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294 - Vladimir Putin

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

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Putin Wins Another Year as President of Russia

Despite Russia being in an economic depression, Putin's approval rating remains above 80%. Interesting that he would poll so well when he consistently rigs the polls. Just two weeks before the election, a former Russian intelligence officer convicted of spying for Britain who was released to the UK in a prisoner swap is found unconscious with his daughter in Salisbury, England. Investigators believe they had been exposed to Novachok, a complex nerve agent developed by the Soviets. British prime minister expels almost two dozen Russian intelligence operative from the country. Volodomir Zelensky elected as president of Ukraine on a populist reform platform. I'm going to have to suck him one day.

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