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Re:How Putin’s Oligarchs Bought London by ogogmad on Friday March 18, 2022 @06:49PM (#30728624)
> He quoted the height of it to quite a degree of accuracy as proof of his touristic intentions

Doesn't really prove anything. Could just be a really strange individual who memorises statistics. To 3 significant figures doe.

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Re:How Putin’s Oligarchs Bought London by mikeyouse on Friday March 18, 2022 @06:58PM (#30728697)
Bellingcat identified their real names and the fact that they worked for the GRU... it's not remotely in question whether they were there assassinate Skripal. One of the benefits of a hopelessly corrupt Russian state is that just about every government database is available for sale.

https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2018/09/26/skr...

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Re:How Putin’s Oligarchs Bought London by ineedasername on Friday March 18, 2022 @08:11PM (#30729358)
It's possible they were just chemistry hobbyists & afficionados of obscure nerve toxins, and the rest was just an unfortunate accident.
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