The leader of the LDR said he wants to take back Alaska by force.
"With all seriousness, there is no real difference between those [parties]." <-- not so much.
That's just one example of the kind of crackpot ideas they come out with, but it's one you might be able to relate to. Needless to say, it's not an idea Putin would entertain.
>What's more likely - that a State Duma deputy and a KGB and Federal Protective Service member is a part of some fringe extremist group (that has access to radioactive materials), or that Kremlin's siloviki (whom Putin is a part of, himself) have pulled some strings?
I see both as roughly equally likely (wanting to invade Alaska is a fringe extremist position, no?). I certainly don't think Putin is implicated with cast iron evidence here, which seems to be your position.
Also if you don't see anything suspicious about this:
>The conclusions of this inquiry are stronger than many expected in pointing the finger at Vladimir Putin personally. The evidence behind that seems to have come from secret intelligence heard in closed session.
Or this:
>The report stresses that its conclusions are based on many witness opinions that “would not be admissible as evidence”
You're an idiot.
Zhirinovsky told a lot of nonsense. He's frequently compared to a clown for a very good reason. That's media stuff, saying all sorts of bullshit to grab attention. Deputies almost never get accounted for anything they say.
LDPR's absolutely loyal to current powers. Believe it or not, if Zhirinovsky's a part of a fringe extremist group, that's an extremist group blessed by Putin.
> That's just one example of the kind of crackpot ideas they come out with
They all do play clowns and tell all sort of crackpot ideas. It's not like Zhirinovsky's has secured a position of court jester. Just consider Fedorov from United Russia as a nice example.
> it's not an idea Putin would entertain
Why? Putin's perfectly fine with all this bullshit, as long as it's not against his own agenda. Sure thing, he doesn't want to be associated with this, and won't explicitly approve of anything, but had he ever reacted harshly? Nah, imperial wet dreams of Great Russia, with Soviet war bears retaking Alaska and "Fascington" doesn't seem bother him any tiniest bit.
> I certainly don't think Putin is implicated with cast iron evidence here, which seems to be your position.
I guess we agree on this, not iron-clad for sure. An iron-clad one would be a recordings or multiple testaments. And those are unlikely to be ever obtained, even if they exist.
Yet, I think, it's well-probable, with high degree of possibility - to the extent we can say "too many factors point to this, so it's well likely Patrushev and Putin knew of this".
LDPR is not absolutely loyal to current powers. It's just another group Putin has to negotiate with (and has to give way on as often as not).
It's something of a conspiracy theory that Putin is their puppet.
>Why? Putin's perfectly fine with all this bullshit
Mainly because he was actually asked "should we invade Alaska?" and he replied "no, it's too cold" (see how seriously he takes them?).
>Nah, imperial wet dreams of Great Russia, with Soviet war bears retaking Alaska and "Fascington" doesn't seem bother him any tiniest bit.
What did you expect? Putin's really not the kind of guy who whines and stamps his feet even when he's genuinely angry.
Don't remember him saying so. But what's about Alaska? Do we have some contest of random analogies here?
> wasn't the work of a fringe right wing extremist group
What's more likely - that a State Duma deputy and a KGB and Federal Protective Service member is a part of some fringe extremist group (that has access to radioactive materials), or that Kremlin's siloviki (whom Putin is a part of, himself) have pulled some strings? Obviously, that's not a definite evidence - the article doesn't tell that Putin did this. But a well-probable, so Putin's accused of acknowledging or even ordering the killing.
Well, everything is possible. We can't deny a possibility of a fringe extremist group. We can't either deny the possibility that the killing was done by a extraterrestrial alien shapeshifting as Lugovoy, by the order of alien reptilians from Nibiru. Accusation goes to most probable ones first.
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Edit: oh, sorry! I see, talking about fringe group you meant hyphothetical situation with Snowden. Well, depends on the imaginable case. If we have some ex-CIA agent's fingerprints all over assault UAV's control terminal ;), then it would be reasonable to suspect US Government had something to do with this. Hope you see the idea.