Posted on 03/11/2023 11:29:38 AM PST by dennisw
Former U.S. ambassador to Russia John Sullivan said Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is concerned about his own safety as his lifestyle is being impacted by his ongoing war in Ukraine.
CNN host Erin Burnett asked Sullivan during a TV appearance on OutFront about whether he thinks the Russian leader's lifestyle has been affected by the war. She was referring to a recent report that said Putin is now living with his girlfriend at a luxury estate outside of Moscow.
Putin's reported luxurious lifestyle has been questioned by some, given the heavy sanctions that the West imposed on Russia since the beginning of the war in Ukraine last February. Some of those sanctions include a ban on Russian oil and removing Russian banks from the international financing messaging system SWIFT, according to BBC News.
Sullivan said that Putin's lifestyle has in fact been impacted by his full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which is limiting his movements for safety reasons.
A Russian investigative news website called The Project recently reported, citing unnamed officials, that Putin is living with his girlfriend, former Olympic gymnast Alina Kabaeva, in a villa at an estate he owns on Lake Valdai, which is located 400 kilometers northwest of Moscow and spans across 13,000 square feet, according to WION News. Children have also been spotted near the premises.
Putin's costly lifestyle has also been reported by Proekt, an independent Russian media group, which recently released photos of the residence's lavish interior and said that Putin used a Cypriot company as a front to finance his luxurious lifestyle, the Daily Mail reported earlier this month.
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Omigosh. A resolution from the UN. Russia’s in trouble now. Alert Hans! An anrgy letter is on the way.
Possibly.
Fog of war. So let's say 100,000 to 270,000 like you said.
I would say it's around 200,000 right now.
So what will it take for the Russians to overthrow Putin? 500,000 dead? 1,000,000?
This is not the same country. Soviet Union was the twice the size of modern day Russia. And they had a young population back then.
Put some ice on your EPIC Butthurt, Troll.
You injected yourself into the Epic Butthurt of a Putin Stooge Fool who regularly rants to me against Germany because I have Berlin in my name.
... that’s what’s wrong with that.
Britain could have the opposite support and the would still line-up like good little poodles just like with Iraq. So what’s your point there?
When Putin gets done in, do you think it will be via defenestration, poisoning, stomach cancer, or by a Russian firing squad?
“When Putin gets done in, do you think it will be via...”
Russian ice pick to the liver.
Leon Trotsky was actually done in by an ice axe. Its photo is here.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/13/trotsky-ice-axe-murder-mexico-city
That was an interesting article about Trotsky, his security, the failed attempt on his life, and the successful assassination with that unlikely weapon.
Glad you liked!
Russian ice pick to the liver.
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