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Putin is fluent in the German language and is widely recognized as a Germanophile and admirer of German culture.<ref>https://www.theamericanconservative.com/hugging-it-out-with-russia/</ref>

Putin is fluent in the German language and is widely recognized as a Germanophile and admirer of German culture.<ref>https://www.theamericanconservative.com/hugging-it-out-with-russia/</ref>

[[File:Putin Reagan Gorbachev unverified photo.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Unverified photo of Putin (left, striped shirt}, his son, shaking hands with [[Ronald Reagan]] with Gorbachev (behind, light suit) in [[Red Square]] in 1988.]]

[[File:Putin Reagan Gorbachev unverified photo.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Unverified photo of Putin (left, striped shirt), his son, shaking hands with [[Ronald Reagan]] with Gorbachev (behind, light suit) in [[Red Square]] in 1988.]]

According to a made-for-television documentary entitled, ''The second baptism of Rus'', Putin told a personal story how his mother had him secretly baptized in the Russian Orthodox church as his father, who was a member of the Communist Party organization in the factory where he worked, would have faced serious problems.<ref>https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2013/07/23/putin-christened-in-secret-from-his-father-a26057</ref>  Putin was a [[judo]] champion in his youth.<ref>http://nypost.com/2013/11/13/vladimir-putin-is-tougher-than-chuck-norris/</ref> He was educated in law and economics at Leningrad State University before being assigned to work in the [[KGB]].<ref>[http://en.putin.kremlin.ru/ Webpage of Vladimir Putin]</ref>  After five years in [[East Germany]], he took up various political positions before becoming [[prime minister]] in 1999.  

According to a made-for-television documentary entitled, ''The second baptism of Rus'', Putin told a personal story how his mother had him secretly baptized in the Russian Orthodox church as his father, who was a member of the Communist Party organization in the factory where he worked, would have faced serious problems.<ref>https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2013/07/23/putin-christened-in-secret-from-his-father-a26057</ref>  Putin was a [[judo]] champion in his youth.<ref>http://nypost.com/2013/11/13/vladimir-putin-is-tougher-than-chuck-norris/</ref> He was educated in law and economics at Leningrad State University before being assigned to work in the [[KGB]].<ref>[http://en.putin.kremlin.ru/ Webpage of Vladimir Putin]</ref>  After five years in [[East Germany]], he took up various political positions before becoming [[prime minister]] in 1999.  

Western media describes Putin as running the Russian Federation in the same manner as [[Bill Clinton]] and [[Hillary Clinton]] ran the state of [[Arkansas]] and the [[US]] government - taking money from [[corrupt]] [[oligarch]]s and kleptocrats while killing off [[journalist]]s and political opponents. Like [[Joe Biden]], Putin has been criticized for using [[law enforcement]] to harass and murder political opponents.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2023/04/04/putins-and-bidens-chief-political-opponents-are-now-both-under-arrest/</ref> [[Nazi]]s and [[neoconservative]]s<ref>https://www.unz.com/article/russia-the-neoconservatives-and-the-real-issues-involved/</ref> are among Putin's most vociferous critics.<ref>https://www.voltairenet.org/article215855.html</ref> US [[Sen. JD Vance]] explained why the [[Washington, D.C.]] and [[Western alliance|Western]] [[establishment]] hate Putin so much - because Putin made Russia great again after the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]], and later the [[CIA]] in the 1990s, had brought Russia down so low.<ref>[https://youtu.be/9mKbu66tgpY Why Does the US Establishment Hate Russia?], Dr. [[Vladimir Brovkin]], Feb 5, 2024. [[YouTube]].</ref>

Western media describes Putin as running the Russian Federation in the same manner as [[Bill Clinton]] and [[Hillary Clinton]] ran the state of [[Arkansas]] and the [[US]] government - taking money from [[corrupt]] [[oligarch]]s and kleptocrats while killing off [[journalist]]s and political opponents. Like [[Joe Biden]], Putin has been criticized for using [[law enforcement]] to harass and murder political opponents.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2023/04/04/putins-and-bidens-chief-political-opponents-are-now-both-under-arrest/</ref> [[Nazi]]s and [[neoconservative]]s<ref>https://www.unz.com/article/russia-the-neoconservatives-and-the-real-issues-involved/</ref> are among Putin's most vociferous critics.<ref>https://www.voltairenet.org/article215855.html</ref> US [[Sen. JD Vance]] explained why the [[Washington, D.C.]] and [[Western alliance|Western]] [[establishment]] hate Putin so much - because Putin made Russia great again after the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]], and later the [[CIA]] in the 1990s, had brought Russia down so low.<ref>[https://youtu.be/9mKbu66tgpY Why Does the US Establishment Hate Russia?], Dr. [[Vladimir Brovkin]], Feb 5, 2024. [[YouTube]].</ref>

