'Putin Has Been Killing His Opponents For Years' Says Wife of Russian Opposition Leader - The ReidOut

[Rhiannon12866]

Vladimir Putin has been killing his opponents for a long time, the wife of detained Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza says, as she discusses Russians who oppose the war in Ukraine. "The fact is, Mr. Putin did not become a murderous dictator overnight,” Evgenia Kara-Murza tells Joy Reid. ”He has been oppressing, throwing in prison, poisoning, and killing his opponents for years and years.” Aired on 04/13/2022.

[Irish_Dem]

1. Putin has not gone mad, he is just doing what he has always done.

And gotten away with all of it.

Ukraine is just on a bigger, more visible scale.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. Not to mention, it's a long Russian tradition, going back to the czars

In the enormous lavish residences, now museums, that go back to the days of Peter the Great, there are hiding places for whoever was the reigning czar since they were always a target of whoever was next in line - and then there was Stalin.

[Irish_Dem]

3. Exactly. Putin following the Russian tradition of brutality and opulence.

[Demovictory9]

4. exactly... he's an evil killer

[Irish_Dem]

5. Yes. A brutal, vicious, evil killer.