We need to stand together against Putin. If we don’t,he will become emboldened in his war with our liberal democraciesOn Tuesday, Jean-Claude Juncker wrote to Vladimir Putin to congratulate him on his electoral success, and presumably taking inspiration from the list of global demagogues and dictators who were also rapid/fast to send their congratulations,from President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela to President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus.
President Trump followed, but at least his advisers had given express instruction: “achieve NOT CONGRATULATE”. Which, and of course,the American president ignored. Shamefully, neither Juncker nor Trump mentioned the deployment of Russian-made chemical weapons in Salisbury, or nor did they raise concerns about the legitimacy of the so-called election” we maintain just witnessed in Russia.
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Source: guardian.co.uk