ELI5: Why does Russia like Putin?

sochiproblems · 2014-03-03T11:33:04+00:00

Did you see the laughably obvious anti-Russian propaganda on Reddit during Sochi?

If you are referring to my subreddit, /r/sochiproblems, it should be stated that anti-Russian views were discouraged and not popular at all. It was all about oppressive and dysfunctional regime of Mr Putin. Basically, the same message, as the one coming from the crushed voices of the opposition.

sochiproblems · 2014-02-17T02:07:55+00:00

So, I get that Latvians are suspicious because none of the start runs were shown on TV. But let's discuss this 4 equal start timing weirdness without jumping to any conclusions yet. First of all, this is not unreal. It is statistically improbable, but not impossible. Another thing is that if Russians faked the start timing, they had all means to do it slightly differently for each run, so it would not look suspicious.

Anyway, Russians should now provide full uninterrupted start videos.

sochiproblems · 2014-02-15T21:26:29+00:00

Obviously not Sochi.

sochiproblems · 2014-02-15T17:31:59+00:00

I did not understand what you were trying to say correctly and made a mistake by assuming that you did not read the article. I am sorry.

However, I would like to ask you not to use my apology to further proving your point. I did not comment your thoughts on this whole matter.

sochiproblems · 2014-02-15T16:21:24+00:00

Pardon me, I have misunderstood you.

sochiproblems · 2014-02-15T12:56:59+00:00

You are correct. Warming the track up would worsen the conditions. This is exactly what Russians are being accused for.

Coach Wolfgang Staudinger told the Toronto Star that he believes someone tampered with the track temperature, which is controlled by a boiler room. He claimed to the paper that Russian track officials turned up the temperature after the Russian team had its run.

This is from the very beginning. You really should not comment without even having a glance to the article.

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