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Putin inaugurated for 5th term in office in ceremony largely boycotted by West: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/07/putin-inaugurated-for.html

Tucker Carlson releases his two-hour interview with the Russian president Vladimir Putin for free on his website and on X (Josh Dickey/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/url-tucker-carlson-vladimir-putin-interview/

Tucker Carlson Drops His 2-Hour Vladimir Putin Interview - TheWrap
The former Fox News host sat with the Russian president in Moscow

Funny, Tucker Carlson’s Putin interview — Bingo
#TuckerCarlson #Putin
https://www.

Tucker Carlson’s Putin interview — Bingo
Two of the world’s most unpleasant men sit down for a conversation. What could possibly go wrong?

“I don’t like this reality,” Mike Johnson said. “Vladimir Putin is an evil war criminal.”
But he quickly added: “Vladimir Putin will not lose this war.”
That argument
— that the Russian president cannot be stopped so there’s no point in using American taxpayer dollars against him
— marks a new stage in the Republican Party’s growing acceptance of Russian expansionism in the age of Donald Trump.

The Republican Party is seeing a growing acceptance of Russian expansionism in the age of Donald Trump
Republicans have been softening their stance on Russia ever since Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election following Russian hacking of his Democratic opponents. There are several reasons for the shift. For one, Russian President Vladimir Putin is holding himself out as an international champion of conservative Christian values. As well, the GOP is growing increasingly skeptical of international entanglements. Then there's Trump’s own embrace of the Russian leader. Now the GOP’s ambi…

Russia's Vladimir Putin sworn in as president for a fifth term (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-vladimir-putin-sworn-president-fifth-term-2024-05-07/
http://www.memeorandum.com/240507/p6#a240507p6

From Anastasia Kirilenko @ The Insider:
Does Putin have video kompromat on the Hungarian leader?
"In 2008, [Orban] continued to criticize the Kremlin, calling other European governments 'Moscow’s puppets'... Suddenly in 2009, everything changed."
#Orban #Putin

A suitcase full of cash from the Solntsevo Mafia: Does Putin have a video kompromat on the Hungarian leader?
Today Vladimir Putin is arriving on an official visit to Hungary, where he will meet Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, one of the European leaders seen as among the most loyal to the Kremlin

Jarosaw Stróyk, head of Poland's counterintelligence service, has warned that Russian leader Vladimir Putin may launch an attack against certain countries as a way to test the response of NATO.
"Putin is certainly already prepared for some mini-operation against one of the Baltic countries, for example, to enter the famous Narva [in Estonia] or to land on one of the Swedish islands", he told Polish publication Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.

Szef SKW: Służbom potrzeba dystansu od polityki [WYWIAD]
– SKW za mało się skupiała na kontrwywiadzie, a za bardzo na roli zbliżonej do CBA – mówi gen. Jarosław Stróżyk, szef Służby Kontrwywiadu

"Historic". LOL
https://flipboard.com/@euronews/africanews-ku85rbgbz/-/a-yopwbDgDTq-pKSJ6Gip6gQ:a:89340020-/0

Russia: Vladimir Putin takes oath for historic 5th term
President Vladimir Putin commenced his fifth term in office with an inauguration ceremony held at the Kremlin on Tuesday. This marks the beginning of …

“I don’t like this reality,” Mike Johnson said. “Vladimir Putin is an evil war criminal.”
But he quickly added: “Vladimir Putin will not lose this war.”
That argument
— that the Russian president cannot be stopped so there’s no point in using American taxpayer dollars against him
— marks a new stage in the Republican Party’s growing acceptance of Russian expansionism in the age of Donald Trump.

The Republican Party is seeing a growing acceptance of Russian expansionism in the age of Donald Trump
Republicans have been softening their stance on Russia ever since Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election following Russian hacking of his Democratic opponents. There are several reasons for the shift. For one, Russian President Vladimir Putin is holding himself out as an international champion of conservative Christian values. As well, the GOP is growing increasingly skeptical of international entanglements. Then there's Trump’s own embrace of the Russian leader. Now the GOP’s ambi…

Historian Jade McGlynn: Putin 100% believes Russia’s distorted history: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/08/historian-jade-mcglynn.html

Treffen von Putin und IAEA-Chef
Der Chef der Internationalen Atomenergiebehörde (IAEA) hat mit Russlands Präsident Wladimir Putin Gespräche über die Sicherheitslage im von Russland besetzten Atomkraftwerk Saporischschja in der Ukraine geführt. Wie Grossi auf der Online-Plattform X mitteilte, thematisierten die beiden beim Treffen in Sotschi am Schwarzen Meer auch die Verhinderung der nuklearen Bewaff…
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Rafael MarianoGrossi (@rafaelmgrossi) on X
Important exchange with the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin in Sochi, on the nuclear safety and security of #ZNPP and other non-proliferation global challenges.

