Quote Originally Posted by CrossLOPER
Funny you should mention the CIS states. They are more oppressive and sometimes very cruel when compared to Russia.
True. But only the ones Russia already "has" are the most cruel. That is the presidents of Belarus and Kazakstan. I seriously doubt that Lukashenka or Nazarbayev would do anything that Czar Putin didn't like.


Remember the Ukrainian president's poisoning ? Though primitive it cannot be dismissed...
That was probably some cold war KGB dinosaur bucking for promotion.