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Russia Warns U.S.: Don’t ‘Meddle’ In Upcoming Presidential Election
The gall of Putin's regime is astounding. Putin is seeking his fourth term as president of Russia and has held the office of president for 14 years since 2000. The Putin regime controls virtually all Russian print, internet, and broadcasting media outlets. Putin's main challenger was the popular opposition activist Alexei Navalny. However Mr. Navalny has been banned form being a presidential candidate due to a trumped up criminal charge and kangaroo court conviction which was Putin's ace in the hole. The only other known candidate is the Russian reality TV star Ksenia Sobchak. After the USSR fell apart, KGB Lt. Col. Putin returned to his hometown of St. Petersburg and joined the staff of St. Petersburg Mayor Anatoly Sobchak (d. 2000) ...Ksenia's father. Mayor Sobchak took Putin under his wing and schooled him on political power and corruption. Vladimir Putin is the Godfather of Ksenia Sobchak.
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By Dominique Mosbergen
2/28/2017
Russian President and former KGB Lt. Colonel Vladimir V. Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government has issued a warning to the U.S.: Don’t “meddle” in the country’s upcoming election. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused the U.S. this week of “direct interference into the electoral process” after the State Department criticized Russia’s decision to ban opposition leader and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny from running for president. A State Department rep had decried the Russian government’s “ongoing crackdown against independent voices, from journalists to civil society activists and opposition politicians,” according to a statement obtained by Business Insider. “We urge the government of Russia to hold genuine elections that are transparent, fair, and free and that guarantee the free expression of the will of the people, consistent with its international human rights obligations,” the State Department said. Zakharova suggested the U.S. was “meddling” in the Russian election by issuing such comments.
The gall of Putin's regime is astounding. Putin is seeking his fourth term as president of Russia and has held the office of president for 14 years since 2000. The Putin regime controls virtually all Russian print, internet, and broadcasting media outlets. Putin's main challenger was the popular opposition activist Alexei Navalny. However Mr. Navalny has been banned form being a presidential candidate due to a trumped up criminal charge and kangaroo court conviction which was Putin's ace in the hole. The only other known candidate is the Russian reality TV star Ksenia Sobchak. After the USSR fell apart, KGB Lt. Col. Putin returned to his hometown of St. Petersburg and joined the staff of St. Petersburg Mayor Anatoly Sobchak (d. 2000) ...Ksenia's father. Mayor Sobchak took Putin under his wing and schooled him on political power and corruption. Vladimir Putin is the Godfather of Ksenia Sobchak.
Related: NBC News | Ksenia Sobchak — daughter of Putin mentor — runs in Russian elections
Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny barred from entering presidential race