• ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Black’s conviction has presented another challenge for U.S. authorities already working to gain the release of several Americans in Russian jails on what the White House says are spurious charges.

    Does it? He isn’t a political prisoner. It sounds like he’s a horny, apparently violent dumbass who secretly went to Russia against military rules (and common sense) and then did crimes.

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      6 months ago

      The “did crimes” is on russians word, so worth basically nothing. Even guilty pleas tend to come from torture, not guilt.

      The rest seems pretty accurate.

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        6 months ago

        Current Sympathy level: Otto Warmbier.

        (Dumbass, fucked around on dangerous soil, found out.)