Russian plot to assassinate Zelensky foiled, Ukraine intelligence agents say | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/zelensky-assassination-plot-russia-agent-foiled-b2540802.html

Russian plot to assassinate Zelensky foiled, Ukraine intelligence agents say
The failed kidnap assassination was supposed to be a ‘gift’ to Vladimir Putin ahead of his inauguration, the head of Ukraine’s secret service claimed

"Historic". LOL
https://flipboard.com/@euronews/africanews-ku85rbgbz/-/a-yopwbDgDTq-pKSJ6Gip6gQ:a:89340020-/0

Russia: Vladimir Putin takes oath for historic 5th term
President Vladimir Putin commenced his fifth term in office with an inauguration ceremony held at the Kremlin on Tuesday. This marks the beginning of …

🪦 Navalny’s mother brings flowers to his grave a day after thousands attended his funeral in Moscow
https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-03-02/navalnys-mother-brings-…

Navalny’s mother brings flowers to his grave a day after thousands attended his funeral in Moscow
Thousands bid farewell to Navalny on Friday after his still-unexplained death two weeks ago in an Arctic penal colony. The crowds chanted slogans against Russian President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine

Reuters: US, most EU nations abstain from attending Putin's inauguration: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/07/reuters-us-most.html

Sources: Tucker Carlson met NSA leaker Edward Snowden in Moscow, and taped an interview with Tara Reade, who accused President Biden of sexual assault in 2020 (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/02/08/2024/tucker-carlson-ed…

Tucker Carlson met Edward Snowden in Moscow | Semafor
The former Fox News host will release an interview with Vladimir Putin Thursday evening.

#Putin as a figurehead for the global far-right
https://ecfr.eu/article/conservatism-by-decree-putin-as-a-figurehead-for-the-global-far-right/…

Biden: We will not walk away from Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/08/biden-we-will.html

A look at some government contractors that are helping US intelligence agencies and others use targeted mobile ads to track down people (Byron Tau/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/how-pentagon-learned-targeted-ads-to-find-targets…

How the Pentagon Learned to Use Targeted Ads to Find Its Targets—and Vladimir Putin
Meet the guy who taught US intelligence agencies how to make the most of the ad tech ecosystem, "the largest information-gathering enterprise ever conceived by man."

'Authoritarian propaganda campaigns' around the world' have one major goal: analysis - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/trump-autocrats-applebaum/

'Authoritarian propaganda campaigns' around the world' have one major goal: analysis
Although presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has often been critical of the United States' European allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), he has been quick to praise Russian President Vladimir Putin and other far-right authoritarian figures. President Joe Biden,...

US Treasury Secretary: Congressional inaction on Ukraine aid is 'gift' to Putin: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/07/us-treasury-secretary.html

📰 Freedom for Boris Kagarlitsky
#russia

Freedom for Boris Kagarlitsky
Boris Kagarlitsky, the Russian Marxist and antiwar critic of Vladimir Putin, is again being held in a brutal detention center on baseless charges. He deserves our solidarity.

Putin is ordering the creation of Russian game consoles because he is disgusted by the LGBTQ themes in Western games. Methinks Vladimir doth protest too much.
You can't make this shit up
https://gamerant.com/russia-gaming-consoles

Russia Is Making Its Own Gaming Consoles
Russian President Vladimir Putin announces plans for a series of homegrown consoles, following previous sanctions that limited sales of Western ones.

For all the memos and briefings, presidents are profoundly alone in making these decisions, and in that moment of truth, they rely on those whom life has taught them to trust.
For Biden, that means people who have braved the campaign trail.
For Trump, that means Vladimir Putin

That one last phone call Joe Biden always needs to make
When he must decide a high-stakes issue, the president hears out his top aides — then picks up the phone and calls a politician.

