Could it be that the bomb in St. Petersburg Russia was a type of Reichstag fire. That they found

[Lint Head]

a second bomb and defused it so quickly is suspicious. Now Putin has an excuse to put the hammer down on the protestors. Then say they saves the lives of Russians by quickly defusing the second bomb. It's now time for Trump to have his mob friends do some dirty work for him here so he can suppress our rights.

[fleur-de-lisa]

1. I read on Twitter earlier today (I would post it but I can't remember who tweeted)

that a person with knowledge of Russian media was questioning how quickly RT released a very detailed account of the bombing. This person seemed to think the media statement was prepared in advance of the attack.

[Sunlei]

5. When russia shot down that airliner, Russia TV announced a military plane shot down before bodies

before the rain of bodies hit the ground.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

2. The instant I read about it I was suspicious.

[ck4829]

3. Reichstag fire? *cough* Ryazan incident *cough*

[Sunlei]

4. they have a lot of bombs in russia, IMO, russia did/does most of turkeys bombs as well.

IMO.

[stevenleser]

6. As I said in another thread, I doubt it, not because I think Putin is insufficiently ruthless...

... the reason why you engage in a false flag/Reichstag fire kind of event is if you need to do that to bring the populace along to what you are planning.

Putin has an 80% approval rating in Russia and seems to be able to bring the population around to anything he wants to do without need of such methods. Part and parcel of that is the fact that he has effectively silenced just about all media and political opposition through intimidation and murder.

[fleur-de-lisa]

7. How do we know that Putin has an 80% approval rating?

I have heard the line about his popularity within his country over and over again, but who actually does the polling? RT?

I don't think we should take this as fact merely because Putin-controlled media keeps announcing it.

[ck4829]

8. You really don't want to know what will happen to the poller that says he has 79%

[stevenleser]

9. Most stats come from the NGO Levada Center

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_image_of_Vladimir_Putin

They don't seem to be on the best terms with Putin and his party. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levada_Center