In the [[Russia#2024_Presidential_elections|2024 presidential election]], incumbent Vladimir Putin faced New People party nominee Vladislav Davankov; [[Liberal Democratic Party of Russia]] nominee [[Leonid Slutsky]]; and [[Communist Party]] of the Russian Federation nominee Nikolay Kharitonov. Putin was re-elected with over 87% of the vote amidst a 77% record-high voter turnout and [[NATO]] attacks on the Russian homeland. More than 500 international election observers witnessed the election process, compared to only 40 in the rigged [[2020 presidential election]] in the [[United States]].  

In the [[Russia#2024 Presidential elections|2024 presidential election]], incumbent Vladimir Putin faced New People party nominee Vladislav Davankov; [[Liberal Democratic Party of Russia]] nominee [[Leonid Slutsky]]; and [[Communist Party]] of the Russian Federation nominee Nikolay Kharitonov. Putin was re-elected with over 87% of the vote amidst a 77% record-high voter turnout and [[NATO]] attacks on the Russian homeland. More than 500 international election observers witnessed the election process, compared to only 40 in the rigged [[2020 presidential election]] in the [[United States]].  

During the voting, [[NATO]]-sponsored Ukrainian forces attempted to disrupt the [[democracy|democratic]] process by artillery shelling on polling stations in [[Donbas]] and [[Belgorod]], while launching an invasion with military forces along the border with the Russian mainland.<ref>[https://weapons.substack.com/p/ukraines-effort-to-interfere-in-russias Ukraine's Effort to Interfere in Russia's Election Backfire], [[Stephen Bryen]], MAR 18, 2024. weapons.substack.com</ref> The Russian [[citizen]]s however, rallied to the flag of their homeland. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman [[Maria Zakharova]] stated, "NATO barks at our country several times a day, threatens it, ignites conflicts along our borders… It’s no surprise that the whole country united and fought back!"

During the voting, [[NATO]]-sponsored Ukrainian forces attempted to disrupt the [[democracy|democratic]] process by artillery shelling on polling stations in [[Donbas]] and [[Belgorod]], while launching an invasion with military forces along the border with the Russian mainland.<ref>[https://weapons.substack.com/p/ukraines-effort-to-interfere-in-russias Ukraine's Effort to Interfere in Russia's Election Backfire], [[Stephen Bryen]], MAR 18, 2024. weapons.substack.com</ref> The Russian [[citizen]]s however, rallied to the flag of their homeland. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman [[Maria Zakharova]] stated, "NATO barks at our country several times a day, threatens it, ignites conflicts along our borders… It’s no surprise that the whole country united and fought back!"

And [[Hollywood]]. There are leaflets reminding what you should do in the films - how many personalities and actors you have, what color, what sex, and sometimes it's even stricter than what the Department of Propaganda of the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee did. And the fight against racism, which is a lofty goal, turns into [[cancel culture]] and reverse discrimination. Racism in reverse. It tears people apart. Whereas the true fighters for [[civil rights]], they were trying to eliminate those differences....[[Martin Luther King]] said "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." That is a true value. ... In Russia, most of our republics simply do not care what skin color you have. He or she, that's not that important, because each and every one of us is a human being. That's the most important thing.

And [[Hollywood]]. There are leaflets reminding what you should do in the films - how many personalities and actors you have, what color, what sex, and sometimes it's even stricter than what the Department of Propaganda of the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee did. And the fight against racism, which is a lofty goal, turns into [[cancel culture]] and reverse discrimination. Racism in reverse. It tears people apart. Whereas the true fighters for [[civil rights]], they were trying to eliminate those differences....[[Martin Luther King]] said "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." That is a true value. ... In Russia, most of our republics simply do not care what skin color you have. He or she, that's not that important, because each and every one of us is a human being. That's the most important thing.

