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Re:Chinese activist Ai Weiwei says Credit Suisse closing fou... by throwaway210222 on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @05:58AM (#28455061)
To be fair to the Russians: he was also a Russian citizen and the US has long established the right to wipe their own citizens on foreign soil without a peep from the UK. [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_al-Awlaki

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Re:Chinese activist Ai Weiwei says Credit Suisse closing fou... by sneak on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @01:00PM (#28459890)
The fact that the US treats their citizenry as personal property, able to be snuffed out by assassination at any time without due process, does not in any way whatsoever normalize or justify Russia doing the same.
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