Hi. Putin says he is taking personal charge of the Nemtsov investigation...Which is the same way shootings by police officers are investigated in Miami, Florida, USA! So that's good. Putin's lieutenants are on it man, they are all over this one. Unturned stones? Nyet. Among stones they are turning are:
-"...the possibility that fellow members of the opposition had killed Mr. Nemtsov to create a martyr...a 'sacrificial victim' to rally support for opponents of the government, the Investigative Committee of the Prosecutor General’s Office said in a statement." I like!
-"The committee also cited the possibility that Isllamic extremists had killed Mr. Nemtsov over his position on the Charlie Hedbo shootings in Paris..." This language gets a frowny face from the Obamas because the llama is an animal of peace, all animals are equally peaceful--or violent--there is no cause to single out llamas from doves and dolphins; true there have been recent reports of extremist llamas running amok but they were marginalized from society and Putin should investigate equally doves, dolphins, Ukrainians, and opponents of Putin. Which is what Putin is doing. So I think the Obamas like this.
-"The committee also said that 'radical personalities' on one or another side of the Ukrainian conflict might have been responsible." There you go! "On one or another side." We don't know! Could be this side, could be that side! No stone shall be left unturned! Nice.
-"business disputes." The ruble is the source of all evil!
-"personal disputes." Cherchez la femme? You're darn tootin' they're gonna cherchez la femme, especially la Ukrainian femme who was with Boris, described as a "tall" "model," "much younger." Need we say more we think not. Do we sniff a confession coming from the "tall" "model," "much younger?"
-"destabilizing the country." Which country?
*UPDATED February 28, 9:35 pm: I remembered! I thought that might come in handy again. The same motive offered by the Chief Prosecutor in Anna Politkovskaya's assassination.
-"...cruel murder...has every sign of being a contract killing, which has a solely provocative nature." Provoke whom?
*UPDATED, February 28, 9:38 pm: There you go, same description of Anna's assassination too!
That is Chief Inspector Putin's personal view of the case and must be given great weight. The undersigned is not much experienced in murder investigations and is unacquainted with the "sole provocative nature" of the contract killing genre. However, this theory, this "lead," does seem to suggest a commendable restraint will attend the investigation, that there will be no "jumping to conclusions," no "rush to judgment," no retaliation against the Ukrainian provocateur(s).
-"Mr. Nemtsov was murdered in revenge for having caused a woman to have an abortion." Very impressive.
-"Mr. Nemtsov was murdered in revenge for his opposition to Putin and Putin's war on Ukraine." NO, actually! That is not one of the "angles" being looked at. Huh.
Nonetheless, we see already that this is going to be a thorough and a long investigation--Rome wasn't built in a day! This murder will be investigated to death and with the same satisfying finality as to police shootings in Miami, Florida, USA. So that's good.