The discussion about the rights of men and women has turned into a total phantasmagoria in a number of Western countries...Those who risk saying that men and women still exist, and that this is a biological fact, are virtually ostracized...And this is not new...In the 1920s, Soviet culture-warriors invented a so-called ‘[[newspeak]]’, believing that in this way they would create a new sense of consciousness and redefine people’s values...This is not to mention things that are simply monstrous, like when children are taught from an early age that a boy can easily become a girl and vice versa...In fact, they are indoctrinating them into the alleged choices that are supposedly available to everyone – removing parents from the equation and forcing the child to make decisions that can ruin their lives...This is a borderline crime against humanity - all under the guise of "progress."<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6sIZ8-C1vw</ref>

The discussion about the rights of men and women has turned into a total phantasmagoria in a number of Western countries...Those who risk saying that men and women still exist, and that this is a biological fact, are virtually ostracized...And this is not new...In the 1920s, Soviet culture-warriors invented a so-called ‘[[newspeak]]’, believing that in this way they would create a new sense of consciousness and redefine people's values...This is not to mention things that are simply monstrous, like when children are taught from an early age that a boy can easily become a girl and vice versa...In fact, they are indoctrinating them into the alleged choices that are supposedly available to everyone – removing parents from the equation and forcing the child to make decisions that can ruin their lives...This is a borderline crime against humanity - all under the guise of "progress."<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6sIZ8-C1vw</ref>

=== Views on communism and the Soviet Union ===

=== Views on communism and the Soviet Union ===

===2007 Munich Security Conference speech===

===2007 Munich Security Conference speech===

[[File:2007 Munich Security Conference.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Putin speaking at the 2007 [[Munich Security Conference]]. Front row: [[John McCain]], [[Joseph Lieberman]].]]

[[File:2007 Munich Security Conference.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Putin speaking at the 2007 [[Munich Security Conference]]. Front row: [[John McCain]], [[Joseph Lieberman]].]]

Between 2000 when Vladimir Putin became the president of the Russian Federation and 2007, he was wined and dined, glad-handed by the rich and famous, praised by [[George W. Bush]] and greeted with decorous respect by the [[British royal family]]. That all changed with President Putin's address to the [[Western alliance|western political elite]] on February 10, 2007 at the 43rd [[Munich Security Conference]].<ref>[https://youtu.be/Jg_75wla-nE Putin's famous historic Munich speech in 2007]. English voice over.</ref> Putin told the gathering that Russia would cooperate with the [[Western alliance|Western powers]] on areas of mutual interest such as [[nuclear proliferation]] and international [[terrorism]]. The offer of cooperation fell on deaf ears.  

Between 2000 when Vladimir Putin became the president of the Russian Federation and 2007, he was wined and dined, glad-handed by the rich and famous, praised by [[George W. Bush]] and greeted with decorous respect by the [[British royal family]]. That all changed with President Putin's address to the [[Western alliance|western political elite]] on February 10, 2007, at the 43rd [[Munich Security Conference]].<ref>[https://youtu.be/Jg_75wla-nE Putin's famous historic Munich speech in 2007]. English voice over.</ref> Putin told the gathering that Russia would cooperate with the [[Western alliance|Western powers]] on areas of mutual interest such as [[nuclear proliferation]] and international [[terrorism]]. The offer of cooperation fell on deaf ears.  

Putin focused on the paramount importance collective safety:

Putin focused on the paramount importance collective safety:

===Relations with Ukraine===

===Relations with Ukraine===

In September of 2023 Putin said of Ukraine:

In September 2023 Putin said of Ukraine:

{{quotebox-float|“I think it’s important to repeat that Western handlers placed at the head of modern Ukraine an ethnic [[Jew]], a man of Jewish background, with Jewish roots – in this way, in my opinion, covering up the anti-human basis of the current Ukrainian state...That makes the entire situation so highly disgusting, to have an ethnic Jew mask the glorification of [[Nazism]] and those who carried out the [[Holocaust]] in Ukraine at the time, exterminating 1.5 million people...Ordinary [[Israel]]i citizens have figured this out the best...Just look at what they say online...When you look at actual archival documents, the blood in your veins simply freezes, it is impossible to look at it without tears, and this needs to be pulled out and shown...Who are the current authorities glorifying?...These anti-humans are putting bloody killers on a pedestal, and carry banners with their portraits as they march down the main streets of their cities”.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/bbSU2NuG3ApG/</ref>}}

{{quotebox-float|“I think it’s important to repeat that Western handlers placed at the head of modern Ukraine an ethnic [[Jew]], a man of Jewish background, with Jewish roots – in this way, in my opinion, covering up the anti-human basis of the current Ukrainian state...That makes the entire situation so highly disgusting, to have an ethnic Jew mask the glorification of [[Nazism]] and those who carried out the [[Holocaust]] in Ukraine at the time, exterminating 1.5 million people...Ordinary [[Israel]]i citizens have figured this out the best...Just look at what they say online...When you look at actual archival documents, the blood in your veins simply freezes, it is impossible to look at it without tears, and this needs to be pulled out and shown...Who are the current authorities glorifying?...These anti-humans are putting bloody killers on a pedestal, and carry banners with their portraits as they march down the main streets of their cities”.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/bbSU2NuG3ApG/</ref>}}

===Relations under Barack Obama===

===Relations under Barack Obama===

[[File:Targeted sanctions.jpg|right|300px|thumb|'''Targetted Sanctions:''' After the illegal [[Maidan coup|coup in Ukraine]], Putin committed the unpardonable [[sin]] of embarrassing [[Barack Obama]] by thwarting [[NATO]] efforts to seize the Sevastopol Naval Base in [[Crimea]].]]

