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How about the new Stalin comedy? Looks hilarious... too bad can't watch in Russia, would give Putin's subjects ideas that Stalin was fallible.
In Robert Forcysks books about WWII he goes into great detail about how the Soviets ultimately beat the German army. One aspect of that was Red Army operational arts, how the Soviets screwed up the simplest things which lead to utter disaster. He also got a lot of information FROM SOVIET ARCHIVES about some of the farces of Soviet planning and in those documents there were names.
Chuikov was a general in Stalingrad, he commanded the 68th army in the city. He once said that the only reason operation Saturn succeeded was because Zhukov was planning operation Mars which was an utter disaster. CHUIKOV SAID THIS PUBLICLY IN 1946. Zhukov was Stalins right hand man. Other generals such as Konev and Rybalko had special words for Stalin himself shortly after the war.
They were not murdered for speaking their minds.
I've never read all these documents but I get the impression criticism was slung in large quantities. It's one of those things that make you wonder about what is written in the past concerning history. On further investigation some things just don't ring true.
I don't know that to be true. Examples? Echomoskvee is highly critical of the Russian government and they still broadcast every day.
I do know in Amerian media saying or suggesting the wrong thing about Russia can cost you your career. Best just toe the line. I can't remeber the last time I read a story about something good or constructive concerning Russia. People who do are ignored, villified, mocked and on short notice, unemployed.
In addition there been several journalists that have been murdered last year in Russia who were anti Putin.
Dmitry Popkov, chief editor of the independent local newspaper Ton-M in Siberia, was murdered on May 24, 2017. :Popkov, 42, helped found Ton-M in 2014, and was known for his investigative reports alleging abuse of power and corruption, as well as his criticism of officials of the ruling United Russia party https://cpj.org/data/people/dmitry-popkov/index.php
The other one is: Nikolai Andrushchenko, a veteran journalist known for his reporting on corruption and police brutality, died in a St. Petersburg hospital on April 19, 2017, of injuries sustained in a beating six weeks earlier. His murder was the first of a journalist in Russia since 2013, according to CPJ research.https://cpj.org/data/people/nikolai-...enko/index.php
Also can you explain why the Jehovah’s Witnesses are banned in Russia, and its members refuse to go to any war, but the Church of Satan is allowed in Russia?
Also even though Ekho Moskvy is a liberal media outlet, it is a very dangerous place to work and there been two attempted assassinations recently and the ones that were attacked fled Russia.
New York, September 11, 2017--Russian journalist Yulia Latynina, who writes a column for the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta and hosts a weekly radio show on Ekho Moskvy, has fled Russia after a series of attacks, according to local and international reports.https://cpj.org/2017/09/independent-journalist-yulia-latynina-flees-russia.php
Here is another Journalist that have fled Russia after working for Independent media:
Ksenia Larina, a journalist working for the liberal-leaning Ekho Moskvy radio station, is fleeing Russia after her colleague was stabbed in the throat earlier this week.
Ksenia Larina, a journalist working for the liberal-leaning Ekho Moskvy radio station, is fleeing Russia after her colleague was stabbed in the throat earlier this week.
Ekho Moskvy radio host Tatyana Felgenhauer was attacked by a Russian-Israeli citizen, who is believed to have mental health issues, on Monday this week.
The attack followed a program on state television in which Felgenhauer was branded as a traitor who cooperated with Western NGOs. Many commentators have blamed the attack on a generally hostile atmosphere towards journalists who are critical of the Kremin https://themoscowtimes.com/news/anot...s-russia-59401
Putler my butt! Want a real Nazi? Just look at that racist pig Aleksei NAZInyi! Anyone who thinks NAZInyi is a good guy is a friggin brainwashed moron! Simple as that!
Hope NAZInyi gets permanently exiled from Russia! No self-respecting Russian over the age of 25 (those old enough to have living memories of the 1990s - days the NATO West no doubt wish would return when it comes to all things Russia) will vote for him knowing he's gonna be a throwback to the bad old days of the 1990s if he gets his way!
Anyone got a problem with my criticising of political figures in Russia that the West likes? Deal with it and talk to the hand as NO amount of propaganda and fake news from the Western establishment will change my mind on this!
And what exactly is the Western establishment? The West has a lot of problems, but it still has the greatest level of transparency in the world, regardless of how bad it is.
It's hard to be a journalist over there. Russias not the only place either, how many have been killed in the Ukraine? 12? Somebody doesn't like what someone has to say then somebody may go after them. What do you do? I suspect there are people in government behind it and it's not all just a bunch of nutters.
Is this something that can even be solved?
And as for the Jehovah Witnesses in was the expressed wish of the Russian people from what I understand. Who likes them anyway? Devil Worship is not condoned by any institution that matters in Russia. I don't even know that it exists there, at least I have never seen it. I mean they're pretty uptight about religion so when in Rome do as the Romans do.
It's hard to be a journalist over there. Russias not the only place either, how many have been killed in the Ukraine? 12? Somebody doesn't like what someone has to say then somebody may go after them. What do you do? I suspect there are people in government behind it and it's not all just a bunch of nutters.
Is this something that can even be solved?
And as for the Jehovah Witnesses in was the expressed wish of the Russian people from what I understand. Who likes them anyway? Devil Worship is not condoned by any institution that matters in Russia. I don't even know that it exists there, at least I have never seen it. I mean they're pretty uptight about religion so when in Rome do as the Romans do.
Ukraine is in a state of WAr.
Well the Russian government has as much reasons to dislike the Jehovia Witnesses as the Nazis. The Nazis after all sent them to concentration camps and at least a 1/4 of them died. After all they refuse to salute the flag and go to war and fight for for the country. Well authoritarian regimes like Russia strongly dislike small religious sects, as they go against the worldview of what the authoritarian government gives its citizens.
If the Jehovia Witnesses are banned, then any religious or secular organisation can be banned by the government and the result is no turning back.
Everything is a distraction to keep the Russian masses from seeing a benefit in accountable government. From Syria to Ukraine to blaming Russia's own problems on external made up enemies...
Pointing out corruption in Russia gets you either killed, forced to flee or at best, brought up on contrived criminal charges. When an external state points it out, they get labeled the enemy and the corrupt activity brought up is dismissed as an attack on Russia. Or more perversely, an equivalence is attempted pretending that the US government also does things like kill journalists and bribe oligarchs. From Magnitsky, to Sochi to Putin's friends becoming oligarchs through fleecing the state.
Russia should be very wealthy with its resources and educated people and instead it survives somewhere in the range of a upper middle African standard of living. How to handle this gap? Don't let people travel to the west, put on TV shows about how bad life is in democracies, convince people that the 90's is what would happen if democracy occurred and make up fake accomplishments on TV (yay victory over America in Syria!) sounds like now and sounds like 50 years ago.
How about the new Stalin comedy? Looks hilarious... too bad can't watch in Russia, would give Putin's subjects ideas that Stalin was fallible.
Stalin was the product of his time. He did what he could. He was able to save the country, he won in the Great War. I doubt that he could have achieved this by other means at the time.
Not only that it has banned the Jehovah witnesses. Well as much as I don't agree with Jehovah Witnesses, I still think they should be free to practice their faith. They are harmless and no big threat to society. They renounce violence and are very anti war, as they refuse to fight in any wars.
Russia is a country where Christians and Muslims live peacefully for centuries. Do you want to teach Russians what to do with religion? It's none of your business.
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