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Comrade Justi
The fact that Putin is on the political right seems to have
totally escaped you. I think you're still living in the Cold War...
posted by
Antipodean
on October 11, 2006 at 7:17 PM
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Justi,
sad, but in the Russia of today neither uncommon nor unexpected.
Of course, in earlier days, in the USSR, she would have disappeared much sooner, either in the Gulag or in a mass grave, after having faced a firing squad...
posted by
Nautikos
on October 10, 2006 at 7:20 AM
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Justi
wasn't that awful!
posted by
MysticGmekeepr
on October 9, 2006 at 11:14 AM
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It is very sad when one is slain
for speaking the truth. It makes those that live in countries that are not so archaic very fortunate.
posted by
Tanga
on October 8, 2006 at 11:52 PM
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Justi, How sad for her and for others like her. She must have been a very brave woman. I'm thankful to be an American for many reasons. I love my land even with all its many faults. (The New Madrid one may get us here in this State some day.
)
posted by
TAPS.
on October 8, 2006 at 10:38 AM
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Justi
It's sad that truth is quashed in this manner. Unfortunately, this type of thing exists here, too. It's just more under wraps.
posted by
avant-garde
on October 8, 2006 at 3:33 AM
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So many cruel and vicious people in the world wanting to hurt and take away the good ones.
posted by
Moxie_Maven
on October 7, 2006 at 4:47 PM
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May her soul be at rest now...
posted by
lovelyladymonk
on October 7, 2006 at 4:32 PM
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Justi, this is terrible news, I hadn't heard about this yet.
I admire real journalists who do investigative journalism, to uncover whatever is hidden, at whatever risk to themselves and to speak out against the powers-that-be, if necessary.
Russia is terribly corrupt, moreso now that the old Soviet Union is dead. it doesn't exist anymore, hasn't since Gorbachev dissolved it in 1989, and now there is chaos and corruption, with the Russian mafia running the show. I would not hold my breath for the police to find this woman's killer, for it may very likely be one of them.
She had powerful enemies, yet she continued to speak up for what she believed was right, and against the Russian intervention and atrocities in Chechnya. In my book, she is a hero.
posted by
Blanche.
on October 7, 2006 at 3:37 PM
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