[[File:Targeted sanctions.jpg|right|300px|thumb|'''Targeted Sanctions:''' After the illegal [[Maidan coup|coup in Ukraine]], Putin committed the unpardonable [[sin]] of embarrassing [[Barack Obama]] by thwarting [[NATO]] efforts to seize the Sevastopol Naval Base in [[Crimea]].]]

President [[Barack Obama]] and Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]] initially cozied up to Putin, charging the Bush administration was intent on reigniting the [[Cold War]]. However, once the [[Rosatom-Uranium One deal]] was completed and the [[Clinton Foundation]] pocketed millions of dollars from Putin cronies in donations and speaking fees, relations began to sour as the Obama administration could no longer ignore geopolitical realities. Putin had protested the Obama administration's illegal drone strikes, and the administration placed [[Magnitsky Act|sanctions on Russian leaders]] ostensibly in retaliation for the Crimean referendum.<ref>https://youtu.be/I-9aD45qxbE</ref>

President [[Barack Obama]] and Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]] initially cozied up to Putin, charging the Bush administration was intent on reigniting the [[Cold War]]. However, once the [[Rosatom-Uranium One deal]] was completed and the [[Clinton Foundation]] pocketed millions of dollars from Putin cronies in donations and speaking fees, relations began to sour as the Obama administration could no longer ignore geopolitical realities. Putin had protested the Obama administration's illegal drone strikes, and the administration placed [[Magnitsky Act|sanctions on Russian leaders]] ostensibly in retaliation for the Crimean referendum.<ref>https://youtu.be/I-9aD45qxbE</ref>

{{See also|Maidan coup}}

{{See also|Maidan coup}}

[[File:Revolution of Dignity.PNG|left|300px|thumb|Russian victims of the Obama-backed "[[Revolution of Dignity]]."<ref>https://archive.fo/1XFO5</ref>]]

[[File:Revolution of Dignity.PNG|left|300px|thumb|Russian victims of the Obama-backed "[[Revolution of Dignity]]."<ref>https://archive.fo/1XFO5</ref>]]

Putin is seen as an antagonist by [[liberal]]s in the West, who are angry about their inability to push the [[homosexual agenda]] and pro-[[abortion]] policies on Russia. Putin views [[NATO enlargement]] absorbing former Soviet client states as a potential threat to the Russian Federation. Putin has proposed a policy of "Findlandization", i.e., making Ukraine and Georgia permanently neutral and not incorporating them into NATO under the US's Partners for Peace program. Putin's alleged rigged election system, nuclear energy contracts and military alliance with Iran have heightened tensions. According to [[mainstream media]], the decline of [[human rights]] in Russia has been dramatic; for example, Russian riot police beat a number of protesters and journalists at an anti-Putin rally at Pushkin Square in Moscow,<ref name="The Economist, April 21, 2007">''The Economist'', April 21, 2007</ref> and Putin rigged national elections for his party<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUSL03585550._CH_.2400</ref>Putin has even exercised power over the Russian Supreme Court. Justice Vladimir Yaroslavtsev was forced to resign after warning that Russian security agencies now control the country as they did in Soviet times and expressing alarm over their lack of accountability. Justice Anatoly Kononov was likewise forced out after defending Yaroslavtsev.<ref>[http://www.robertamsterdam.com/2009/12/are_you_an_independent_russian_judge_youre_fired.htm ''Are You An Independent Russian Judge? You're Fired'', RobertAmsterdam.com]</ref>