Well spoken by Macron,
"Who launched the war in Ukraine? Vladimir Putin. Who threatens us, whatever we do whatever we say, with nuclear weapons? President Putin.
If every day we explain what our limits are in the face of someone who has none and launched this war, I can already tell you that the spirit of defeat is there lurking. Not amongst us."
#Macron

Kirby: Putin taking advantage of delays in US aid: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/05/kirby-putin-taking.html

Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State, by Byron Tau, to be published February 27, 2024 sounds like a blast to read, here's an excerpt: https://www.wired.com/story/how-pentagon-l

US representatives not to attend Putin's inauguration: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/06/us-representatives-not.html

“Vladimir Putin surprised by lack of ‘sharp questions’ in Tucker Carlson interview”
No one else is.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/15/vladimir-putin-tucker-carlson-interview-footage-sharp-questions

Liz Cheney comments
"When you think about Donald Trump, for example, pledging retribution, what Vladimir Putin did to Navalny is what retribution looks like in a country where the leader is not subject to the rule of law,”

Trump yet to condemn Navalny’s sudden death
The Republican front-runner has not condemned the dissident’s sudden death, even though he often has claimed he would be tough in confronting Russia and Putin.

A U. N. Panel has long monitored the sanctions against North Korea .
In the Security Council on March 28, Russia vetoed an extension of the panel’s work, which it had previously supported.
China abstained and 13 other members voted for it.
As a result, the panel is to expire at the end of this month, and the rest of the world will know even less than it does now about North Korea’s quest.

This was a gift by Russian President Vladimir Putin to North Korean leader Kim…

North Korea sends arms to Russia. Now Putin pays back Kim Jong Un.
Russia is helping North Korea’s rogue regime, in Putin’s latest abdication of responsibility.

Putin must be the only man on earth to be surprised. Probably just pretend-naivety.
Vladimir Putin surprised by lack of ‘sharp questions’ in Tucker Carlson interview https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb

#Ukraine Needs West to Do More Than Seize Russian Assets: Janet Yellen
https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-war-russia-vla…

Ukraine needs West to do more than seize Russian assets: Janet Yellen
The Treasury Secretary said there was no "real substitute for Congress providing Ukraine the aid it needs this year."

Putin is ordering the creation of Russian game consoles because he is disgusted by the LGBTQ themes in Western games. Methinks Vladimir doth protest too much.
You can't make this shit up
https://gamerant.com/russia-gaming-consoles

Russia Is Making Its Own Gaming Consoles
Russian President Vladimir Putin announces plans for a series of homegrown consoles, following previous sanctions that limited sales of Western ones.

Will Putin claim Alaska back? https://thehill.com/policy/international/4423913-state-dept-putin-alaska-russia/

State Department responds to Putin on Alaska: ‘Certainly he’s not getting it back’
The State Department on Monday brushed off reports of Russian President Vladimir Putin ordering his government to look into the nation’s former “real estate” abroad, saying Alaska would be staying in American hands. Putin signed a new decree last week to allocate funds for the research and registration of Russian property overseas, including that in…

...but, since he LIKES the way Putin does things, Mafia Don is hoping to be treated in a similar manner, no doubt... 😏
"Trump compares his legal troubles to the persecution of Alexei Navalny"
https://www.

Top Congress Democrat says 'Pro-Putin faction' of Republicans stalled Ukraine aid: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/06/top-congress-democrat.html

"The [Russian] election that began Friday has taken place in a tightly controlled environment where there are no real alternatives to Putin, no public criticism of him or his war in #Ukraine. Putin’s fiercest political foe, Alexei Navalny, died in an Arctic prison last month, and other critics are either in jail or in exile."

Russia election: Putin basks in electoral victory even as Russians quietly protest
Russian President Vladimir Putin is basking in a victory that was never in doubt, as partial election results showed him easily securing a fifth term after facing only token challengers and harshly suppressing opposition voices. With little margin for protest, Russians crowded outside polling stations at noon Sunday, the last day of the election. They were apparently heeding an opposition call to express their displeasure with Putin. Still, the impending landslide underlined that Putin would ac…

One of #Putin's laundromats in the United States has been wiped out.
Vadim Wolfson, a Russian living in #Austin, TX was arrested yesterday on money laundering and sanctions violations charges. Wolfson and two co-conspirators are alleged to have moved tens of millions of dollars for Andrey

Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State, by Byron Tau, to be published February 27, 2024 sounds like a blast to read, here's an excerpt: https://www.wired.com/story/how-pentagon-l

Sikorski: Putin not reckless enough to attack NATO country: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/05/sikorski-putin-not.html

🌀 It’s hard to find the truth when authoritarians like Putin ‘factcheck’ their own propaganda | Maxim Alyukov
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/19/authoritarians-vladimir-putin-propaganda-factch…

A look at some government contractors that are helping US intelligence agencies and others use targeted mobile ads to track down people (Byron Tau/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/how-pentagon-learned-targeted-ads-to-find-targets…

How the Pentagon Learned to Use Targeted Ads to Find Its Targets—and Vladimir Putin
Meet the guy who taught US intelligence agencies how to make the most of the ad tech ecosystem, "the largest information-gathering enterprise ever conceived by man."

