Comments by "Emir" (@irongron) on "David Satter - Russia Starts to Clamp down on Free Speech of Foreigners with Arrest of US Journalist" video.

  1. I agree with Mr Satter's assesment that in the end, even though there are multi-factorial reasons at play as you initimated John, but in the end this was just all aboiut regime preservation, but there would have been many secondary benefits had that cretin in the Kremlin pulled it off. Vladislav Vexler also thinks the same as Mr Satter re: Regime Preservation. Was good to hear this "old hand" at Russia journalism again. Great stuff as always!!
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  2. Indeed, interestingly, the largest article, by far, on fascism in Encyclopedia Britannica is the Russian article. There are articles on many other countries but no mention of Ukraine! (because < 2-3% support for that htere). I can't paste the link as the comment gets zapped but google "Encyclopedia Britannica Russia Fascism" the first hit will be that article!
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  3. I agree 100% with Mr Satter about Boris Yeltsin, he was no democratic hero and he appointeed Putin, he gave us Putin........I devised my own meme years ago I repeat on social media and it goes like this "Without clowns there would be no Russian Federation" but you have to see the accompanying clip to see the whole meme, search on youtube for "Best of drunk Boris Yeltsin!" it's only a 3 min clip. :)
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