Putin is seen as an antagonist by [[liberal]]s in the West, who are angry about their inability to push the [[homosexual agenda]] and pro-[[abortion]] policies on Russia. Putin views [[NATO enlargement]] absorbing former Soviet client states as a potential threat to the Russian Federation. Putin has proposed a policy of "Findlandization", i.e., making Ukraine and Georgia permanently neutral and not incorporating them into NATO under the US's Partners for Peace program. Putin's alleged rigged election system, nuclear energy contracts and military alliance with Iran have heightened tensions. According to [[mainstream media]], the decline of [[human rights]] in Russia has been dramatic; for example, Russian riot police beat a number of protesters and journalists at an anti-Putin rally at Pushkin Square in Moscow,<ref name="The Economist, April 21, 2007">''The Economist'', April 21, 2007</ref> and Putin rigged national elections for his party<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUSL03585550._CH_.2400</ref> Putin has even exercised power over the Russian Supreme Court. Justice Vladimir Yaroslavtsev was forced to resign after warning that Russian security agencies now control the country as they did in Soviet times and expressing alarm over their lack of accountability. Justice Anatoly Kononov was likewise forced out after defending Yaroslavtsev.<ref>[http://www.robertamsterdam.com/2009/12/are_you_an_independent_russian_judge_youre_fired.htm ''Are You An Independent Russian Judge? You're Fired'', RobertAmsterdam.com]</ref>

Many who have reported or protested such things have found themselves being repressed—or killed.<ref>[https://www.americanthinker.com/2009/12/putins_own_worst_enemy.html Kim Zigfeld, ''Putin's Own Worst Enemy''] American Thinker, December 08, 2009</ref><ref>http://larussophobe.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/editorial-another-russian-journalist-takes-the-putin-plunge</ref> Journalist [[Anna Politkovskaya]], an outspoken critic of Putin, was assassinated in 2006,<ref>http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article1819666.ece</ref> and it is widely believed that the Russian government had some involvement in this death. There were 13 journalists killed in contract-style slayings during Vladimir Putin's eight-year presidency.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,438381,00.html Russian Lawyer in Slain Journalist Case Says She, Family Poisoned] AP, October 15, 2008</ref>

Many who have reported or protested such things have found themselves being repressed—or killed.<ref>[https://www.americanthinker.com/2009/12/putins_own_worst_enemy.html Kim Zigfeld, ''Putin's Own Worst Enemy''] American Thinker, December 08, 2009</ref><ref>http://larussophobe.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/editorial-another-russian-journalist-takes-the-putin-plunge</ref> Journalist [[Anna Politkovskaya]], an outspoken critic of Putin, was assassinated in 2006,<ref>http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article1819666.ece</ref> and it is widely believed that the Russian government had some involvement in this death. There were 13 journalists killed in contract-style slayings during Vladimir Putin's eight-year presidency.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,438381,00.html Russian Lawyer in Slain Journalist Case Says She, Family Poisoned] AP, October 15, 2008</ref>

The underpinnings of Brennan's [[fake news]] narrative read something like this:  

The underpinnings of Brennan's [[fake news]] narrative read something like this:  

[[File:Brennan-1984-620x336 (1).jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[John Brennan]] as Big Brother in a 2019 rendition ''[[meme]]''  during [[Deep State coup 2.0]].<ref>https://www.redstate.com/elizabeth-vaughn/2019/11/16/toxic-john-brennan-sends-message-president-trump-may-downfall-swift/</ref>]]

[[File:Brennan-1984-620x336 (1).jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[John Brennan]] as Big Brother in a 2019 rendition ''[[meme]]''  during [[Deep State coup 2.0]].<ref>https://www.redstate.com/elizabeth-vaughn/2019/11/16/toxic-john-brennan-sends-message-president-trump-may-downfall-swift/</ref>]]

{{quotebox-float|"CIA Dir. John Brennan received information from British GCHQ intelligence as part of an allegedly "routine" intelligence sharing agreement about Trump associates' business dealings in Russia.<ref>https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/interview-richard-dearlove-europe-intelligence-mi6</ref> The information is said to have originated with Estonian intelligence. [[Estonia]] is requesting a missile defence system at this time,<ref>https://www.ft.com/content/b9453544-228c-11e6-9d4d-c11776a5124d</ref><ref>http://linkis.com/atlanticcouncil.org/fAWKh</ref> while Trump adviser [[Newt Gingrich]] refers to the country of 1.3 million inhabitants as a 'suburb of St. Petersburg', which has 5.3 million inhabitants. Gingrich, rumoured to be on the short list for Secretary of State, says he doubts American leaders would risk [[nuclear war]] over Putin's actions in the region.<br>Allegedly, the information that triggered Brennan to act was a tape-recorded conversation that mentioned money from the Kremlin to the Trump Campaign."}} In actuality, John Brennan received nothing from UK intelligence.<ref>https://www.themarketswork.com/2018/04/22/nunes-interview-no-official-intelligence-used-problems-for-brennan/ </ref> Brennan's fake narrative became the basis of the [[Trump-Russia hoax]], taken as gospel by [[leftist]]s and the [[mainstream media]]. Brennan shared his invented narrative with [[DNI [[James Clapper]] and disgraced [[FBI]] director [[Jimmy the Weasel Comey]] to form a Joint Counter-Intelligence Task Force.<ref>''NYT'', 1/19/17</ref>

