Originally published at: Wikipedia's page for "2022 Russian businessmen mystery deaths" | Boing Boing
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And the year’s only 2/3rds over folks…
If you’d like a good primer on how these oligarchs came to be, check out this Planet Money episode: Jeffrey Sachs explains why he thinks "shock therapy" was so tough in Russia : Planet Money : NPR .
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All those “suicides” … I guess the old saying is true: money can’t buy happiness.
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couldnt this just be a low-level continuation of the mob-style assassination/counter-assassinations that went on in the late '90s, with Putin not caring who survives as long as they are not disloyal ?
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“What shall I put on the death certificate?”
“Natural causes.”
“Natural causes? He set fire to himself, leapt off the roof of a parking garage, and shot himself six times before falling into a vat of acid.”
“Hmm. OK, just write ‘post-surgical complications’ instead.”
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I want to start the phrase Russian Ventilation for involuntary defenestration
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The entire Putin regime is a continuation of what was going on in the late 1990s, in effect for two decades now. Fascists are always essentially gangsters who’ve gained political power, so the same mafia rules apply (with the state’s monopoly on violence now being used to enforce them).
These oligarchs operate and profit only at the pleasure of the real bosses, like Putin and his cronies. A system like that has to be maintained, so Putin cares. If they get greedy and skim too much off what they’re supposed to be kicking upstairs or if they get arrogant and start disrespecting the big boss this is how they end up.
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“Good morning, Mr President, how would like your tea; one drop of Polonium, or two?”
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The old saying “dropping like flies” has now been updated to “dropping like russian flies”.
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In the words of John Sweeney. Vladimir Putin: Do fuck off!
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Hold the phone, another one more today: MSN
According to the newspaper, Sungorkin died “suddenly” after showing signs of “suffocation” during the trip on Wednesday.
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If Vlad were to fall out a window- all these guys holding his assets surreptitiously would be really, really rich.
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That Wikipedia page might need an additional server the way things are going.
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Do we know what the rate of these deaths was in previous years? Hard to know if this is meaningful without that additional context.
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what would it ever say about salisbury…
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