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sanfrancis-co-uk 10:08 Fri Aug 29
Putin
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Don't mess with nuclear Russia, Putin says
Search for: President Vladimir Putin, Russia
Reuters By Alexei Anishchuk
3 hours ago
WSJ Live
LAKE SELIGER Russia (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Russia's armed forces, backed by its nuclear arsenal, were ready to meet any aggression, declaring at a pro-Kremlin youth camp that foreign states should understand: "It's best not to mess with us."
Putin told the assembly, on the banks of a lake near Moscow, the Russian takeover of Crimea in March was essential to save a largely Russian-speaking population from Ukrainian government violence.
He said continued fighting in eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian separatists launched an uprising in April, was the result of a refusal by Kiev to negotiate.
Ukraine, and Western governments, accuse Russia of sending troops and armor to back the separatists in a conflict that has already killed over 2,000 people. Russia denies the charge.
"Russia is far from being involved in any large-scale conflicts," he said at the camp on the banks of Lake Seliger."We don't want that and don't plan on it. But naturally, we should always be ready to repel any aggression towards Russia.
"Russia's partners... should understand it's best not to mess with us," said Putin, dressed casually in a grey sweater and light blue jeans.
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"Thank God, I think no one is thinking of unleashing a large-scale conflict with Russia. I want to remind you that Russia is one of the leading nuclear powers."
Putin spoke easily with the students, many of whom looked to be asking scripted questions about demography and history. Other times he accepted gifts or, smilingly, played down their praise.
When a student said that she had not heard a single negative comment about Putin's presidency from camp speakers, he responded with a grin that "objectivity" was important.
His tone darkened when speaking on Ukraine, blaming the United States and the European Union for the "unconstitutional" removal of Kiev's former Moscow-backed president Viktor Yanukovich and replacement with a pro-European government.
He said eastern Ukraine did not agree with Yanukovich's removal and was now subjected to "crude military force" from government planes, tanks and artillery.
"If those are contemporary European values, then I'm simply disappointed in the highest degree," he said, comparing Ukraine's military operations in the east of the country with the Nazi siege of Leningrad in World War Two.
"Small villages and large cities surrounded by the Ukrainian army which is directly hitting residential areas with the aim of destroying the infrastructure... It sadly reminds me of the events of the Second World War, when German fascist... occupiers surrounded our cities."
(Reporting by Alexei Anishchuk, Writing by Thomas Grove; editing by Ralph Boulton)
So this closet bender is now throwing the N (nuclear)word about.
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Far Cough
10:11 Fri Aug 29
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He's a dangerous cunt but he has a point, he will use nukes if he has to
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sanfrancis-co-uk
10:13 Fri Aug 29
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Blokes a fucking madman.
He said the satellite images of those tanks and armoured trucks were out of a video game!
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cholo
10:15 Fri Aug 29
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I'm off down b&q tomorrow for some whitewash for the windows, up yours ruskies.
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Sven Roeder
10:16 Fri Aug 29
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He is playing Obama like a FIDDLE.
Nice touch to drop in a bit about the Nazi's just to let the Germans know he hasnt forgotten them.
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Hani
10:16 Fri Aug 29
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Don't like him but someone has to stand up to America.
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sanfrancis-co-uk
10:21 Fri Aug 29
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Gorby didn't have a problem with America.
I'ts a personal thang.
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Far Cough
10:24 Fri Aug 29
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Never had this problem with Yeltsin, probably because he was on the piss most of the time?
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Sven Roeder
10:30 Fri Aug 29
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Wasnt there a time when Yeltsin's plane landed somewhere and just sat on the tarmac for several hours due to him being indisposed. AS A NEWT
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Dapablo
10:31 Fri Aug 29
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I tell you what lets hold a World Cup in as fascist state, yippee!
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sanfrancis-co-uk
10:43 Fri Aug 29
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I think they'll lose the world cup if things get much worse.
I say Boycott the fucking thing if it goes ahead.
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Ronald_antly
12:17 Sat Aug 30
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Putin is simply responding to the increased encroachment by the Americans and their puppets.
For example, the missile "defence" systems in Poland, and now the attempted absorption of the Ukraine into Team America.
In short, he's looking out for Russia's legitimate interests.
The madmen are those in Washington and London. They are pushing the Russians to the limit here.
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Hermit Road
12:19 Sat Aug 30
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"His tone darkened when speaking on Ukraine, blaming the United States and the European Union for the "unconstitutional" removal of Kiev's former Moscow-backed president Viktor Yanukovich and replacement with a pro-European government."
To be fair, he's got a point.
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Capitol Man
12:20 Sat Aug 30
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It is a lot like WW2 vlad - though you seem to have got the roles mixed up.
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zico
12:45 Sat Aug 30
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Be lucky if we are still all around when the World Cup is due in Russia let alone play in it !!!
By the way why do reporters say things like - "said Putin, dressed casually in a grey sweater and light blue jeans."
Or "We would have won if we had taken our chances" said Allardyce wearing a dark blue suit from Top Man with a light blue Officers Club shirt several sizes too small and a claret and sky blue tie from the Hammers shop at Lakeside!!"
Do we bloody care what people are wearing?!!!!
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bruuuno
12:50 Sat Aug 30
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He's scared, people get vicious when they feel threatened
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Uncle Junior
12:51 Sat Aug 30
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Sticks up for his country and doesn't take shit from anyone ' wish we had a leader like that ...
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cholo
1:00 Sat Aug 30
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He's not really sticking up for his people, he couldn't really give a fuck either way about 'his people' it's power and influence he wants.
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Capitol Man
1:06 Sat Aug 30
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Uncle Junior 12:51 Sat Aug 30
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Thing is that he's fucking his country over in the long-term. Should be sitting comfortably between Europe and China and the rest of Asia raking in cash for nat gas and oil, tackling corruption and focusing on real economic development and development of stable institutions not reliant on his personal power.
Instead he's trying to become a third power pole behind the Yanks and EU and China and is little more than a bully of former Soviet Republics.
The Chinese will end up owning Siberia anyway, and Vlad is hastening the process.
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Scraper
7:13 Sat Aug 30
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I find mentioning 'light blue jeans' without specifying if they're boot-cut or not rude.
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