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Why the Western far right supports Vladimir Putin

Why the Western far right supports Vladimir Putin

And why it might still ensure his victory

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Feb 10, 2023
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Vladimir Putin believes time is on his side. A leader with no concern for the lives of his ill-trained and shockingly led men, can keep sending conscripts to their deaths until Western opposition to Russian imperialism crumbles.

Putin knows the West’s greatest weakness is the movement that once boasted that it was freedom’s staunchest defen…

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