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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
Mon Nov 18, 2019, 09:49 AM Nov 2019

Russian state media reporting Maria Butina being considered for Russian parliament



Jim Sciutto ✔ @jimsciutto

It’s where they put Alexander Litvinenko’s murderer as well - and he’s still there.

Molly McKew ✔ @MollyMcKew

Russian state media reporting Maria Butina being considered for Russian parliament, because where else do you put her than on the foreign affairs committee with an official passport?

7:34 AM - Nov 18, 2019


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Russian state media reporting Maria Butina being considered for Russian parliament (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Nov 2019 OP
Sure enough dalton99a Nov 2019 #1
Considering some of our Republican members of Congress DFW Nov 2019 #2
Russia needs its own Marsha Blackburn. bullwinkle428 Nov 2019 #3
That's Russia's fu to America. Thanks to right-wingers getting her out early. rockfordfile Nov 2019 #4
Well why not? Butina is a patriotic Russian woman who sacrificed herself for comradebillyboy Nov 2019 #5
makes for some good democratic campaign fodder against any all GOP'ers beachbumbob Nov 2019 #6

DFW

(54,302 posts)
2. Considering some of our Republican members of Congress
Mon Nov 18, 2019, 09:52 AM
Nov 2019

While we may not have any well-known murderers, we are still hardly in a position to point fingers.

comradebillyboy

(10,128 posts)
5. Well why not? Butina is a patriotic Russian woman who sacrificed herself for
Mon Nov 18, 2019, 10:43 AM
Nov 2019

Mother Russia. She served her country well. She deserves to be rewarded.

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