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Dutch Finance Minister Admits He Lied About Putin's Plans For A "Greater Russia"

In a shocking admission, Dutch Foreign Minister Halbe Zijlstra said he lied when he claimed to have heard President Vladimir Putin describing an ambition to unify Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the Baltic states and Kazakhstan into a single super-state to rival the influence of the former Soviet Union.

Zijlstra claimed at a party conference in 2016 that he had overheard Putin outlining the grand plan for a "Greater Russia" in 2006 during a gathering of businessmen. At the time, Zijlstra was working at Shell, RT reports.

In the original retelling of the story, Zijlstra said he had been in a back room of a dacha (country house) when he heard Putin define "Great Russia" as "Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and the Baltic states," adding that "Kazakhstan was nice to have."

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So I spent a number of hours scouring all the usual msm 'sources', especially WaPo. I tracked down and read every link, and every link in every linked article ... and so on till I got down to the beginning link in every series of links.

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I was actually trying to figure out what the heck is behind the latest flurry of Russia-blaming. I read several articles that all focused on the same 'problem' of 'armies' of Russian agents trying to bamboozle the US. They even used the same words and phrases.

Well, *I* didn't know there was anything new, different, noteworthy going on. So I went looking. I mean I REALLY went looking. What in HECK were they going on about?

And all I could find was the puzzling case of the non-troll troll, who never posted anything noteworthy, or controversial, OR EVEN POLITICAL.

Hm. Is THAT the troll army? And, if so - what could they possibly be trying to do?

And all I can figure is - if they're not posting anything controversial, or inflammatory, or critical, or even political - maybe they're trying to sow distrust in the government and media by telling us the truth. That's all that seems to be left.

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Disgraced Dutch Foreign Minister Resigns After Admitting Lying About Putin's "Greater Russia" Comment

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So, speaking of the slow drip-drip-drip of truth ...

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Boy, if this happened here, the upper half of our intelligence agencies, most of our politicians, and a third of our media would resign!

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Not a chance your assertion that that is what's going on here is accurate. Nope, not a chance.

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Boy, if this happened here, the upper half of our intelligence agencies, most of our politicians, and a third of our media would resign!

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So, speaking of the slow drip-drip-drip of truth ...

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Boy, if this happened here, the upper half of our intelligence agencies, most of our politicians, and a third of our media would resign!

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I know! If all the people who lied about having contacts with The Russians were fired or resigned, the swamp would be drained by now. That slow drip drip is Mueller taking his time - it's probably what Trump hears every night as he tries to go to sleep.

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I say 'they' the way the FBI says 'they' when it talks about ARMIES!!!! of trolls, but can only point to one, lone, non-troll.

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Here's how the U.S. is combating 'fake news' from Russia

The center's 66 employees coordinates with U.S. agencies, such as the FBI and Department of Homeland Security, to target the American audience. It works with social media companies that have been used to spread foreign propaganda. And it also consults with foreign governments who face similar threats.

France, Germany, Estonia, Ukraine and the Czech Republic have had recent experience countering Russian disinformation efforts.

WASHINGTON — The State Department prepares to get its first funds to tackle Russian meddling in U.S. politics as U.S. intelligence warns that its interference in American elections continues.

Funding for the mission is finally expected to arrive in coming days as an agreement to transfer $40 million from the Defense Department is expected this week, more than doubling its current budget of $35 million.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/02/13/global-engagement
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In other words, the US imposes censorship - in defense of 'freedom'. Congratulations, you've gone in a complete circle and stuck your head up your own ass.

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You guys are just too stupid. It's you, it's Russia that is the one doing everything you trolls piss about here. I know, tell it to rappy, he believes everything that's moronic.

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Russia is threatening to block YouTube and Instagram over video of oligarch

Russia has threatened to block access to YouTube and Instagram if the sites do not remove video and photographs that show a senior government official sailing on a yacht with a billionaire oligarch, who has links with the former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort.

Russia’s state-controlled media watchdog, Roskomnadzor, on Saturday ordered that 14 Instagram posts and seven YouTube videos be deleted that show metals magnate Oleg Deripaska on a yacht with a Russian deputy prime minister, Sergey Prikhodko, and a woman who has described herself as an escort.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/russia-threatening-block-youtube-i
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Sounds like a hostile takeover to me!

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Blocking media - - - in Russia. Are you Russian?

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