Vladimir Putin manipulated another election to remain indefinitely in power

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Important Takeaways:

  • The tally, virtually unimaginable in any democratic nation, suggests that the Kremlin is now less focused on manufacturing a veneer of electoral legitimacy and more on creating a cult of personality around Putin as Russia’s undisputed national patriarch and leader for life.
  • We should see elections under Putin as not being about popular sovereignty, but about popular subordination
  • It is about the masses voting to accept Putin as their czar
  • It’s not just that the Kremlin is no longer embarrassed to rig the election. I think it’s almost, ‘So, what you can do about it?’
  • Western leaders face a strident, emboldened adversary in command of a nuclear arsenal.
  • Appearing supremely confident, Putin shrugged off the “unfortunate” death of his main rival, Alexei Navalny, in prison last month, which has left Putin with no conceivable challenger.
  • Nobody from the very beginning considered these elections to be elections

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Defensive measures? Putin’s jamming GPS across Poland, Lithuania, and into Finland

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Important Takeaways:

  • WEAPONS OF WAR Putin sparks chaos in Europe by jamming GPS on flights & ships with top secret electronic weapon, warns military chief
  • The weapon has reportedly been jamming GPS technology on flights and ships across the eastern flank of NATO, causing severe disruption.
  • A surge in disruption to the GPS guiding system for air and sea traffic has been detected in Finland, the Baltic nations and Poland, Estonian military chief Martin Harem told the Telegraph.
  • “What we have seen is a malfunctioning of GPS for ships and air traffic,” he said.
  • “And we really do not know if they [Russia] want to achieve something or just practice and test their equipment.”
  • He added: “But definitely, nobody should behave like this, especially when you’re at war with a neighboring country.”
  • According to Western intelligence reports, the fixed jamming system is called Tobol – which looks like a huge dish with an antenna.
  • Analysts have identified at least seven Tobol complexes in Russia.
  • The secret weapon transmits signals on the same frequency as the satellite, which prevents connected devices from receiving the legitimate signal, reports the Washington Post.
  • Electronic warfare expert Dr. Thomas Withington said the dish can be directed to disrupt GPS signals in multiple directions – which could be key to protect Kaliningrad as well as Russia from potential incoming missiles.
  • He argued that the system is rather defensive in nature – and is being used as a “invisible” shield against Nato’s arsenal of satellite-guided missile systems.
  • “This may surprise some people but I think, ostensibly, it’s defensive,” he told The Telegraph.
  • “The Russian military is highly concerned by Global navigation satellite system weapons.”

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Explicit warning from Russia with 11 nuclear subs maneuvering the Atlantic following dispatched surface warships armed with hypersonic missiles

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Important Takeaways:

  • With increasing audacity, Russia is making its presence felt in the Atlantic Ocean, as demonstrated by the amplified deployment of its nuclear submarines. The escalating numbers of Russian nuclear submarines maneuvering in the Atlantic are a clear signal for NATO to remain vigilant. It’s been speculated by various analysts that Russia has designated as many as eleven nuclear submarines to operate in this specific region.
  • In the most explicit warning yet regarding the potential threat Russia poses, General Cavoli’s analysis sounds the alarm for the United States and its Western allies supporting Ukraine.
  • A few months earlier, a wave of concern swept over Western nations when Russian President Vladimir Putin dispatched surface warships to the Atlantic Ocean. A significant number of these vessels were armed with hypersonic cruise missiles, capable of outpacing US air defense systems.
  • Michael Peterson, a prominent figure at the Russian Maritime Research Institute [RMSI] and celebrated for his extensive knowledge of Russian naval prowess, has highlighted numerous indicators that suggest Russia’s increasing tendencies to place their nuclear submarines along the United States coastlines.
  • Peterson, the insightful researcher, observes an uncanny resemblance between these tactics and those employed by the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War conflict.

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Putin expected to win another presidential election and warns US not to put troops in Ukraine: Russia is ready for nuclear war

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Important Takeaways:

  • Putin, speaking just days before a March 15-17 election which is certain to give him another six years in power, said the nuclear war scenario was not “rushing” up and he saw no need for the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
  • “From a military-technical point of view, we are, of course, ready,” Putin, 71, told Rossiya-1 television and news agency RIA in response to a question whether the country was really ready for a nuclear war.
  • Putin said the U.S. understood that if it deployed American troops on Russian territory – or to Ukraine – Russia would treat the move as an intervention.
  • “(In the U.S.) there are enough specialists in the field of Russian-American relations and in the field of strategic restraint,” said Putin, the ultimate decision maker in the world’s biggest nuclear power.
  • “Therefore, I don’t think that here everything is rushing to it (nuclear confrontation), but we are ready for this.”
  • “Weapons exist in order to use them,” Putin said. “We have our own principles.”

