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muriel_volestrangler

(102,693 posts)
Fri Jun 21, 2024, 12:30 PM Jun 2024

West provoked Ukraine war, Nigel Farage says

So he's still getting paid by Putin.

In an interview with the BBC's Nick Robinson, Mr Farage was challenged over his judgement and past statements, including when he named Russian President Vladimir Putin as the world leader he most admired in 2014.

"I said I disliked him as a person, but admired him as a political operator because he's managed to take control of running Russia," Mr Farage said.
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Mr Farage said he had been arguing since the 1990s that "the ever eastward expansion" of the Nato military alliance and the EU was giving President Putin "a reason to [give to] his Russian people to say they're coming for us again and to go to war".

He added: "We provoked this war. Of course, it's [President Putin's] fault."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cldd44zv3kpo
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West provoked Ukraine war, Nigel Farage says (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Jun 2024 OP
Expansion of NATO is only "coming for Putin" if he louis-t Jun 2024 #1

louis-t

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1. Expansion of NATO is only "coming for Putin" if he
Fri Jun 21, 2024, 12:35 PM
Jun 2024

continues to act like an asshole. "Wah wah, I can't do whatever the fuck I want anymore."

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