Putin is a former Soviet spy who spent 16 years in the KGB, where he learned how to manipulate people by playing on their egos, greed and fears. After the end of the Cold War, Putin was named head of the FSB, Russia’s post-KGB intelligence agency. In 1999, Putin was named Prime Minister, becoming president when former President Yeltsin unexpectedly resigned. Putin has ruled Russia ever since.
At the heart of Putin’s rule are two forces: corruption and violence.
As Russia’s new leader, Putin, who is now believed to be one of the wealthiest people on earth, consolidated power at home by reining in Russia’s powerful oligarchs. He offered them a simple deal: If they granted him absolute power and shared the spoils, he would let them steal as much as they wanted from the Russian people. The result: while the vast majority of the Russian population struggles economically, Putin and his fellow oligarchs stashed trillions of dollars in offshore tax havens. In the process, Putin crushed Russia’s brief movement toward democracy. He eliminated rivals, cracked down on freedom of speech, and strangled the free media. Political dissidents, investigative journalists, and opposition leaders started turning up dead.
Today, 26 years after he took power, Putin is the absolute ruler of Russia. Russian elections are blatantly fraudulent, with Putin’s lackeys barely hiding their ballot-stuffing. In the last sham election, Putin won 88 percent of the “vote” against carefully screened opposition candidates.
That is Putin’s Russia.
There is no freedom of speech.
Protests are violently suppressed. Tens of thousands of people are in imprisoned for speaking out against his rule.
The bravest and most prominent dissidents – people like Alexei Navalny, Boris Nemtsov and Sergei Magnitsky – are murdered outright.
And the billionaire oligarchs become even richer.
That is the leader Trump defends and admires.
Anything !
An open Group where anything can be discussed by anybody, as long as you are polite, respect others opinions, and behave !!!
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https://www.newsweek.com/buvaisar-saitiev-dead-moscow-falling-window-2038742
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When the comedian met the reality show guy
Repost because i chose the wrong loop earlier. It's satire, don't take too seriously.
https://x.com/ksorbs/status/1896738375140602348?t=C7jwSkYCmwFbpvsMdDQjLg&s=08 -
More Americans apply to live in UK
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2022154/americans-uk-citizenship-trump-presidency/amp
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/24/canada-elon-musk-citizenship-parliamentary-petition
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He just can’t keep his mouth shut
More rubbish from Trump
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/donald-trump-names-4-things-34782851.amp
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Sex offender caught in child’s bed
After conning his way into the family home
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/tonbridge/news/sex-offender-found-in-child-s-bed-after-telling-parents-he-w-320083/?dicbo=v2-T4S1EE7 -
https://youtube.com/shorts/hU8HFtYnwg8?si=pUA2bpdhfu-zsJ9S
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Richard Gere speaks out about Trump
From the safety of where he now lives in Spain
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Does Trump know what he is doing?
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/03/04/ftse-100-markets-latest-trump-tariffs-mexico-canada-ukraine/
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This guy is an ignorant sub-human with the only real ability to clean out toilets.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/jd-vance-savages-uk-as-some-random-country-that-hasnt-fought-a-war-in-30-years/ar-AA1Ad7cr?ocid=BingNewsSerp -
Disabled man, in care, eating from a bin
https://www.itv.com/news/2025-03-03/disabled-man-left-to-eat-from-bin-itv-news-exposes-appalling-neglect
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Join the register
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The Nobel Peace Prize award is no more than toilet paper.
To nominate Trump is as disgusting as nominating Hitler. Trump is an American disaster who will wreck America, Europe and the far East security and trade if he is not kicked out of office soon. He is a global menace.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/trump-to-be-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize/ar-AA1Acemr?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=af3c38e48ef84091a31f8e48506c4b37&ei=23 -
“What we just witnessed in the Oval Office was a meeting between two cowardly puppets and a hero,”...
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Trump Health Warning (Edited)
President Donald Trump will have a routine physical exam Sean Barbabella, the president’s physician said in a White House statement.
The March 1 statement said that the exam will take place at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
At 78, Trump is America’s oldest president, second only to former President Joe Biden.
A physical in 2018, the AFP reports, suggested Trump could lose 10 to 15 pounds, but he was otherwise in “excellent health.”
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I have a very heavy collection tomorrow, time stated for collection is 12 am - 11.59 pm.
Am I correct in thinking this is 12-midday to 12-midnight? I'm getting conflicted opinions, I've Googled and it seems they are confused too. If 12 am is early morning, it could be a 24-hour wait for collection. It's via Amazon but not Amazon so different set-up. Not looking forward to it one bit. -
https://youtu.be/82CVY302PIo?si=UX0eDfUD6__P6yKS
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Leasehold system to be abolished
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/mar/03/centuries-old-leasehold-system-to-be-abolished-in-england-and-wales
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https://www.postalley.org/2025/03/02/no-cards-why-did-trump-blow-up-his-visit-with-zelensky/
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As Musk gets US government contract
https://youtu.be/mj_fq6vi8Qw?si=o9-jc8ijm4Sj35Tb
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Fly tipping putting our council tax up every year (Edited)
A comment mentions that it’s now £160 per tonne to dump it legally. If there’s 20 tonne there that’s a ‘saving’ of £3,200 for the company dumping it
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdJb52uJ/
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Trump Signals He Might Ignore the Courts
“The United States is sleepwalking into a constitutional crisis.
Not only has the Trump administration seized for itself extraconstitutional powers, but yesterday, it raised the specter that, should the courts apply the text of the Constitution and negate its plans, it will simply ignore them.
Trump refuses to even try to pass his plans democratically.
And as courts have stepped in to halt his efforts to ignore the law, he is now threatening to ignore them too.”
What's new?
Trump has done this all his life, and the Supreme Court has endorsed Presidential Immunity.
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Poor man , as bully attacks (Edited)
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/xl-bullies-shot-19-times-31077583.amp
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There are lies, damned lies and Trump (Edited)
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/02/26/politics/fact-check-trump-cabinet-meeting
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Free gear beers defence spending!
I see he is increasing this spending and cutting foreign aid!!. WHY do we have foreign aid, do we owe the world a living!!, and my energy costs are now increasing to pay for this crap!!
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Greyhound racing to be banned in Wales (Edited)
https://www.onekind.org/blog/greyhound-racing-to-be-banned-in-wales-is-scotland-next-19-02-25#:~:text=Mark%20Ruskell%20MSP%20has%20brought,proposed%20ban%20on%20greyhound%20racing.
