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    As must seems obvious I consider Putin a devious, insincere and malign actor capable of anything. Personally I suspect the…
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    • The true defender but the 'one true church': Under its leader Patriarch Kirill, the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) has backed…
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    • Might have prevented the Great War? Methinks our 'realism' needs to be a bit more realistic.
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    • "...influence proper to Turkey's size and wealth..." I'm suggesting that he has backed ISIS for years, has territorial ambitions in…
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    • Although I think that Putin better fits the mould of Imperial Russia and the Okhrana. He's no communist, he just…
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    • The guy on the right was grateful to go unnoticed.
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    • Not to mention Cruz's affairs with five mistresses. That had to be Roger Stone; so old school yet elegant in…
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    • Yes I think Putin, while he is walking a thin line domestically, would welcome a non-existential confrontation with the Ukraine;…
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    • Putin does know when to be a charmer as well... I give up. Sometime I would like someone to argue…
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    • ...to investigate whether or not the lobbying firm unwittingly did work for the pro-Russian political party in Europe that also…
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    • Time for a house-cleaning.
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    • Days after Putin meets Erdogan for a chat. Been warning about Erdogan for a while now. Watch this space.
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    • Just stick with motive and opportunity; it's remarkably clarifying.
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    • We agree. The duopoly is a significant national security threat as well as antithetical to our democratic values. This is…
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    • That's a bag of marbles. Crimea is Putin's; low-hanging fruit the Ukraine couldn't hold and the West couldn't reinforce. The…
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    • Most heads of state are selected or elected because they are vindictive and resourceful people who will enlist whatever means…
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    • I'm convinced that crouching in school during regular air raid drills, among stacked pallets of grey cans marked "emergency drinking…
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    • Cruz is playing a long game but not a sure one. It's his only play, frankly. His elaborate and well-planned…
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    • In modern Russia the wealth of the oligarchs is pretty solid evidence there is enough money sloshing around to make…
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    • It doesn't implicate Manafort directly but we know he was leveraging Russian nationalism in the Crimea at the time on…
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