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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsANTI-PUTIN POLITICIAN FACING KREMLIN RAID USES DRONE TO FLY HARD DRIVES AWAY BEFORE GOVERNMENT OFFIC
ANTI-PUTIN POLITICIAN FACING KREMLIN RAID USES DRONE TO FLY HARD DRIVES AWAY BEFORE GOVERNMENT OFFICERS CAN GET THEM
An opposition politician in Russia evaded a police raid by loading hard drives onto a drone and spiriting them away before officers could enter his apartment.
As a symbol of political discontent in Russia, there was no more dramatic sight than footage of Sergey Boyko, a mayoral candidate in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, ensuring that his electronic data would be beyond the clutches of law enforcement officials clamoring at his door.
This week Russian security services have raided supporters of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in 43 cities, from Vladivostok on the Pacific to Krasnodar in the south of the country.
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-novosibirsk-sergey-boyko-navalny-1459145
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ANTI-PUTIN POLITICIAN FACING KREMLIN RAID USES DRONE TO FLY HARD DRIVES AWAY BEFORE GOVERNMENT OFFIC (Original Post)
orangecrush
Sep 2019
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leftieNanner
(14,997 posts)1. Pootie must be getting nervous
Navalny would probably defeat him in an open and free election! We can't have that now, can we?
orangecrush
(19,236 posts)2. VERY NERVOUS
From what I am reading.
And if Putin goes down, Donnie loses all his help from daddy.
leftieNanner
(14,997 posts)3. Although Putin was just "reelected" last year
for a 7 year term, so he's not directly threatened at this point. I'm guessing that there are too many people running for other lower positions that might try to keep him in check.
mysteryowl
(7,323 posts)6. I thought it was a 5 year term.
leftieNanner
(14,997 posts)7. We are both wrong!
6 years. Until 2024.
mysteryowl
(7,323 posts)8. Ha! Thanks for looking it up.
2naSalit
(86,054 posts)4. 21st Century carrier pigeon...nt
doc03
(35,148 posts)5. He is still alive? nt