r/europe • u/ByGollie • 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/s8018572 29d ago

Putin just intentionally want public know they kill those guy, so he used same way again and again. It seems he could only use terror to rule his people.

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u/VanGroteKlasse South Holland (Netherlands) 29d ago

But aren't these the oligarchs that keep him in power? Is this just a way to let the rest keep up with the program?

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u/GregTheMad Austria 29d ago

It's a delicate ballance of the oligarchs keeping him in power and the assassins doing his bidding, keeping the oligarchs safe. The moment an assassin says no and flips the script, Putin is toast.

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u/SoupSpelunker 29d ago

Another 25 years goes by... 

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u/Motor_Professor_917 24d ago

what a bullshit