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Warning from the Kremlin not to send troops to Ukraine; 14 US locations could be in the crosshairs

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Important Takeaways:

  • Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that the West threatens nuclear war if the alliance sends troops to Ukraine.
  • During his State of the Union address on Thursday, Putin claimed NATO and the US are preparing to “strike Russian territory”.
  • He added: “They must realize that we also have weapons that can hit targets on their territory. All this really threatens a conflict with the use of nuclear weapons and the destruction of civilization. Don’t they get that?”
  • Putin also claimed that his new RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile is ready for the Russian military to use.
  • With Putin’s saber-rattling reaching new levels, the map below shows the 14 locations in the US Russia would likely target in a nuclear war.
    • The Pentagon
    • Naval Station Norfolk
    • Comfort Suites Kings Bay Naval Base Area
    • Barksdale Air Force Base
    • Whiteman Air Force Base
    • United States Strategic Command
    • VLF Array Lualualei
    • Kirtland Air Force Base
    • 21st Force Support Squadron
    • Warren Air Force Base
    • Minot Air Force Base
    • Hill Air Force Base
    • Malmstrom Air Force Base
    • Naval Radio Station Jim Creek

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin: NATO will have to fight Russia if Ukraine falls

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Important Takeaways:

  • NATO will likely have to directly engage with Russian aggressive expansion if Moscow emerges victorious in the war against Ukraine, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said at a congressional hearing on Feb. 29.
  • Austin stated, “Putin won’t stop with Ukraine; he will continue to push forward and attack the sovereign territory of his neighbors.”
  • “If you are in the Baltics, you’re very concerned you might be next,” the secretary said.
  • “They understand Putin and his capabilities. And frankly, if Ukraine falls, I genuinely believe NATO will be fighting Russia.”

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In speech to the Nation, Putin accuses NATO and the US of preparing to strike Russia

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Important Takeaways:

  • Putin makes direct threat to NUKE the West as he accuses NATO and the US of ‘preparing to strike’ Russia in his annual address to the nation – and warns of ‘the destruction of civilization’
  • The Russian president, 71, said: ‘They, NATO and America, are active in other parts of the world, of course, and they continue to lie there, to deceive.
  • ‘They are preparing to strike our territory and, using the best possible forces, the most effective forces to do so.
  • Putin repeatedly lauded Russia’s vastly modernized nuclear arsenal in his speech and added as a warning to the West: ‘They have to understand that we also have weapons, weapons that can defeat them on their own territory.
  • ‘Of course all this is very dangerous, because it could actually trigger the use of nuclear weapons. Do they not understand that?’
  • The Russian despot also chillingly assured that ‘strategic nuclear forces are in a state of full readiness for guaranteed use’, but warned the use of nuclear weapons would equal the ‘destruction of civilization’.

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‘War of Words’ Putin hits back at Joe Biden after the President called him a crazy SOB

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Important Takeaways:

  • Putin hits back at ‘useless old geezer’ and ‘Hollywood Cowboy’ Biden after the President called him a ‘crazy SOB’ in latest war of words between the leaders: Russian despot’s allies pile in accusing ‘senile’ Biden of ‘ready to start a war’
  • The Kremlin slammed Joe Biden’s use of ‘shameful language’ after the US president called Russian President Vladimir Putin a ‘crazy SOB’ during an event to raise awareness of climate change in San Francisco.
  • ‘This is a huge shame for the country itself… for the US. If a president uses that kind of language, it’s shameful,’ Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. He remarked that Biden’s statement was a poor attempt to appear like a ‘Hollywood cowboy.’
  • Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, a staunch Putin ally, said that the true ‘existential threat’ in the world was ‘useless old geezers, like Biden himself.’ He went on to accuse the president of being ‘ready to start a war with Russia.’
  • Biden has previously cursed ‘son of a bitch’ at others. In January 2022, he was caught on the hot mic using the same term of abuse against a Fox News White House reporter.

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Tucker Carlson goes to Russia, maybe to do real Journalism: Mainstream Media goes full panic

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Important Takeaways:

  • US Propaganda Machine Panicking Tucker Carlson Will Continue Objective Reporting in Russia
  • The prominent American political commentator previously claimed his efforts to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin made him a target of US government surveillance, undermining ‘official’ narratives about the “boogeyman” leader.
  • Maverick US journalist Tucker Carlson has raised eyebrows after being spotted in Moscow this week, with observers speculating Carlson has arrived to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin.
  • “The fact that this targeting [of Carlson] is happening in the way it is happening now signifies a fear from the United States,” said Isabel. “They are fearful of a conversation that somebody like Tucker Carlson and Vladimir Putin could have because Tucker Carlson did leave Fox [News]. And since he did leave Fox, so much has happened in the world where, as you all were talking about before, there are major escalations, not only in the Asia-Pacific region, but also obviously with Iran via Israel-Palestine and via, of course, Ukraine.”
  • “…So I think that’s why at this pivotal moment, the powers that be are extremely afraid of this interview, to the point where they’re saying that they’re going to go after Tucker Carlson in a legal way for simply being here and trying to attempt to do journalism.”
  • “They have gone so far off from what journalism was supposed to be that they don’t recognize that this is actually what you’re supposed to do, talk to adversarial figures or people that you may disagree with,” noted the analyst.

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US sending precision bombs or ‘glide bombs’ to Ukraine

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Important Takeaways:

  • Ukraine set to receive new game-changing US-made ‘glide bombs’ with 100-mile range as soon as today in new frontline blow to Putin
  • Ukraine is set to receive a first batch of new long-range missiles that will be able to strike deep into Russian-held territory.
  • The new 100-mile ‘glide missiles’ could prove to be a game changer in Kyiv’s military capabilities, and in its fight against Vladimir Putin’s invading forces.
  • Built by Boeing and Saab, the new precision-guided missiles will also supplement Ukraine’s existing ATACM rockets, which are provided by the US.
  • Their arrival follows months of testing by the United States military, but even the US doesn’t have these weapons in its arsenal, sources cited by Politico said.
  • Ukraine is set to receive the Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bombs as early as today, according to the US officials familiar with the matter, a relief for officials in Kyiv after the EU said it would provide only half the shells it promised by March.
  • A precision-guided weapon of this type could allow Ukraine to again strike high-value targets more consistently and conserve its ever-dwindling supply of shells that it vitally needs to keep Russian advances at bay in the coming months and year.

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