ANTI-PUTIN POLITICIAN FACING KREMLIN RAID USES DRONE TO FLY HARD DRIVES AWAY BEFORE GOVERNMENT OFFIC

[orangecrush]

ANTI-PUTIN POLITICIAN FACING KREMLIN RAID USES DRONE TO FLY HARD DRIVES AWAY BEFORE GOVERNMENT OFFICERS CAN GET THEM


An opposition politician in Russia evaded a police raid by loading hard drives onto a drone and spiriting them away before officers could enter his apartment.

As a symbol of political discontent in Russia, there was no more dramatic sight than footage of Sergey Boyko, a mayoral candidate in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, ensuring that his electronic data would be beyond the clutches of law enforcement officials clamoring at his door.

This week Russian security services have raided supporters of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in 43 cities, from Vladivostok on the Pacific to Krasnodar in the south of the country.


https://www.newsweek.com/russia-novosibirsk-sergey-boyko-navalny-1459145

[leftieNanner]

1. Pootie must be getting nervous

Navalny would probably defeat him in an open and free election! We can't have that now, can we?

[orangecrush]

2. VERY NERVOUS

From what I am reading.

And if Putin goes down, Donnie loses all his help from daddy.

[leftieNanner]

3. Although Putin was just "reelected" last year

for a 7 year term, so he's not directly threatened at this point. I'm guessing that there are too many people running for other lower positions that might try to keep him in check.

[mysteryowl]

6. I thought it was a 5 year term.

[leftieNanner]

7. We are both wrong!

6 years. Until 2024.

[mysteryowl]

8. Ha! Thanks for looking it up.

[2naSalit]

4. 21st Century carrier pigeon...nt

[doc03]

5. He is still alive? nt