Alexei Navalny: Substantial chance Russia behind poisoning, Pompeo says

[iguanaman]

My question is why do this? Makes no sense.... plenty of people die in "accidents" and shootings in Moscow, and yet Putin has to go through all this, get found out and risk trade deals and more?

Only one this benefits are others than Putin.

And I wish western media would stop saying only Russia could make this nerve agent... Ukraine and the UK/US could as well quite easily. In fact the inventor lives in the UK and is under UK protection.

Only Putin would want to poison him so stop the obfuscation OK? Putin is a thug and getting away with poisoning his enemies is part of his KGB persona.

 

[Metric Mouse]

Never said that the UK and US did it.. I said they COULD have been behind it as they have the means, motivation and opportunity.

All I am trying to point out, is that everyone assumes that it is Putin because the nerve agent was made in the USSR 40 years ago by a Russian scientist... who now happens to live and work in the UK. Also Ukraine was part of the USSR back then and retained a lot of hardware and knowledge after the break up, so they could easily be behind it as well.

I know automatically blaming Putin and his goons is the natural thing, but I cant automatically do this in this case because there is absolutely no upside for him in this and the other cases. Not only does the target not die, but the attack is automatically associated to him. He is a former KGB officer for **** sake, and he would not be this incompetent. Thats why I am suspect of the whole case... it makes no sense.

Look at this way... this guy was in Russia for years and like many others could have had an "accident" or been "shot in a robbery", but no not only is he allowed to live, but when they finally decide to wack him they not only do it in a way that is idiotic, but they also bungle it.. again! Serious incompetence there.. I mean they were willing to posion him with a nerve agent that could spread to the rest of the plane, so why not blow the plane out of the sky and blame Muslims? Basically it makes less and less sense that Putin was behind this and that is despite me wanting it to be true that he was as I absolutely the man and his regime.

Unless the point is to spread fear to Putin's political rivals.

 

[prometeus]

My question is why do this?

Simply because he can and it sends a strong message.

 

[prometeus]

All I am trying to point out, is that everyone assumes that it is Putin because the nerve agent was made in the USSR

No, but because it was an opposition TO Putin.

 

[prometeus]

I think everyone in Russia knows what happens when you cross him.

Yet there still is opposition so the message must be reinforced.