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So these guys just send plain text emails to each other saying "Hey Jeff we're plotting to overthrow Putin. Here are the names of my co-conspirators. Wanna help?" and they don't consider this kind of a stupid thing to do?
What would you expect, men in black carrying selfdestructing cases with one-time codes?
I dunno, but some encryption at least.
They did discussed things like murders and rapes in the same manner, just a feeling of complete impunity. And lo and behold, they were correct, nobody was and nobody is gonna get prosecuted over this under liberal capitalist system.
Not to mention it was not exactly secret to anyone except western libs that Ponomarev is puppet of west even back then, and look where he is now.