Posted on 04/13/2016 11:28:57 AM PDT by marvel5
The story of Putin’s fabled billions is a case study of something which people passionately believe in independently of any facts.
As often happens in such cases, those who believe in that thing then hunt around for facts to prove it true.
Every so often they come up with facts they claim proves it true. On careful examination however it turns out they do nothing of the sort.
When that is pointed out to the true believers it does not change their belief that what they believe is true. Instead they retreat into denial and set off hunting for new facts.
In my opinion none of the claims about Putin’s billionaire fortune are true and some of them are demonstrably false. In this article I will try to explain why.
(Excerpt) Read more at russia-insider.com ...
Well, if Russian Insider says it isn’t so, then I believe it!
Did they check under his big Panama with a purple hat band?
Wait, we haven’t heard from Russia Today! Maybe Thom Hartmann will “investigate”!
If Putin doesn’t have billions by now, he’s a dummy.
Putin’s no dummy. It’s sort of like how American legislators retire with wildly more money than they could have earned legitimately.
He was born a poor Cossack child...
I trust George Soros even less than I do Vlad Putin, so I don’t know who to believe.
LoL
So, why put billions into banks he knows are an open book to every Intelligence agency worth its salt ?
JMHo
Who needs billions when you’ve got the entire Russian economy and military at your service?...............
Ping to article on no Putin wealth.
Did they look into his tan shoes with pink shoelaces?
Russia Insider is a crazily jingoistic Russian blog.
If he’s ever deposed over there (and lives through it) he can make a fortune giving talks in our Marxist-oriented universities.
He owns a country. That’s enough.
” . . . I don’t know who to believe.”
As Reagan allegedly said, “they probey eye the browney eye so trust but verify.” Or something like that. /dumb joke
He also has billions. Money just makes everything so much easier be it renting a luxury yacht for his daughter’s vacation or a palace for her wedding.
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