extremely ballsyhttps://www.rferl.org/a/russia-to-uk-prove-your-spies-didnt-poison-skripal/29130250.html …
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Replying to @hikikomorphism
Russia based af the privations of communism made them strong, like Arrakis did the Fremen
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Replying to @chaosprime @hikikomorphism
TBH I don't find it completely implausible that someone else was able to produce novichok and is doing it for some obscure ploy that involves triggering escalation betwenn "ze west" and rooskiyes.
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Yeah, but local state-run media is sperging out real bad, plus nobody is incompetent enough to false-flag that blatantly
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TBH it makes more sense as a false flag than a "terrorize foreign dissidents" political assassination (major political dissidents would have gotten the memo if the guy got stabbed just as well)
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Russian intelligence apparatus is incredibly vast. There are factions within it who sincerely believe that Russia is the mightiest and scariest country in the world, so being discreet is shameful/unnecessary. See Nemtsov's murder - they're not called силовики for nothing.
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I dunno, Nemtsov murder was "normal", as far as political assassinations go. IIRC they even set up some Chechens as, uh, what's the english term for a guy who "officially" assumes guilt in lieu of real perp?
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fall guy, patsy, scapegoat
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we're like Inuit are mistakenly spoken of as being with snow with the concept, really
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