A Look Back At Major Terror Attacks Under Putin's Rule
https://www.rferl.org/a/major-attacks-russia-putin-/32873690.html

A Look Back At Major Terror Attacks Under Putin's Rule
The attack by gunmen on a music venue in Moscow is the worst in Russia in years. Here are some of the other major attacks to have happened during Vladimir Putin’s rule over the past two decades.

#Putin threatens #NATO with nuclear strike if it sends troops to #Ukraine – POLITICO

Putin threatens NATO: Russia could go nuclear if you send troops to Ukraine
Russian president delivers ominous warning about “destruction of civilization” to the West.

Putin is ordering Russians to make their own game consoles, and it's seriously because LGBTQ and other inclusive stuff in games freaks him out. What an asshole. Methinks Vladimir doth protest too much.
You can't make this shit up.
https://gamerant.com/russia-gaming-con…

Russia Is Making Its Own Gaming Consoles
Russian President Vladimir Putin announces plans for a series of homegrown consoles, following previous sanctions that limited sales of Western ones.

Kremlin Disputes Report Putin Didn't Order Navalny's Death (Amanda Yen/The Daily Beast)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/kremlin-disputes-report-vladimir-putin-didnt-order-alexei-navalnys-death
http://www.memeorandum.com/240427/p22#a240427p22

Putin is ordering Russians to make their own game consoles, and it's seriously because LGBTQ and other inclusive stuff in games freaks him out. What an asshole. Methinks Vladimir doth protest too much.
You can't make this shit up.
https://gamerant.com/russia-gaming-con…

Russia Is Making Its Own Gaming Consoles
Russian President Vladimir Putin announces plans for a series of homegrown consoles, following previous sanctions that limited sales of Western ones.

...but, since he LIKES the way Putin does things, Mafia Don is hoping to be treated in a similar manner, no doubt... 😏
"Trump compares his legal troubles to the persecution of Alexei Navalny"
https://www.

US intelligence: Putin spends record amounts on military over 'paranoid fear' of West limiting Russia's power: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/03/us-intelligence-putin.html

In response to a query for news stories about Putin's comments on Navalny's death, Microsoft's AI-assisted search Copilot invented Putin quotes (Rani Molla/Sherwood Media)
https://sherwoodmedia.com/news/microso

Microsoft's Copilot AI search is making up fake Vladimir Putin quotes from press conferences that never happened
Microsoft really wants you to use its new Copilot AI-assisted search. Not only was the service featured in an expensive Super Bowl spot, but...

Czechia, Estonia will not attend Putin's inauguration on May 7: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/05/czechia-estonia-will.html

Terrorist attack in Russia exposes vulnerabilities of Putin's regime (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/03/24/vladimir-putin-terror-attack-russia/
http://www.memeorandum.com/240324/p12#a240324p12

How Musk interferes in US foreign policy. Helps Putin.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-13/musk-predicts-putin-can-t-lose-in-ukraine-opposes-senate-bill?embedded-checkout=true

Musk Says Putin Can’t Lose in Ukraine, Opposes Senate Bill
Elon Musk told US Republican senators “there is no way in hell” that Russian President Vladimir Putin could lose the war on Ukraine, weighing in on a conflict that has been affected by Musk’s own Starlink satellite services.

Putin signs decree to conscript 150,000 Russians for military service: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/31/putin-signs-decree.html

🏃‍♂️ The U.S. Should Help This Russian Dissident Survive
#russia

The U.S. Should Help This Russian Dissident Survive
If a democratic Russia is ever to emerge after Putin someday leaves the scene, it will require individuals with the character and courage of Vladimir Kara-Murza.

Clyburn gives GOP a new nickname: ‘Groupies of Putin’ | The Hill
https://thehill.com/policy/international/4487402-clyburn-gives-gop-new-nickname-groupies-of-putin/

Clyburn gives GOP a new nickname: ‘Groupies of Putin’
House Minority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) went after Republicans Saturday, branding the GOP with a new nickname: “Groupies of Putin.” Clyburn, who announced he would step down from leadership in 2024, argued Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and his other GOP colleagues have only been doing the business of Russian President Vladimir Putin “at the behest…

Putin threatens NATO, says nuclear weapons use possible: https://benborges.xyz/2024/02/29/putin-threatens-nato.html

Navalny’s Wife Briefly Suspended on Twitter as His Mom Confronts Putin
https://www.thedailybeast.com/navalnys-wife-gets-blocked-on-twitter-as-his-mom-confronts-putin

Navalny’s Wife Gets Blocked on Twitter as His Mom Confronts Putin
Yulia Navalnaya’s account was temporarily suspended on the platform shortly after she vowed to continue her husband’s fight against Vladimir Putin.

