Bloody fuss about this Russian poisoning.

[Organ Morgan.]

Tyrants almost always gain and consolidate their power by being the "great protector" against some internal or external threat.

It makes complete sense to me that this has played out in this way. Russia poisons a man and his daughter, who was previously spying on the Russians, using a Russian made poison. They know that the British and other Western politicians will have to react to this with confrontational terms, but are hardly going to be able to do anything in practical terms.
Then Putin can deny responsibility, make out that the west are out to get them, look strong standing up to the evil west. This is the kind of thing that keeps an oppressive regime in power.
Their line also gets taken up by the legions of useful idiots who think that the global elite is engineering their lives, a classic misdirection that Russia are so fond of. It generates doubt and dissent that reduces the effectiveness of any response that the west can take.

Crikey, even Nikki Haley would have blushed uttering that at the UN. Who exactly is Russia oppressing aside from the Western created and funded Muslim terrorists in Syria and elsewhere?

[Rjk]

He's really popular BECAUSE HE DOES THINGS LIKE THIS.

[life on mars]

He's really popular BECAUSE HE DOES THINGS LIKE THIS.

If you mean Putin , of course the Russians will be lapping it up , they loath us , we have provided an open gateway for Putin dissidents , spies , rich oligarchs to come in and get citizenship .

Pity Putin hasn't got one of those elections coming up with no opposition , or opposing candidates that are already in jail ,bit like their friends in Syria ,lovely pair all around .