After St. Petersburg Explosion, Putin Orders Police to ‘Liquidate’ Terrorists
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After St. Petersburg Explosion, Putin Orders Police to ‘Liquidate’ Terrorists
28, 2017
In another sign of a crackdown on the opposition — despite Mr. Putin’s popularity — a
video Mr. Navalny had posted on YouTube was blocked for people in Russia on Thursday.
At first, the police did not refer to the grocery store explosion as terrorism,
but Mr. Putin said on Thursday that it was, in fact, a terrorist attack.
"But if the lives or health of our employees and our officers are threatened — to act decisively, to take no prisoners, to liquidate the bandits on the spot." The comment echoed Mr. Putin’s taunt to Chechen terrorists,
that he would "rub them out in the outhouse," which catapulted him to new heights of popularity before his first run for president, in 2000.
Islamic said that Yesterday I ordered the director of the Federal Security Service, while
arresting these bandits, to act, obviously, only within the limits of the law,
Speaking at an awards ceremony for Russian soldiers returning from Syria, Mr. Putin called the military intervention there a success
but warned of the risks of Islamic militants from the former Soviet Union returning to Russia after fighting.
28, 2017
In another sign of a crackdown on the opposition — despite Mr. Putin’s popularity — a
video Mr. Navalny had posted on YouTube was blocked for people in Russia on Thursday.
At first, the police did not refer to the grocery store explosion as terrorism,
but Mr. Putin said on Thursday that it was, in fact, a terrorist attack.
"But if the lives or health of our employees and our officers are threatened — to act decisively, to take no prisoners, to liquidate the bandits on the spot." The comment echoed Mr. Putin’s taunt to Chechen terrorists,
that he would "rub them out in the outhouse," which catapulted him to new heights of popularity before his first run for president, in 2000.
Islamic said that Yesterday I ordered the director of the Federal Security Service, while
arresting these bandits, to act, obviously, only within the limits of the law,
Speaking at an awards ceremony for Russian soldiers returning from Syria, Mr. Putin called the military intervention there a success
but warned of the risks of Islamic militants from the former Soviet Union returning to Russia after fighting.