"you may not want war, but war is on your doorstep. Ignoring it will not make it melt away. You may not be interested in Moscow and Beijing and Tehran but, believe me, they are very much interested in you." , great article,
https://www.

We may not want war, but war is on our doorstep. A terrifying new world order has emerged from the...
Putin has returned industrial war to our continent. Once more, thousands of miles of trenches stretch across front lines.

Mike Pence warns Putin will wage war on NATO if Ukraine loses – POLITICO
https://www.politico.eu/article/mike-pence-vladimir-putin-russia-united-states-nato-donald-trump-ukraine/

Mike Pence warns Putin will wage war on NATO if Ukraine loses
Former U.S. vice president calls on Congress to approve funding for Ukraine aid, saying that “isolation is never the answer.”

In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Putin says he would "not rule out" releasing Evan Gershkovich, but maintains claims the WSJ reporter committed espionage (Corbin Bolies/The Daily Beast)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/vladimir-put

Vladimir Putin Claims He Wants to Send WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich Home
“At the end of the day, it does not make any sense to keep him in prison in Russia,” Putin told Tucker Carlson during their two-hour interview.

Putin confirms he will visit China in May: https://benborges.xyz/2024/04/26/putin-confirms-he.html

🪦 Navalny dies in prison, authorities say − but his blueprint for anti-Putin activism will live on
https://theconversation.com/navalny-dies-in-prison-authorities-say-but-his-blueprint-for-anti-putin-a…

Navalny dies in prison, authorities say − but his blueprint for anti-Putin activism will live on
Alexei Navalny, a persistent thorn in the side of Russian President Vladimir Putin, died on Feb. 16, 2024, in prison, authorities said.

What does Alexei Navalny’s death tell us? That Putin seems to be devising his most ominous scheme yet
A bold move such as getting rid of a key political opponent might not make sense if Putin simply wanted to continue with business as usual after an election whose outcome is already guaranteed.
It makes more sense if Putin is preparing to take a new, more politically fraught course.
In that case, he would want to leave nothing to chance. Whatever he has planned, with Nav…

Throw a bit of money at a terrorist org because you want to #FalseFlag:
Putin links Ukraine to Moscow massacre without evidence – POLITICO
https://www.polit…

Putin links Ukraine to Moscow massacre
The suspected gunmen “tried to hide and moved toward Ukraine,” Russian president says in televised address. Kyiv denies any involvement.

WSJ: Putin likely did not directly order Navalny's death, US intelligence says: https://benborges.xyz/2024/04/27/wsj-putin-likely.html

'Heartless dictator-sympathizer': Fox News guest turns on #Trump over 'murderous' #Putin - Raw Story
https://www.

'Heartless dictator-sympathizer': Fox News guest turns on Trump over 'murderous' Putin
National Review reporter Caroline Downey faulted Donald Trump after the former president declined to condemn Russian President Vladimir Putin for the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.During a Sunday Fox News panel discussion about Trump's remarks, Downey said Trump made a mistake by omittin...

Putin bromance has US intelligence officials fearing second Trump term
Donald #Trump’s continuing lavish praise and support for Vladimir #Putin are fueling alarm among former intelligence officials and other experts who fear♦️ another Trump presidency would benefit Moscow and harm American democracy and interests over…

Putin recognizes 'radical Islamists' carried out terrorist attack, claims Ukraine still involved: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/25/putin-recognizes-radical.html

#Trump's GOP shows how its extremism could make it vulnerable in election
https://www.axios.com/2024/02/24/trump-gop-extreme-maga-ivf-cpac-putin

Trump's GOP shows its extremism could be a problem in November
By week's end, the GOP was tied to calling frozen embryos children, appeals to kill democracy and giving Vladimir Putin a pass on targeting his enemies.

