT activist and Novaya Gazeta journalist Elena Kostuchenko. Last year during an unsanctioned gay pride march in Moscow she was beaten by ultranationalist youth group activist. This year, she says, protests against Vladimir Putin united polar groups: nationalists, antinationalts and LGBT activists. Together they had to run from the police, spend time in detention centres for wearing white ribbons (symbol of protest) and demand new fair elections.

'Since December people have realised that lawlessnessness concerns everyone, and if the state systematically violates the rights of one group (LGBT, for instance), it could any time violate the rights of any other, which is exactly what happens now,' Kostuchenko concludes." - http://uncut.indexoncensorship.org/2012/05/russian-gay-community-persecuted/

As for the Russian economy:

"MOSCOW — A plummeting ruble, rising prices and mounting economic worries are hitting Russia in the wake of a new round of sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union over Moscow's intervention in eastern Ukraine.

Russia's ruble traded at 38.8 against the dollar on Tuesday, setting a new historic low. The Russian currency has now fallen as much as 19% since the start of the year." - http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2014/09/16/russia-ruble-plummets-economy-sanctions/15718187/

" MOSCOW — Deep into the worst conflict between Russia and the West since the Cold War, investors are fleeing, food prices are soaring and there are rumbles from Russia’s Westernized business elite that the nation needs to avoid repeating the economic mismanagement that broke apart the Soviet Union.

Western sanctions have choked off financing to some of Russia’s economic juggernauts and denied crucial technology to the nation’s energy sector." - http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/western-sanctions-for-ukraine-conflict-hurt-russian-economy-open-up-rifts/2014/10/10/4f9db2aa-4e45-11e4-8c24-487e92bc997b_story.html

War, death, invasion of sovereign nations. Economic sanctions ruining Russia's economy. Persecution of the LGBT community. Putin is behind it all.



Gatekeeper





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