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Putin: Democratically elected or modern-day Tsar of Russia .... a Russian, doing Russian stuff, in Russia, dealing with the Russian people

Zelensky: installed puppet or democratically elected President .... or installed by the United States Dept of State, etc.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-ukraine-tape-idUSBREA1601G20140207

A conversation between a State Department official and the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine that was posted on YouTube revealed an embarrassing exchange on U.S. strategy for a political transition in that country ..... the US strategy for a political transition in that country. Are they talking about what steps they would be taking to ensure their chosen one gets the nod?

Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, weighing in on the make-up of the next Ukrainian government. Nuland is heard telling U.S. Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt that she doesn’t think Vitaly Klitschko, the boxer-turned-politician who is a main opposition leader, should be in a new government.

“So I don’t think Klitsch (Klitschko) should go into the government,” she said in the recording, which appeared to describe events that occurred in late January. “I don’t think it’s necessary. I don’t think it’s a good idea.”

So tickled to know that a career clown from the State Dept doesn’t approve of someone running for office in another country.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-senior-us-official-john-bolton-admits-planning-attempted-foreign-coups-2022-07-12/ ...... Speaking to CNN anchor Jake Tapper, however, Bolton suggested Trump was not competent enough to pull off a “carefully planned coup d’etat,” later adding: “As somebody who has helped plan coups d’etat - not here but you know (in) other places - it takes a lot of work.