Tag Archives: Vladimir Putin

Clinton Campaign Manager: Russian Hackers Timed Leak Of DNC Emails To Help Donald Trump [VIDEO]

Politico reports: Hillary Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook suggested Sunday that internal DNC emails leaked last week were an effort from the Russians to help Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. “What’s disturbing to us is that experts are telling us Russian state actors broke into the DNC, stole these emails, and other experts are now saying that the Russians are …

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RUSSIA: Pending Laws Ban All Proselytizing

Via Christianity Today: Christians in Russia won’t be allowed to email their friends an invitation to church or to evangelize in their own homes if Russia’s newest set of surveillance and anti-terrorism laws are enacted. The proposed laws, considered the country’s most restrictive measures in post-Soviet history, place broad limitations on missionary work, including preaching, teaching, and engaging in any …

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Kremlin Slams Trump For “Demonizing” Putin

Via the Guardian: A few months ago, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin seemed on course to becoming best buddies. Asked in December for his view of the Republican presidential frontrunner, the Russian president described him as “a colourful and talented person without any doubt” and “the absolute leader of the presidential race”. Trump welcomed the praise, saying: “It is always …

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Kasich Trolls Trump With Parody Website

The presidential campaign of Ohio Gov. John Kashich has launched a parody website which claims that Donald Trump has selected Vladimir Putin as his running mate. World Net Daily readers are furious. Hit the link and enjoy the spittle-flecked poutrage.

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Donald Trump Defends Vladimir Putin’s Killing Of Journalists: “At Least He’s A Leader” [VIDEO]

This morning Donald Trump floored MSNBC’s Morning Joe team when host Joe Scarborough asked him about Vladimir Putin’s reputation as a strongman who has journalists killed. Business Insider has the transcript: “Sure, when people call you ‘brilliant’ it’s always good. Especially when the person heads up Russia,” Trump told cohost Mika Brzezinski when asked about Putin praising him as “very …

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Putin Praises “Bright And Talented” Donald Trump

Russian president Vladimir Putin appeared to endorse Donald Trump in remarks made yesterday in Moscow. Via Politico: According to an Interfax report of his annual year-end news conference, Putin called the Republican presidential candidate “a very bright and talented man,” as well as an “absolute leader” in the race for the presidency. “He says that he wants to move to …

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Russia Faces Expulsion From 2016 Olympics After Huge Doping Scandal, Putin Dismisses Claims [VIDEO]

Vladimir Putin this morning dismissed the claims as “unfounded” as Russia faces expulsion from the 2016 Olympics due to a massive doping scandal revealed yesterday. CNN reports: Commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and carried out by the organization’s former president, Dick Pound, the findings uncovered a “deeply rooted culture of cheating at all levels” within Russian athletics. Asked …

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Former Top Putin Aide Found Dead In DC Hotel

Mikhail Lesin, media tycoon and former top advisor to Vladimir Putin, was found dead in a Washington DC hotel yesterday. ABC News reports: Lesin, the former head of media affairs for the Russian government who’s been accused of curtailing the country’s press freedoms, had been staying at Hotel Dupont when he was found Thursday, according to officials. It’s unclear why …

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RUSSIA: Franklin Graham Pants Over Vladimir Putin, Praises Ban On “Gay Propaganda”

Franklin Graham was in Russia last week where he fawned over Vladimir Putin to the local media, praised Russia’s anti-LGBT crackdown, and accused gays of taking “other people’s children.” Right Wing Watch has a quote: “I have met the president [Obama] on several occasions. He’s a very nice person. But he supports and promotes policies that contradict the teachings of …

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Putin: Russia Is Great On LGBT Rights [VIDEO]

Russian president Vladimir Putin sat down with 60 Minutes in advance of his address today before the United Nations General Assembly. According to Putin, Russia treats its LGBT citizens very well. Via CBS News: “The problem of sexual minorities in Russia had been deliberately exaggerated from the outside for political reasons, I believe, without any good basis,” he tells Charlie …

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Putin Calls Elton: For Real This Time

NBC News reports: Can you feel the love tonight? Vladimir Putin has called Elton John — and this time it’s for real. Weeks after a pair of pranksters fooled the singer into thinking that he was talking to the Russian leader about gay rights in the country, Putin put in a brief personal call on Thursday. “He told Elton, I …

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Elton John: I’m Happy To Be Pranked If It Puts Russian LGBT Rights Back In The Headlines [AUDIO: The Call]

“Pranks are funny. Homophobia, however is never funny. I love Russia and my offer to talk to President Putin about LGBT rights still stands. I will always stand up for those that are being degraded and discriminated against. If this unfortunate incident has helped push this vital issue back into the spotlight, then I am happy to be pranked on …

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Russian Pranksters: We Punked Elton John

A pair of well-known Russian pranksters today claimed that they were the ones who called Elton John and pretended to be Vladimir Putin. NBC News reports: Turns out it wasn’t Vladimir Putin on the line after all. Two pranksters claimed credit Wednesday for what musician Elton John apparently thought was a phone call from the Russian president. The singer has …

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Elton John: Vladimir Putin Called Me

Elton John yesterday claimed that Russian president Vladimir Putin telephoned him after Elton called for a sit-down over Russia’s anti-gay policies. Elton wrote on Instagram: “Thank-you to President Vladimir Putin for reaching out and speaking via telephone with me today. I look to forward to meeting with you face-to-face to discuss LGBT equality in Russia.” Buzzfeed has more: The post …

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RUSSIA: Putin’s Ruling Party Mocks White House With “Heterosexual Pride” Flag

Russia has officially gone Manif Pour Tous. Via the Moscow Times: Russia’s ruling political party has designed a “heterosexual flag” to honor traditional family values, the Izvestia newspaper reported Wednesday. Copies of the flag, which feature the outlines of a man and a woman holding hands with three children, were shown to Izvestia by Andrei Lisovenko, deputy head of the …

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Politico: Putin’s Plot For Texas Secession

Fascinating story on Politico. It begins: Nathan Smith, who styles himself the “foreign minister” for the Texas Nationalist Movement, appeared last Spring at a far-right confab in St. Petersburg, Russia. Despite roaming around in his cowboy hat, Smith managed to keep a low-key presence at the conference, which was dominated by fascists and neo-Nazis railing against Western decadence. But at …

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Vladimir Putin: God Made Me Perfect

“I’ll be totally frank with you. I cannot recollect anything of the kind. It appears that the Lord built my life in a way that I have nothing to regret.” – Vladimir Putin, telling an Italian newspaper that he cannot recall having ever made a mistake.

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RUSSIA: Top Putin Opponent Shot Dead

Four bullets in the back. The murder took place just a few blocks from the Kremlin.

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Investment Banker: Vladimir Putin Has Stolen $200B, Is World’s Richest Man

Via Business Insider: Hedge fund manager Bill Browder, once the largest foreign investor in Russia, estimates Russian President Vladimir Putin’s wealth at $200 billion — which would make him by far the richest man in the world. When asked to estimate his net worth by Fareed Zakaria of CNN, Browder said: “I believe that it is $200 billion. “After 14 …

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RUSSIA: Top Official Pledges That Country Will “Eat Less” For Vladimir Putin

Via the Associated Press: Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, on Friday warned the West against trying to topple President Vladimir Putin and said that Russians are ready to sacrifice their wealth in Putin’s support. Russia has for the past year been sliding into recession amid a slump in its energy export …

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