Quote Originally Posted by jon1959 View Post
In the past he has spoken at Russian nationalist rallies where there were big contingents of neo Nazis.

He tried to distance himself from that past at the same time that the Putin regime was trying to pin the 'neo Nazi' label on him.

He wasn't the liberal democrat that he and many of his western admirers presented. But he was a figurehead for the Russian democracy movement and to me he seemed to have evolved his thinking and the role he took on with the wider anti-Putin coalition.

He was brave. His past associations had nothing to do with his sudden death.
One thing always amazes me about Putin is the way he goes on about Nazis, whilst acting completely like they did when the rise up in the 1930’s……if ever there was a modern day Nazi, it’s him and his brutal regime. Tells you everything that no opposition party even really exists, just ones he allows to give an image of a free party state, if they do become popular the leaders tend to fall off buildings or end up in jail….weird eh?