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Vladimir Putin and Numbers

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Julia Ioffe: “Who would’ve thought that Vladimir Putin was so into numerology and anniversaries. On August 8, 2008—08/08/08—he invaded Georgia. Shortly after midnight in Moscow, on February 22, 2022—02/22/22—he sent troops into the Donbas region of Ukraine after recognizing the independence of the two breakaway ‘people’s republics’ of Donetsk and Luhansk.”

“It also marked the day, exactly eight years ago, that Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych fled Ukraine (with Putin’s help) after ordering his troops to open fire on the protestors in Kyiv’s Maidan, killing over 100 people.”

Speaking of anniversaries, perhaps Biden should remind Putin of this one.
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