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  Why are so many of these Putin critics so clumsy
context: Wikipedia has a big list of a lot of deaths that are totally unconnected and completely accidental >
  
  And that page is only the 2022 list. >
  
  D.C. one is kinda strange cause cops have found "no leads" seems like their syndicate is deeper than we thought >
  
  People watch too much tv. It's very easy to cover your tracks in real life. A murder from my grandmother's block in Philly went unsolved for 15 years because the guy wore a bald cap. He was on recording breaking in, touching everything, and leaving with blood on him. Only reason he was caught was he pawned a piece of jewelry years later that was a limited run tiffany that was in the report. Cops even arrested this guy in connection to it a few days after it happenedbut let him go in under 30 minutes without printing him because he wasn't bald. >
  
  This exactly. There are so many unsolved murders. We're not actually that good at catching them >
  
  Ya I found it strange that nationally where I am in Canada only like 70% of homicides are solved annually >
  
  That’s actually really good number. Most developed countries are below 50%. >
  
  And that's including the almost 1/3 of U.S. homicides for which the perpetrator just waits on the scene for police to come arrest them, or even calls 911 to report it.
  So, in some departments, they're barely clearing 25% of homicides in which a suspect doesn't immediately turn themself in! 
  Source: About one-third was the proportion when I was a criminology professor, up to about 10 years ago, but varies locally. (Happens often when romantic partners, family members or friends kill each other, not exactly meaning to, feel bad & know they're gonna get caught, so they just call it in.)
  There was a real-life incident dramatized in The Wire illustrating this: "Cutty" borrowing from the real Donnie Andrews: "I just shot a n---a. Come get him" (link to Reddit post/comment). >
  
  
  And that's including the almost 1/3 of U.S. homicides for which the perpetrator just waits on the scene for police to come arrest them, or even calls 911 to report it.
  
  So, in some departments, they're barely clearing 25% of homicides in which a suspect doesn't immediately turn themself in!
  That's crazy, so they just wanna end their life and the life of the person that slighted them? >
  
  
  so they just wanna end their life and the life of the person that slighted them?
  
  Kinda, maybe sometimes, but I'd say not exactly: 
  Most of those ones are spontaneous rage killings where death is likely but not necessarily intended. Someone feels slighted and humiliated, gets enraged, and attacks the person they felt humiliated them.
  Beating, shooting, stabbing, choking.... They're usually not exactly thinking "I want you dead," but more like "you're gonna pay for that!" and "I'll show you!" 
  More often than not no one dies. But when you get mad & beat people often enough (this is never the first time!), or lose your temper with a gun in your possession, sooner or later someone dies.
  Then they calm down. Wife is dead in the kitchen (actually quite a common location). Best friend is dead outside your favorite bar. 
  Shit. Now...what else are you gonna do? 9-1-1. "Hi. I just killed XYZ. Please come get us." >
  
  “Alexei Idamkin, Russia’s consul general in Calcutta, told the Tass news agency that there was no foul play in the lawmaker’s death.”
  Totes sounds legit. >
  
  He didn’t say it, he declared it! >
  
  The steaks in this issue are high. Imagine going against Putin. >
  
  Disagree and you'll get the chop >
  
  Neither side where mincing their words. >
  
  It's a shame though, he was a cut above the rest. >
  
  It wasn't the fall that killed him, but the impact on the marbling. >
  
  He was a member of the Russia’s ruling party and had a huge business in Russia. This together already means he was highly corrupt.
  For years he profited working with the regime and never was against it. But, apparently, war is bad for business, so he posted a single story in a messenger and then promptly apologised for it saying someone else used his account. Also, luxury hotel abroad when most Russian people can’t even leave the country.
  Take it as you like. >
  
  Is this where I say "ESH?"
  Hard to feel bad about Russian oligarchs going splat.  They all know what they signed into.  There's no becoming a made man in that particular crime family.
  Which doesn't mean we shouldn't be horrified at the lack of protections for speech over there.  At the fact that being critical of the government can and often is a death sentence. >
  
  Just like the contractors who died on the Death Star. They knew the risk going in. >
  
  They knew there were no guardrails. >
  
  In Russia, the ground is meat magnet >
  
  Meat magnate meets meat magnet. >
  
  Sausage dude dies in sussage accident >
  
  Meatmaker meets maker >
  
  Foul fall for fowl fellow >
  
  Mafia state. 
  What a fucking garbage heap of cheap goons playing pretend government. Russia is a country without anyone at the wheel. >
  
  I swear you're right about it. It feels so weird when your whole government is a bunch of gangsters masquerading as legitimate heads of state. And people RESPECT them for it. Like I don't even know if it's called Stockholm syndrome or what. >
  
  The book "Red Notice" by Bill Browder is an enlightening look into how the mafia state came to be and functions semi-within the laws of Russia. >
  
  When my mum visited Russia she said people were INCREDULOUS the president had a salary.  They literally couldn't comprehend the presidents wallet and the government's bank balance being different things. >
  
  That's an interesting insight. Being from the US I have a hard time grasping the Russian culture, especially their view on government. >
  
  "Such a nasty accident".
  "We don't call them accidents we call them incidents."
  "Why?"
  "Because accident implies there's no one to blame". >
  
  It's for the greater good. >
  
  The greater good, yarp >
  
  …Narp? >
  
  Good. Meet us at the castle. >
  
  Hag >
  
  I beg your pardon? >
  
  "Evil old woman, considered frightful or ugly. Twelve down." >
  
  Why kill the children?! At least three of them say that the wives and children were also found dead. One of them say with blunt axe marks on them. The fuck. >
  
  Because some people will stand up if it means protecting their families. It sends a message to the rest that the FSB won't stop with you if you don't stay in line. North Korea and Latin Cartels also do it to cause terror in people who defect.
  Also if you die without heirs the Government will take your assets. >
  
  Can confirm, live in Latin America. Lineage wipe is a very real thing in cartels. >
  
  One of these days someone will actually die from falling in Russia but no one will believe it and instead waste time trying to figure why Putin would have wanted them dead. >
  
  What if this is how Putin goes out and then everyone starts freaking out because they think someone killed a world leader and nobody knows who or how, sounds like a good 2023 storyline