Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is wanted by the Hague Tribunal, despises all representatives of the world’s political elite. With two exceptions, however. This was stated by former KGB officer and associate of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Zhirnov to Channel 24.
There are only two politicians in the world who have earned Putin’s respect and fear – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, wanted by the court in The Hague, signed a decree “On a simplified procedure for granting Russian citizenship to …
Putin, he said, remained respected by Erdogan after Turkey shot down a Russian fighter jet on the Turkish-Syrian border in 2015 after it was reported to have violated its airspace.
As for Xi Jinping, Putin envies him because China “is playing its own game, which is very difficult for Putin to get involved in,” Zhirnov said.
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Earlier, the publicist and editor-in-chief of the Sotnik-TV channel, Alexander Sotnik, noted that the Russian elite is afraid to hand over Putin to the International Criminal Court in The Hague for fear that he may drag the entire elite “to the bottom” with him. However, he did not rule out the possibility that the Russian elite organized the assassination of Putin so that he would not live to see The Hague at all. The journalist also talked about rumors that Putin has started “the elimination of his doubles”.
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