Of course Putin did. This propaganda doubtless comes from him through the Sunshine Project, which is in turn associated with the National Lawyer’s Guild, a communist organization.
The NLG is also known for its now deceased infamous member, lawyer Lynne Stewart, also known as Abdurahman the Blind Sheikh’s “Secret Dove” for her aiding the terrorist in communicating with his terrorist group in Egypt when it carried out the Luxor Massacre.
The Sunshine Project’s Ed Hammond has appeared at the NLG ‘s Seattle chapter as a lecturer.
The Sunshine Project also came up here on an anonymously sourced April 2009 disinfo article [from an obscure website that no longer exists] on Obama’s trip to Mexico City and the swine flu outbreak there.