Almost everyone is sure that the Kremlin chief will continue waging war. However, their assessments of what goals he is currently setting for his “special military operation” differ.
One “faction” of interlocutors suggests that following the setbacks Ukraine has recently been suffering in the front line, Putin perceives Ukraine’s weakness and is prepared to escalate efforts towards a “decisive triumph” – taking Kyiv, for example.
Such a move would likely entail further mobilization…

Take Kharkiv or Push to Kyiv: Russian Elite Believe Putin Considering Two Options to End War
Recent anonymous insights from sources close to the Kremlin suggest that Russian political elites believe that Vladimir Putin is weighing two potential strategies to conclude the war in Ukraine.

Putin accuses Ukraine of involvement in terrorist attack in Krasnogorsk: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/23/putin-accuses-ukraine.html

Putin gifts Kim Jong-un domestic car ‘to signify special friendship’: https://benborges.xyz/2024/02/20/putin-gifts-kim.html

The far right has replaced the old left as Russia’s propaganda tool
In 2018, President Donald Trump endorsed Vladimir Putin’s denial that Russia interfered with the 2016 election, even though American intelligence had reached the opposite conclusion.
The following year, in the Trump impeachment proceedings, House Republicans claimed that Ukraine had interfered with the 2016 election even though Fiona Hill, a former Trump national security council official on Russia, told them th…

The far right has replaced the old left as Russia’s propaganda tool
Tucker Carlson’s fawning interview of Russian President Vladimir Putin echoes the left-wing journalists of the 1920s and 1930s, who downplayed or otherwise covered up Stalin’s murder of millions of Soviet citizens.

Putin seeking to blame Ukraine for Moscow shooting, despite ISIS taking responsibility: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/23/putin-seeking-to.html

That loud 'clunk' you hear is a whole lot of jaws hitting the floor in a collective 'WTF???'
Putin says Russia prefers Biden to Trump because he's 'more experienced and predictable'
https://news.yahoo.com/putin-says-russia-pr…

Putin says Russia prefers Biden to Trump because he's 'more experienced and predictable'
President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia would prefer to see U.S. President Joe Biden win a second term, describing him as more experienced than...

A close ally of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny alleged on Monday that #Navalny was "killed" because he was close to being freed in a prisoner swap and President Vladimir #Putin could not tolerate the thought of him being released

Putin Orders FSB to ‘identify and punish traitors joining Ukrainian Forces’: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/19/putin-orders-fsb.html

Estonian Defense Chief warns of Putin's intention to invade Baltics: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/29/estonian-defense-chief.html

Putin holds rally on Red Square following elections, promises to continue the war: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/18/putin-holds-rally.html

Zelensky: Liberation of Ukraine's territories occupied after 2022 may force Putin to negotiate: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/29/zelensky-liberation-of.html

Putin reiterates war goals, again threatens West in post-election comments: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/18/putin-reiterates-war.html

Zelensky: 'Putin fears justice and must end up in The Hague': https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/17/zelensky-putin-fears.html

Navalny's widow at European Parliament: Sanctions don't work on Putin, more innovative ways needed: https://benborges.xyz/2024/02/28/navalnys-widow-at.html

'Noon Against Putin' protest in Russia dies down, no major opposition on election's final day: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/17/noon-against-putin.html

Putin: Russia 'ready' for nuclear war if US sends troops to Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/14/putin-russia-ready.html

Biden says US will impose sanctions against Putin for Navalny death: https://benborges.xyz/2024/02/23/biden-says-us.html

Putin dismisses peace talks 'just because (Ukraine) is running out of ammunition': https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/13/putin-dismisses-peace.html

US State Department: 'We do not believe Putin has advantage in the war': https://benborges.xyz/2024/02/22/us-state-department.html

WSJ: Putin wants to restart Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant: https://benborges.xyz/2024/04/13/wsj-putin-wants.html

European Parliament adopts resolution on Navalny’s death: https://benborges.xyz/2024/02/29/european-parliament-adopts.html

North Korean media: Putin gifts car to Kim Jong Un: https://benborges.xyz/2024/02/20/north-korean-media.html

European Parliament condemns Putin's election as illegitimate: https://benborges.xyz/2024/04/25/european-parliament-condemns.html

French army chief: Putin needs to know West could send troops to Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/21/french-army-chief.html

French army chief: Putin needs to know West could send troops to Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/21/french-army-chief.html

Small collection of foreign autocratic leaders congratulate Putin on electoral 'victory': https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/18/small-collection-of.html

Hungary’s Orban congratulates Putin on election ‘win’: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/21/hungarys-orban-congratulates.html

Hungary’s Orban congratulates Putin on election ‘win’: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/21/hungarys-orban-congratulates.html