I skipped over "enemy" and got really excited for a second
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Right? Me too, haven't felt such a rush in ages even if it was short lived
If they both die on the same day there will be much party
Lol, I did the same, was almost happy there for a second
Just such relief, for a moment.
I don't know much about Russian politics, but I seem to remember reading something saying that the people in potential positions to replace him are all crazy ultracons, so probably not a lot would change. Obviously the world would be better without him in general but I'm not sure how much relief it would ultimately bring.
The question is whether they have the same iron grip, or if they would eventually fall
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Haha, I just read "Putin enemy" and it kind of gave away the ending
You and me both, friend 😞
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Friends say he passed away at home after eating mushrooms he found in the yard of his home.
Though he was a mushroom expert, the mushrooms he collected turned out to be poisonous.
When I become a political speaker I’m going to make my hobbies piano moving, snake catching, deep sea fishing, and free climbing.
....the mushrooms he saw in the yard of his home, right before diving from the fifth floor window in his excitement to pick them up and being almost saved by a passer-by, helpfully trying to slow his fall by shooting a few bullets up at him
All while having his hands and legs bound with rope. Making Houdini proud.
Don’t forget BASE jumping.
Tea collector
High rise window cleaner.
Boiler repair on oil rigs on the weekend?
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So many "coincidences" over the years. These "accidents" always happen to his dear oppositors. Nobody knows why.
I wonder how many Putin allies have died similarly, and if there's any reporting bias about it.
Not doubting the "coincidences," but it would be interesting to validate statistically.
This is more of a cultural thing where you know you will get killed if you go against the leader, you know it's "bad" to even talk bad about them, and it's just accepted and you don't really criticize it... Because criticizing your government would mean getting in serious trouble. You learn this young. You accept it. You just don't do it.
That's how it was in the USSR, how it persisted under Putin, and they just believe that to be a symptom of a "strong" government. Apparently youth might be waking up a bit more in recent years, but it was like that for a long fucking time and they accept that just opening a piece of white paper in front of a building like a protester means getting carried away.
So yeah they know these people are getting killed by their government. It's just accepted. There is no question that it isn't an accident.
It's like that one video where someone goes up to a random Russian guy and asks him if he supports the war or Putin or something, and he gets quiet then says, "why talk about such things when we're surrounded by a beautiful city?" Then walks away.
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At first I read "Putin died" and I cannot even begin to describe the emotions going through me while I checked the sub name, before realizing I missed a word.
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Must have lived in a bungalow
Friends say he passed away at home after eating mushrooms he found in the yard of his home.
Though he was a mushroom expert, the mushrooms he collected turned out to be poisonous.
This is such a "wink, wink " to readers if I ever see one
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Looks like they are running out of windows
"Let's see them throw me out a window now! I'll never set foot inside a building with a window ever again. I'm just going to live a simple life outdoors with my mushrooms. They're the only thing that brings me joy anymore."
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He had some mushrooms and instantly shot himself in the back a couple of times before he threw himself out of the window. Totally normal, nothing to see here.
A normal day in Russia.
I'm conflicted.
As an "enemy" of Putin, I have to assume assignation, but no windows? Russia has lots its way, are the classics no longer respected.
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He's not the first Putin enemy to die from accidental mushroom poisoning. Look up the scientist Vitaly Melnikov.
There is an interesting podcast called Sad Oligarchs that document alot of these sort of deaths in Russia.
When talking about the alot of accidental poisonings, accidental drops from very high buildings, and suicides by two bullets to the back of the head, I always imagine an alot with the face of Putin.
Reference, with image of standard alot: https://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html?m=1
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While falling out of a window.
After shooting themself in the back of the head 5 times
Whilst writing a suicide note in someone else's handwriting
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His enemies have started to avoid Windows and BUM, a new method. Putin is an inventive killer. Unlike Netanyahu who just kills en masse.
Russia has a long, long history with poisoning, going back to at least Stalin's time.
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Accidental is the keyword.
We had a case of death cap mushrooms in a Beef Wellington in Australia. The cook was convicted of killing her ex in-laws. Sounds familiar.
It was followed pretty closely in the news in NZ too.
If anyone wants more reading material: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leongatha_mushroom_murders
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What? So, the 6th floor, toss out the window, is abandoned.
At this point I think anyone important in Russia is staying on the ground floor at all times! Bungalows only!
they ran out of windows.
"accidental"
Everyone knows you should only eat the mushrooms you know and not just anything you find in the Forrest.
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Sure, "accidentally"
There wasn't any hot polonium in his area
Did they run out of windows already?
Lemme guess, something in the amanita family?
Oops, what a dummy!
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