Vladimir Putin took part in an annual expanded meeting of the Federal Security Service (FSB) Board to discuss the FSB’s results for 2016 and the priority tasks for ensuring Russia’s national security. President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon. These annual
“Freedom is the recognition of necessity.” — Friedrich Engels
21st Century Wire says…
Vladimir Putin weighs in on the topic of fake news recently, but not in the way one might expect. There may be something to be said for what is left unspoken and the power of appreciative analysis.
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Neil Clarke
RT OpEdge
A few days ago, the Wall Street Journal reported that "in 2015 a prominent Russian opposition activist named Vladimir Kara-Murza [who was also a long-time Journal writer] inexplicably suffered multiple organ failure and barely survived after falling into a coma for nearly a week. On Thursday it happened to him again, in much the same way.
21st Century Wire says…
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, had his first phone meeting with President Donald Trump after his inauguration in January and now it looks like the ground work is being laid for the first face to face meeting with Trump in person, perhaps in Slovenia.
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In a summary release of a phone call between Russian President and German Chancellor from Saturday February 7th, Vladimir Putin stressed that ‘Kiev officials are trying to sabotage the execution of the Minsk Agreements and use the Normandy format to conceal their destructive acts.’
This phone call comes after a recent flare up in violence near Avdeevka in eastern Ukraine.
On notice, declassified documents and May Force One + this day in history w/the Titan I and our song of the day by Bleached on your Morning Monarchy for February 6, 2017.
