Ilya Vaiser
Life in/from Russia
1 min readFeb 10, 2017

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And who is Boris Nemtsov? Another big name, like Manitskiy, which hyped in Western media and used on every occasion?

He would be very surprised that he is the leader of the all opposition. During his lifetime it would anecdote. Because, in reality, we do not have a unified opposition. It is a few clans that are fighting for your taxes.

So, he did not represent any threat to the current government does not claim to lead and did not have a large support of the population.

And I agree that these murders are very loud. And look very crazy for you. But you forget that only fifteen years ago, Russia was a real gangster state. People were easier to kill each other than recourse to the courts. And the Nemtsov and everyone else grew out of that environment. We know little about this aspect of the lives of these people. Their bonds, debts, enemies and problems.

For you, it’s crazy, but we know about it. And no wonder, when the dark stories from the past suddenly appear again.

But I realize that to your politicians this event very tasty candy. Your citizens will not understand the peculiarities of the life of our politicians. And your media can operate short and loud slogans. Not designed for thinking people. But being very rude propaganda.

You are not ashamed to do this. After all, you are civilized.

I understand.

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