{{quotebox-float|"CIA Dir. John Brennan received information from British GCHQ intelligence as part of an allegedly "routine" intelligence sharing agreement about Trump associates' business dealings in Russia.<ref>https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/interview-richard-dearlove-europe-intelligence-mi6</ref> The information is said to have originated with Estonian intelligence. [[Estonia]] is requesting a missile defence system at this time,<ref>https://www.ft.com/content/b9453544-228c-11e6-9d4d-c11776a5124d</ref><ref>http://linkis.com/atlanticcouncil.org/fAWKh</ref> while Trump adviser [[Newt Gingrich]] refers to the country of 1.3 million inhabitants as a 'suburb of St. Petersburg', which has 5.3 million inhabitants. Gingrich, rumoured to be on the short list for Secretary of State, says he doubts American leaders would risk [[nuclear war]] over Putin's actions in the region.<br>Allegedly, the information that triggered Brennan to act was a tape-recorded conversation that mentioned money from the Kremlin to the Trump Campaign."}} In actuality, John Brennan received nothing from UK intelligence.<ref>https://www.themarketswork.com/2018/04/22/nunes-interview-no-official-intelligence-used-problems-for-brennan/</ref> Brennan's fake narrative became the basis of the [[Trump-Russia hoax]], taken as gospel by [[leftist]]s and the [[mainstream media]]. Brennan shared his invented narrative with [[DNI [[James Clapper]] and disgraced [[FBI]] director [[Jimmy the Weasel Comey]] to form a Joint Counter-Intelligence Task Force.<ref>''NYT'', 1/19/17</ref>

President [[Donald Trump]] accused Putin of taking [[Crimea]] by force and asked whether Obama was too soft on Russia.<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-russia-latest-tweet-accuse-crimea-obama-too-soft-distance-campaign-team-white-house-a7581511.html Donald Trump accuses Russia of taking Crimea by force in attempt to distance himself from campaign allegations]</ref> In March 2017 the US department of state strongly condemned the arrests of hundreds of protesters against Vladimir Putin's government.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/26/hundreds-arrested-mass-protests-against-vladimir-putins-government/ Washington condemns arrests of hundreds of protesters against Vladimir Putin's government]</ref> The US Secretary of State [[Rex Tillerson]] said that US sanctions against Russia will remain in place until Moscow "reverses the actions" it has taken in Ukraine.<ref>[https://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/31/politics/rex-tillerson-russia-ukraine/ Tillerson: US to maintain Ukraine-related sanctions on Russia until Crimea is returned]</ref>

President [[Donald Trump]] accused Putin of taking [[Crimea]] by force and asked whether Obama was too soft on Russia.<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-russia-latest-tweet-accuse-crimea-obama-too-soft-distance-campaign-team-white-house-a7581511.html Donald Trump accuses Russia of taking Crimea by force in attempt to distance himself from campaign allegations]</ref> In March 2017 the US department of state strongly condemned the arrests of hundreds of protesters against Vladimir Putin's government.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/26/hundreds-arrested-mass-protests-against-vladimir-putins-government/ Washington condemns arrests of hundreds of protesters against Vladimir Putin's government]</ref> The US Secretary of State [[Rex Tillerson]] said that US sanctions against Russia will remain in place until Moscow "reverses the actions" it has taken in Ukraine.<ref>[https://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/31/politics/rex-tillerson-russia-ukraine/ Tillerson: US to maintain Ukraine-related sanctions on Russia until Crimea is returned]</ref>

''Ukrainska Pravda'' reported in May 2022 on Boris Johnson's unannounced surprise visit to Kyiv shortly after Russia and Ukraine had reached a peace settlement in their talks in [[Istanbul]].  The Russians had agreed to withdraw to the pre-February 2022 borders and Zelensky would implement the [[Minsk Accords]]. ''Ukrainska Pravda'' reported in essence what Johnson told Zelensky according to sources close to the Ukrainian dictator:

''Ukrainska Pravda'' reported in May 2022 on Boris Johnson's unannounced surprise visit to Kyiv shortly after Russia and Ukraine had reached a peace settlement in their talks in [[Istanbul]].  The Russians had agreed to withdraw to the pre-February 2022 borders and Zelensky would implement the [[Minsk Accords]]. ''Ukrainska Pravda'' reported in essence what Johnson told Zelensky according to sources close to the Ukrainian dictator:

[[File:Zelensky and Boris.PNG|left|300px|thumb|Zelesnky and BoJo.  Boris Johnson sabotaged peace efforts between Russia and Ukraine in April 2022.  Tens of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers died needlessly in the following months.]]

