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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Sun Aug 31, 2014, 05:42 PM Aug 2014

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Putin Accuses West Of Supporting Coup

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In the program, taped on Friday, Putin did not directly address additional Western sanctions on Russia.

Putin however blamed the crisis in Ukraine on the West, accusing it of supporting a 'coup' against pro-Kremlin president Viktor Yanukovych in February.

'They should have known that Russia cannot stand aside when people are being shot almost at point-blank,' said Putin, adding that he did not have in mind 'the Russian state but the Russian people.'

- See more at: http://www.skynews.com.au/news/politics/world/2014/09/01/putin-accuses-west-of-supporting-coup.html#sthash.o7b7k4JQ.dpuf

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Putin Accuses West Of Supporting Coup (Original Post) Purveyor Aug 2014 OP

"Dammit! They chased-off my bought-and-paid-for stooge." -- Putin nt Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2014 #1

Wasn't he actually elected or something? Until the oligarchs....... socialist_n_TN Aug 2014 #5

Who supported the coup in Crimea? hobbit709 Aug 2014 #2

You can start here: Ukraine crisis: Transcript of leaked Nuland-Pyatt call Purveyor Aug 2014 #3

ROFL malaise Aug 2014 #4

Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts)

1. "Dammit! They chased-off my bought-and-paid-for stooge." -- Putin nt

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sun Aug 31, 2014, 05:50 PM

Aug 2014

socialist_n_TN

(11,481 posts)

5. Wasn't he actually elected or something? Until the oligarchs.......

Reply to Nuclear Unicorn (Reply #1)

Sun Aug 31, 2014, 07:41 PM

Aug 2014

hired the fascists to run him out of the country.

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

2. Who supported the coup in Crimea?

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sun Aug 31, 2014, 05:51 PM

Aug 2014

Or more accurately aided and abetted it.

Purveyor

(29,876 posts)

3. You can start here: Ukraine crisis: Transcript of leaked Nuland-Pyatt call

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #2)

Sun Aug 31, 2014, 07:23 PM

Aug 2014

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957

malaise

(269,054 posts)

4. ROFL

Reply to Purveyor (Reply #3)

Sun Aug 31, 2014, 07:25 PM

Aug 2014

Looks like folks forgot

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