DISINFO: The West punishes Russia for having chosen Putin as a president again

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DISINFO: The West punishes Russia for having chosen Putin as a president again

SUMMARY

Russia has been for Putin. Russians have chosen Putin and now are being punished for this. The date [for expulsion of Russian diplomats after Salisbury attack] was chosen in purpose: March 26th This is the anniversary of the first victory of Putin. This is a special diplomatic action.

RESPONSE

The expulsion has nothing to do with the Russian election.

On Sunday 4 March Sergei and Yulia Skripal were poisoned in Salisbury with a military-grade nerve agent of a type developed by Russia.

143 Russian intelligence officers based in 26 countries were expelled as a reaction to the attack. www.gov.uk/government/news/novichok-nerve-agent-use-in-salisbury-uk-government-response,

Many competing and contradictory stories promulgated by Russian state-controlled media, the only connecting thread being to confuse their audience and exclude any possibility of Russian involvement https://euvsdisinfo.eu/disinformation-cases/?text=sergei+skripal&disinfo_issue=&date=

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