[[File:Zelensky and Boris.PNG|left|300px|thumb|Zelesnky and BoJo.  Boris Johnson sabotaged peace efforts between Russia and Ukraine in April 2022.  Tens of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers died needlessly in the following months.]]

[[File:Volodymyr Zelensky, Justin Trudeau, and Chrystia Freeland applaud Yaroslav Hunka of the Waffen SS Galicia Division during a session of the Canadian Parliament September 24 2023.PNG|right|300|thumb|[[Volodymyr Zelensky]], [[Justin_Trudeau#Support_for_Nazism|Justin Trudeau]], and [[Chrystia Freeland]] applaud Yaroslav Hunka of the [[Waffen SS Galicia Division]] during a session of the Canadian Parliament, September 24, 2023.]]

[[File:Volodymyr Zelensky, Justin Trudeau, and Chrystia Freeland applaud Yaroslav Hunka of the Waffen SS Galicia Division during a session of the Canadian Parliament September 24 2023.PNG|right|300|thumb|[[Volodymyr Zelensky]], [[Justin Trudeau#Support for Nazism|Justin Trudeau]], and [[Chrystia Freeland]] applaud Yaroslav Hunka of the [[Waffen SS Galicia Division]] during a session of the Canadian Parliament, September 24, 2023.]]

{{quotebox-float|"if Ukraine is ready to sign some agreements on guarantees with Putin, they [the UK and US] are not. Johnson’s position was that the [[Western alliance|collective West]], which back in February had suggested Zelenskyy should surrender and flee, now felt that Putin was not really as powerful as they had previously imagined, and that here was a chance to "press him."<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/western-allies-led-uks-johnson-sabotaged-tentative-ukraine-russia-peace-deal Western Allies Led By UK's Johnson Sabotaged Tentative Ukraine-Russia Peace Deal... In April], Tyler Durden, SEP 01, 2022. zerohedge.com</ref>}}Only a month after Russia was forced by innumerable actions by [[the West]] to achieve the aims of protecting the Russian-speaking people of the Donbass region and the Russian Federation itself from a malevolent Ukrainian regime becoming a NATO state on its border, Russia initiated peace negotiations. These bore fruit in March 2022 when significant progress was announced from Istanbul, where the talks between the two sides were being held. Russia removed its troops from around the capital Kiev, sent there with the goal, not of conquest, but of bringing the [[Kiev regime]] to its senses and to [[negotiate]] achieve a peaceful outcome. This avenue toward a peaceful resolution of all areas of concern was swiftly blocked via a visit to Kiev by then British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. This one act condemned upwards of half a million Ukrainians to their deaths and the potential destruction of Ukraine as a viable state.<ref>[https://aearnur.substack.com/p/in-ukraine-the-western-powers-have IN UKRAINE THE WESTERN POWERS HAVE CREATED A POISONOUS WEB OF LIES], AEARNUR, NOV 11, 2023. aearnur.substack.com</ref>

{{quotebox-float|"if Ukraine is ready to sign some agreements on guarantees with Putin, they [the UK and US] are not. Johnson’s position was that the [[Western alliance|collective West]], which back in February had suggested Zelenskyy should surrender and flee, now felt that Putin was not really as powerful as they had previously imagined, and that here was a chance to "press him."<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/western-allies-led-uks-johnson-sabotaged-tentative-ukraine-russia-peace-deal Western Allies Led By UK's Johnson Sabotaged Tentative Ukraine-Russia Peace Deal... In April], Tyler Durden, SEP 01, 2022. zerohedge.com</ref>}}Only a month after Russia was forced by innumerable actions by [[the West]] to achieve the aims of protecting the Russian-speaking people of the Donbass region and the Russian Federation itself from a malevolent Ukrainian regime becoming a NATO state on its border, Russia initiated peace negotiations. These bore fruit in March 2022 when significant progress was announced from Istanbul, where the talks between the two sides were being held. Russia removed its troops from around the capital Kiev, sent there with the goal, not of conquest, but of bringing the [[Kiev regime]] to its senses and to [[negotiate]] achieve a peaceful outcome. This avenue toward a peaceful resolution of all areas of concern was swiftly blocked via a visit to Kiev by then British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. This one act condemned upwards of half a million Ukrainians to their deaths and the potential destruction of Ukraine as a viable state.<ref>[https://aearnur.substack.com/p/in-ukraine-the-western-powers-have IN UKRAINE THE WESTERN POWERS HAVE CREATED A POISONOUS WEB OF LIES], AEARNUR, NOV 11, 2023. aearnur.substack.com</ref>

