Monday, September 1, 2008

"Russia Web site owner killed after arrest"


http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10029798-38.html


And we thought we had censorship problems.


Is it true that "Ingushetiya" is Russian for "Irregular"?
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4 comments:

Lizardmom said...

yikes!

September 1, 2008 at 1:53 AM
Beejay said...

Orbs, looks like there are worse things than being banned!

September 1, 2008 at 8:13 AM
kkdither said...

I sure hope the translation doesn't equate to irregulars! I might have a few opinions... Honestly though, I just want to blog. I'm harmless, don't shoot!

Did you see the 60 minutes report on Alexander Litvinenko, a former officer of Russian Federal Security Service, who was accused of being a traitor and was killed with acute radiation poisoning with polonium? He spoke out and authored several books making claims against the Russian government. An amazing and frightening story.
Wikipedia: Alexander Litvinenko

As awful as the news can sometimes be, things that happen in other countries can astound you. What a sad story.

Things are really heating up in Russia with the Georgia invasion. Last I heard, someone blamed the US govt for much of it, saying that our election year was behind the unrest... I really think we will see some massive strife over there in the upcoming weeks and months.

September 1, 2008 at 8:36 AM
hale-bopp said...

kk, it was Vladmin Putin who blamed the US for the situation in Georgia allegedly to benefit a certain presidential candidate. Dvorak links to a CNN article on the story as well.

He has a pretty interesting blog...also mentioned the web site owner killed story that started this thread (and check out his ideas on the Sarah Palin affair.

September 1, 2008 at 4:36 PM

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