# What does the average Putin supporter think about Putin's opponents being murdered

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**Created:** [August 22, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-average-putin-supporter-think-about-putins-opponents-being-murdered/918699 "2020-08-22T01:11:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-average-putin-supporter-think-about-putins-opponents-being-murdered/918699/25 "2020-08-24T16:45:10Z")

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The average Russian probably believes the poisoning/elimination of Putin’s opponents is an Americanski fake news conspiracy.

Or they shrug at business as usual. This sort of thing (or speculation about such) goes back to the days of Lenin, Rasputin and probably early tsars as well.

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