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Best wishes for Gonzalo. The good thing about this situation is that it is now known worldwide, and any action taken against him will be a public relations nightmare for Ukraine. I really do not think that the US or Ukraine want to make a martyr of Gonzalo, as their popularity is already diminishing by the day.
Let’s hope he was able (by withdrawal) to quit his industrial strength smoking habit while in the slammer.
No one forced him to come to Ukraine.
Just like no one forced you to be ignorant….
Denied bail without just cause also even when they said he was eligible for bail.
Exactly what you would expect from a fascist regime.
Serbia is, I think, the safest place for him.
Poland: Spanish journalist Pablo González in custody for 16 months with no trial in sightSpanish freelance reporter Pablo González, accused of spying for Russia, has been in pre-trial detention in Poland for more than 16 months without any evidence of the allegations against him being made public. The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EJF), together with their Spanish affiliates and organisations that support this journalist, urge the Polish authorities to release González and ensure he receives a fair trial.
Wishing Good luck to Mr Gonzalo Lira
Sounds rather like Poland has taken on the identity of Ukraine in several respects, like an enforcer.
Question, how did Gonzalo escape from prison?…Did I miss something?…
The US won’t even condemn or address the Ukrainian kill list naming American citizens…
this sounds like what happens in the United States now.
The Magnitsky case wasn’t what it seemed. Bill Browder (I think) hired a film director to make a documentary about it and the more this man dug, the more he discovered it was a tissue of lies, the opposite of what Browder wanted to portray. I saw the film, which greatly impressed me, on Russia Insider several years ago – don’t remember the name of the film nor the name of the director.
Gonzalo Lira is about to make the same mistake that Julian Assange made. There is only one country that could have protected Julian Assange and Gonzalo Lira, and that is the Russian Federation. But then again, Julian Assange has done infinitely more important journalistic work than Gonzalo Lira did (who is a legend in his own mind and a media whore), and I can not see the Evil Empire going to any great lengths to get an extradition warrant against Gonzalo Lira, as he is more of a media clown than a journalist, with some of the stunts he pulled. But… Read more »
Agreed, there is something that smells about this Gonzalo. I would not be surprised if that in the future all these pundits have pie on their faces having been humiliated by swallowing his ego based scam. We will see. Why did he not just go to Donbass and walk over to RF? As pointed out here, seems Assange made a fatal mistake, where as Snowden made the right move. He is not soooo important but the EU/UK/USA would certainly exploit him mercilessly. And the protagonist he sees so desturbed here about the injustice to Lira, did he expect anything else!… Read more »
“Why did he not just go to Donbass and walk over to RF?“—Exactly. I smell a rat!
“...seems Assange made a fatal mistake, where as Snowden made the right move.” Indeed. Assange was hoodwinked by the Lying Press, who smeared him as a de facto Russian Agent and he innocently presumed that if he applied for asylum in the Russian Federation, that he would be conceding to their bogus charge and admitting his guilt. I obsessively wrote at the time, vis-a-vis the Ecuadorian embassy affair in 2012, that it was a fatal mistake on his behalf and I suspected (and still do) that some dishonourable Legal professionals (Three-letter Agency operative’s) in his entourage, convinced him to seek… Read more »
Gonzalo is a very bright guy. Where was his brain after the first time they arrested him and explained to him how their regime works. He turned out not to be very bright. The outcome was entirely predictable. He is lucky to even get bail without broken bones. He does not understand the world even now. One does not go publicly putting Hungary on the spot, unless that is a false trail. International intertwinings are greater than one man, no matter how “innocent”. — Why did he not go to Russia? which has the gonads to stand against International coercions.… Read more »
Right on! Agreed, Bravo.
If he is smart it’s a false trail and he would take his drama queen ass to Rx. I like him, not the drama, but I don’t swallow his jabe 100%. Something smells about this guy.