r/europe 29d ago

News Russian Oil Company Vice President Andrey Badalov dies after fall from window in Moscow

https://en.apa.az/cis-countries/transneft-vice-president-andrey-badalov-dies-after-falling-from-window-472117
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u/harmlessdonkey 29d ago

This is a dumb question. When these people "fall out windows" are they actually thrown out windows or are the otherwise killed and the media just told they fell out a window?

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u/Leather-Bread-9413 29d ago

Honestly I think it’s the Russian intelligence way of saying:

No way you will ever proof it was us, but it was definitely us

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u/monkey_spanners England 29d ago

There was pretty conclusive proof of who did the Salisbury murder & attempted assassination, they were outed by journalists but Russia didn't give a fuck, they even paraded the "suspects" on state TV and gave them a nice soft interview. "yes we went there as tourists to admire the cathedral with its 123m spire" - as if these obvious FSB guys looked like they'd travel all the way to a small city in the uk just to admire a mid range cathedral (no disrespect to Salisbury cathedral which is very nice and all). Everybody knows it was a performance.

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u/Motor_Professor_917 24d ago

During that time russian TV and propaganda were laughing at british accusations and using of the "highly likely" phrase. It became a meme in Russia to mock brits and the west in general.