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bucolic_frolic

(42,659 posts)
Thu Mar 2, 2017, 11:39 PM Mar 2017

Unexpected deaths of six Russian diplomats in four months triggers conspiracy theories

When Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations died suddenly in New York last week, he became the sixth Russian diplomat to die unexpectedly since November, leaving internet conspiracy theorists trying to spot a pattern.

Vitaly Churkin, 64, was rushed to hospital from his office at Russia’s UN mission on 20 February, after becoming ill without warning on his way in to work.

It was initially reported that Mr Churkin may have suffered a heart attack, but following an autopsy medical examiners said the death required further study.

Media company Axios note that not only is Mr Churkin’s death unexplained, but it is also remarkably similar to the deaths of Russia’s Ambassador to India on 27 January, the country’s consul in Athens on 9 January, and a Russian diplomat in New York on US election day, 8 November.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-diplomats-deaths-theories-putin-kremlin-a7602201.html

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Unexpected deaths of six Russian diplomats in four months triggers conspiracy theories (Original Post) bucolic_frolic Mar 2017 OP
I'm in on this one. democratisphere Mar 2017 #1
Yeah.. Athens?! Ezior Mar 2017 #5
Heavy vodka drinkers Pantagruel Mar 2017 #2
Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2017 #3
Sergey Kislyak needs to watch his back! Chasstev365 Mar 2017 #4
No wonder he looks so pale. n/t rgbecker Mar 2017 #12
So the choice Trump co-conspirators face is... C_U_L8R Mar 2017 #6
Russia's life expectancy is exceptionally low among developed countries. dalton99a Mar 2017 #7
Especially if you know something Putin doesn't want you to know nt doc03 Mar 2017 #8
That is also true. dalton99a Mar 2017 #9
The David Pakman Show says there are now 8 deaths demtenjeep Mar 2017 #10
Note to Russian diplomats: Dream Girl Mar 2017 #11

Ezior

(505 posts)
5. Yeah.. Athens?!
Thu Mar 2, 2017, 11:47 PM
Mar 2017

Athens...

President Obama suprised us in late October 2016 when he announced he'd do another visit to Greece / Athens, and then Berlin in November. Everybody expected him visiting Poland in July to be the last trip to Europe.

Related?!

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C_U_L8R

(44,889 posts)
6. So the choice Trump co-conspirators face is...
Thu Mar 2, 2017, 11:49 PM
Mar 2017

'Do I stick with Trump and the world belongs to me...
But am I gonna get jabbed with a poison dart...
Or am I gonna be indicted and spend my life in jail...
But maybe Trump will just blow up the world, so who cares
Hey maybe I should whistleblow and stop this madness
But I love all my Republican VIP percs...
Oh dear my wife and daughters despise me
Oh but those percs. Oh dear what if they find out
what we really did.......'

Somehow I don't think anyone in the Trump regime
is sleeping very well lately. Hahaha.

dalton99a

(81,065 posts)
9. That is also true.
Fri Mar 3, 2017, 12:02 AM
Mar 2017

A bunch of people trying to investigate the Russian apartment bombings ended up dead - so Putin could start his own Chechen war to win power.

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