The Boris Nemtsov Assassination: A Propaganda Attack On Vladimir Putin?
Boris Nemtsov, a Russian
dissident politician highly critical of President Vladimir Putin often
sounded like an agent of Washington. He was shot and killed today on a
street near Red Square.
If Nemtsov wasn’t assassinated
by the CIA in order to blame Putin, most likely Nemtsov was killed by
Russian nationalists who saw him as Washington’s agent.
Remembering the Magnitsky affair
that resulted in sanctions imposed on Russians as a result of the US
Congress over-reacting to a jail death in Russia, Nemtsov’s death will
likely be blamed on Putin. The Western media will repeat endlessly,
with no evidence, that Putin had his critic killed.
I can tell you one thing, and
that is that Putin is much too smart to play into Washington’s hands in
this way. Moreover, Nemtsov, although a loud mouth, had no impact on
Putin’s 85% approval rating. Nemtsov’s support resided in the
Washington-funded NGOs in Russia. If the CIA assassinated Nemtsov, they
killed their own asset.
It remains to be seen if the propaganda gains justify the CIA’s loss of a Putin critic.
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