Critics of Putin's war in Ukraine die mysteriously

 Daily Caller:

The Ukrainian military has been making gains on the ground against Russian forces, prompting increasing pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin at home. As supporters and arms providers to Ukraine, it behooves the United States to be very clear about the nature of Putin and his government.

He is ruthless, brutal and feared. We don’t know his limits, but he’s increasingly desperate for successes at home and is crushing opposition — arresting people, censoring news and seemingly killing his perceived enemies. There’s a long list of victims poisoned, pushed out of windows, blown up and shot and this is nothing compared to the ruin and victims he’s leaving in Ukraine. The United States needs to be clear about the nature of Putin and his government.

The names and number of Putin’s enemies who have died under sometimes strange and always brutal circumstances in the past two decades should be remembered. (RELATED: PINKERTON: Here’s What A Key Looming Election Means For The Future Of Global Populism)

Four prominent Putin critics have died since February. Igor Nosov, CEO of Russia’s Far East and Arctic Development Corporation died, reportedly, of a stroke. This month, Ivan Pechorin, 39, Putin’s hand-selected managing director of the Corporation, fell off his yacht. Lukoil chairman Ravil Manganov, 67, fell out of a sixth floor window in a Moscow hospital. Or was thrown out after being beaten. Dan Rapoport, a Latvian-born US citizen, fell out of the window of a luxury apartment building in Washington. [He was the second Putin critic to die in Washington, D.C. Mikhail Y. Lesin, 57, who helped create the Kremlin’s global English-language Russia Today television network, was found dead in a hotel in 2016.] Police found nothing suspicious.

All were opponents of the Ukraine war.
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The mass graves in Ukraine also show the ruthless killing of people who do not accept Russian aggression.  Putin and his soldiers are likely war criminals for their actions in Ukraine.

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