Putin has had several journalists murdered to cover up the rampant corruption in what passes for Russian government. It’s not really a government, tho.
It’s more like a big collection of crime families who have managed to take over a country. Russia isn’t really a country in the western sense of the word. It’s like the 5 Familes of New York got their hands on nuclear weapons.
The right thing for the civilized world to do would be band together to strip Russia of nuclear and chemical weapons. Leave enough troops to guard the borders and that’s about it.
Russia’s government isn’t to be trusted with nukes.
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I appreciate your fantasy but it doesn’t answer any of my questions.