u/Tramort

But who was this man?

Meet Ilya Sorokin. He is 34 years old. He’s married, with two daughters. He was born in the small Mordovian village of Potma, just 30 kilometers from Penal Colony No.10, and still lives there today. Records show he started studying at a local medical school in 2008. According to the research tool Himera-Search, which archives information leaked from Russia’s interior ministry and other databases, Sorokin has been working as a prison doctor since at least 2018, making around 564,000 rubles a year (around $9,000 at the time).

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Reporters reached out to Ilya Sorokin to see if he wanted to comment on their findings. The conversation was brief.

Ilya Sorokin: Hello.

Journalist: Hello, Ilya, good afternoon. My name is Olha, I’m a journalist with Radio Liberty. I wanted to ask you: Ukrainian servicemen returning from captivity in Russia, who were held at Penal Colony No. 10, identify you as the person who tortured and beat them.

Ilya Sorokin: That can’t be true. I don’t work there.

Journalist: You don’t work there?

At that point, he hung up. After two more attempts to reach him, he blocked the number.

So... Ilya Sorokin is not just a psychopath and was criminal, he is also a pussy

I'm not talking about the Russian oligarchs.

I'm talking about the American oligarchs. If you are Elon musk or Peter thiel, how do you look at the Russian system and think that your circumstances will be improved by a lower tax rate, but which comes with the requirement that you are subject to the whims of a capricious psychopath?

Right!? Who looks at this and thinks to themselves that they want to live in this kind of system?

The big issue is that you can't give him what he wants. Even an inch. Add soon as you do you've signaled that you're eligible, and he won't stop.

But if you stand up and directly confront him, or even ignore him, he turns his attention to things that inflate his n-supply

Yosemite Sam claims victory, and promises to make America Rootin' Tootin' again

MARTA!

What a miscarriage of justice

This is the best argument to tax people before they are billionaires

Great answer; thanks

But Trump is a bully, and if he feels like there is any concession at all he will just double down and bully more.

The best option is to stand up to him with every ounce of strength.

Why are they throwing him this lifeline?

Let it all burn

Sounds like it could be a Russian attack on NATO