Holy cow: an interview with a dyed-in-the-wool commie! Putin handles him pretty well, though.

NBC’s Keir Simmons: — a direct question? Did you order Alexei Navalny’s assassination?

Vladimir Putin: Of course not. We don’t have this kind of habit, of assassinating anybody. That’s one. Number two is I want to ask you: Did you order the assassination of the woman who walked into the Congress and who was shot and killed by a policeman? (Ashli Babbit) Do you know that 450 individuals were arrested after entering the Congress? And they didn’t go there to steal a laptop. They came with political demands. 450 people—

Keir Simmons [Like a freaking genius]: You’re talking about the Capitol riot.

Vladimir Putin: —have been detained. They’re facing— they’re looking— they’re— they’re looking at jail time, between 15 and 25 years. And they came to the Congress with political demands. Isn’t that persecution for political opinions? Some have been accused of plotting to topple— to take over-government power. Some are accused of— robbery. They didn’t go there to rob.

— NBC News | June 14, 2021 | Text Transcript

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