The sudden failure of the Istanbul agreement led to the immediate influx of mass amounts of the latest U.S. gear such as [[HIMAR]]s. Zelensky was secretly promised unlimited funding and military support as bait. Stuck between the path of peace and the chance to go down in history as the one man who could do what [[Genghis Khan]], [[Napoleon]], and [[Hitler]] could not do. Zelensky chose to put his faith in NATO’s invincibility. Ukrainian journalist [[Diana Panchenko]] confirmed what happened:

The sudden failure of the Istanbul agreement led to the immediate influx of mass amounts of the latest U.S. gear such as [[HIMAR]]s. Zelensky was secretly promised unlimited funding and military support as bait. Stuck between the path of peace and the chance to go down in history as the one man who could do what [[Genghis Khan]], [[Napoleon]], and [[Hitler]] could not do. Zelensky chose to put his faith in NATO's invincibility. Ukrainian journalist [[Diana Panchenko]] confirmed what happened:

{{quotebox-float|"I know for a fact that the war could have been stopped back in March. A man from Zelensky's inner circle told me: We simply ditched the Russians in March. He boasted about it... Friends, I know them all personally.

{{quotebox-float|"I know for a fact that the war could have been stopped back in March. A man from Zelensky's inner circle told me: We simply ditched the Russians in March. He boasted about it... Friends, I know them all personally.

What does Russia have to do with it? They are constantly trying to blame others for their own mistakes, in this case, Russia. I want to stress again that it is their own fault. It is not even a result of certain actions during the [[special military operation]] in Ukraine and [[Donbas]]s. Absolutely not. It is the result of years and years of bad energy policy. Years and years....

What does Russia have to do with it? They are constantly trying to blame others for their own mistakes, in this case, Russia. I want to stress again that it is their own fault. It is not even a result of certain actions during the [[special military operation]] in Ukraine and [[Donbas]]s. Absolutely not. It is the result of years and years of bad energy policy. Years and years....

The leaders of some countries, their bureaucratic elites, dismiss these obvious considerations and, on someone else's command, are deliberately pursuing a policy of deindustrialising their countries, reducing people’s quality of life, which will certainly entail irreversible consequences....

The leaders of some countries, their bureaucratic elites, dismiss these obvious considerations and, on someone else's command, are deliberately pursuing a policy of deindustrialising their countries, reducing people's quality of life, which will certainly entail irreversible consequences....

The so-called [[neo-liberal]] ideologues of the West are known to have destroyed [[traditional values]] before; we all see. Now, they seem to have set their sights on [[free enterprise]] and private initiative....

The so-called [[neo-liberal]] ideologues of the West are known to have destroyed [[traditional values]] before; we all see. Now, they seem to have set their sights on [[free enterprise]] and private initiative....

==Anti-Putinism==

==Anti-Putinism==

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Anti-Putinism is a [[neoconservative]] movement aimed at [[demonizing]] the Russian leader and promoting [[globalism]] and the [[military industrial complex]].

Anti-Putinism is a [[neoconservative]] movement aimed at [[demonizing]] the Russian leader and promoting [[globalism]] and the [[military industrial complex]].

* Stuermer, Michael. ''Putin and the Rise of Russia'' (2009)  

* Stuermer, Michael. ''Putin and the Rise of Russia'' (2009)  

* Wegren, Stephen K., and Dale R. Herspring, eds. ''After Putin's Russia: Past Imperfect, Future Uncertain'' (4th ed. 2009) [https://www.amazon.com/After-Putins-Russia-Imperfect-Uncertain/dp/0742557855/ref=tmm_pap_title_0 excerpt and text search]

* Wegren, Stephen K., and Dale R. Herspring, eds. ''After Putin's Russia: Past Imperfect, Future Uncertain'' (4th ed. 2009) [https://www.amazon.com/After-Putins-Russia-Imperfect-Uncertain/dp/0742557855/ref=tmm_pap_title_0 excerpt and text search]

* Poleev, Andrej. [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4621093 Putinism: A Phenomenological and Prototypical Investigation.] (2012-2021).

* Poleev, Andrej. [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4621093 Putinism: A Phenomenological and Prototypical Investigation.] (2012–2021).

==References==

==References==