Posted on 03/11/2023 11:29:38 AM PST by dennisw
Former U.S. ambassador to Russia John Sullivan said Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is concerned about his own safety as his lifestyle is being impacted by his ongoing war in Ukraine.
CNN host Erin Burnett asked Sullivan during a TV appearance on OutFront about whether he thinks the Russian leader's lifestyle has been affected by the war. She was referring to a recent report that said Putin is now living with his girlfriend at a luxury estate outside of Moscow.
Putin's reported luxurious lifestyle has been questioned by some, given the heavy sanctions that the West imposed on Russia since the beginning of the war in Ukraine last February. Some of those sanctions include a ban on Russian oil and removing Russian banks from the international financing messaging system SWIFT, according to BBC News.
Sullivan said that Putin's lifestyle has in fact been impacted by his full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which is limiting his movements for safety reasons.
A Russian investigative news website called The Project recently reported, citing unnamed officials, that Putin is living with his girlfriend, former Olympic gymnast Alina Kabaeva, in a villa at an estate he owns on Lake Valdai, which is located 400 kilometers northwest of Moscow and spans across 13,000 square feet, according to WION News. Children have also been spotted near the premises.
Putin's costly lifestyle has also been reported by Proekt, an independent Russian media group, which recently released photos of the residence's lavish interior and said that Putin used a Cypriot company as a front to finance his luxurious lifestyle, the Daily Mail reported earlier this month.
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Who is *not* concerned for their own safety?
“Bob the unnamed official”
In a perfect world Putin would be assassinated by someone to “denazify” the Russian leadership.
Pariah? Only to NATO countries. No one else gives a shyt.
Sod off.Haha I knew you weren't American. No wonder you are always coming at me rabid against Germany. How is the weather in London, Brit?
“. . . Putin is concerned about his own safety . . .”
Every head of state is concerned about their safety. In the U.S. we have how many thousands of people protecting the president? Even one universally loved - like Biden.
This article is a big bunch of nothing, unless something important was said toward the end.
The only reason I used "sod off" is because the moderators don't care about it and it is as good as the "f-off".Your tortured explanation blaming the moderators is pure bs. No American would use "sod off". I would not, other Americans FReepers do not and certainly no redneck would.
Mike Myers using UK curses was one of the most hilarious things about the Austin Powers movies.Yeah sure, you think that because you are a Brit.
Please try not to think of me every time you take a cold shower or a German whore bath.You believe I take cold showers because a Putin Stooge Troll Factory webpage told you that, miserable Brit.
Your mind is making sh!t up. Go watch some Biden videos and calm down.
What US State were you born and raised in?
How I wish it was the other way around, and maybe it is.....
Try not to read Berlin_Freeper. The quality of what you read will be much higher.
Amen
I like the English given it’s 60% of my dna I better
What’s wrong with that
Public support for Z in Britain is much much higher than here in America
Higher than in Allemagne too I think
Data from the European Commission, quoted by El Pais, says that Russia has a 10:1 advantage in artillery:
According to data from the European Commission to which EL PAÍS has had access, Russia fires between 40,000 and 50,000 artillery shells per day, compared to 5,000-6,000 Ukrainian forces expend. The Estonian government, which has been one of largest contributors to Kyiv’s war effort, puts the average use of artillery at between 20,000 and 60,000 Russian shells per day, and 2,000 to 7,000 Ukrainian rounds, according to a document sent to EU Member States by Tallinn, to which this newspaper has had access.
The Russian forces fire ten times the number of shells the Ukrainians can fire. In a modern war artillery fire causes 65+% of all casualties. It is thus impossible that Ukraine is losing less soldiers than the Russians.
The total ratio may well be 7 to 1 but it will certainly be to the advantage of the Russian forces side.
But minimizing the losses Ukraine has in Bakhmut seems to be a current propaganda scheme.
The war in Ukraine has exposed the uncomfortable and dangerous truth that America has lost its ability to mass produce in a timely manner artillery shells, cruise missiles and other critical military equipment. While the CIA and the Western media continue to insist that Russia is running out of rockets and missiles, Russia continues to fire an average of 20,000 artillery rounds a day (compared to only 3 to 5 thousand by Ukraine).
Again?
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