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  • How Russia Uses Retired US Colonel’s Ukraine Misinformation for Domestic Propaganda

    10/19/2023 3:55:17 PM PDT · by MeganC · 71 replies
    Polygraph.info ^ | February 21, 2023 | Leonid Martynyuk
    On February 15, Russia’s RIA Novosti state news agency quoted retired U.S. Colonel Douglas Macgregor’s interview with the “Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom” program, streamed on YouTube that same day. The Russian translation of Macgregor’s claim isn’t precise but represents his ideas accurately: "We just don't have ammunition to send. We have reached the limit; our own reserves are rapidly coming to an end." This statement is misleading and fits into the Kremlin’s anti-U.S. and anti-Ukraine propaganda targeting Russia’s domestic audiences. In reality, for most categories of ammunition, the U.S. can provide support to Ukraine indefinitely. Only for two types...
  • Bakhmut in Russian Hands, Now What? - Col Doug Macgregor VIDEO—26 min

    05/22/2023 8:48:31 AM PDT · by Phoenix8 · 39 replies
    YouTube ^ | 5/22/2023 | Napolitano
    None offered—video
  • Former Putin Aide Is Found Dead in Washington Hotel

    11/06/2015 10:36:09 PM PST · by Brad from Tennessee · 70 replies
    New York Times ^ | November 6, 2015 | Associated Press
    WASHINGTON — Mikhail Lesin, a former aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin who helped found the English-language news service Russia Today, has been found dead in an upscale Washington hotel room. The Russian Embassy in Washington on Friday confirmed the death of Lesin, whose body was discovered Thursday. Russia Today reported on its website that Lesin, 57, died of a heart attack. Metropolitan Police Department spokesman Officer Sean Hickman said that officers were called to the Dupont Circle Hotel about 11:30 a.m. Thursday and found a man dead. Russian Embassy spokesman Yury Melnik confirmed that the man was Lesin. Russia...