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@EvansRyan202 Is probably the better way to go. — PolitiTweet.org

Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

@EvansRyan202 I don't think it should be a stated policy, if that's what you mean. For all the reasons that the tweet blew up, that would be a needless provocation. I think a quiet understanding among the allies, military and financial, that things won't fully unwind with Putin at the helm... — PolitiTweet.org

Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

men are disgusting on Twitter. — PolitiTweet.org

Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

Well, yes — PolitiTweet.org

Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

...it is only recently operating at. I don't believe in normalizing trade and financial relations with Russia while this regime remains in power. Is that clearer? — PolitiTweet.org

Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

For example, lessening long-term European energy dependency on Russia, engaging in massive international anti-corruption and money-laundering efforts, refusing to normalize trade relations with Russia, and having NATO countries continue to operate at a level of readiness that... — PolitiTweet.org

Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

pressure on Putin organized around the Ukrainian conflict, (4) I believe the threat from Russia will not subside while Putin remains in power, and therefore (5) I believe in supporting Russian popular desire for change while leveraging elements of that pressure. — PolitiTweet.org

Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

Okay, @EvansRyan202, that's a serious issue. Let me try to be as clear as possible: (1) I believe Putin needs to go, (2) I believe a lot of brave Russians are working on that at great risk to themselves, (3) I believe the world has put in place an infrastructure of .... — PolitiTweet.org

Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

Welcome to my world @ally_mushka.... — PolitiTweet.org

Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

@CarlssonTucker1 I do, but I do not advocate violence. I advocate the Russian people rising up and dealing with this situation through mass action. — PolitiTweet.org

Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

@ally_mushka Maybe we should invite @DavidAFrench too! — PolitiTweet.org

Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

@ally_mushka DM me. — PolitiTweet.org

Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

This tweet wins the internet today. I would love to buy this woman lunch. — PolitiTweet.org

Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

Yes, the point was not subtle. It has been intentionally missed by people who wished to intentionally miss it. — PolitiTweet.org

Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

RT @DamonLinker: @roddreher @JDVance1 You think he's advocating the US invade Russia to overthrow Putin? He expressing a hope that very tou… — PolitiTweet.org

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I have nothing further to say on this subject. — PolitiTweet.org

Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

For those genuinely confused. https://t.co/NSvI8QlTRk — PolitiTweet.org

Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

And I do not engage with the Kremlin's useful idiots. I am appending this thread to the original tweet so that nobody will be actually confused about what I do and do not believe and advocate. If you hear anyone suggesting that I am warmongering, that person is simply lying. — PolitiTweet.org

Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

But the tweet did not blow up among those who actually follow me. It blew up among people who do not—many of them Putin's stooges of the right and left: https://t.co/LLucKURBMi — PolitiTweet.org

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Most of my Twitter followers did too, I'm sure. A few people were confused and I tried to engage with them politely about what I was and wasn't saying. Thanks to them for the engagement and responses: https://t.co/zRsDBd5zMa — PolitiTweet.org

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Russia hands knew exactly what I meant: https://t.co/HyxPVdA9kt — PolitiTweet.org

Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

Does anyone, for example, really think that Germany is going to say, as soon as the Ukraine conflict ends, "Oh, that 2 percent GDP on defense stuff? Never mind!" — PolitiTweet.org

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My point was that it's hard for me to imagine unwinding these actions entirely while Putin was still in power. Rather, as many other people are saying—including Russians speaking in Russian—the regular order cannot return while Putin remains: https://t.co/PNa4M7Ksrc — PolitiTweet.org

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It came in the context of a series of actions by Western governments—which I support wholeheartedly—to isolate Russia in non-military fashions and support the international order. — PolitiTweet.org

Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

The tweet in question came in the context of a long series of tweets I have been assembling over the past several days of Russian and Belorussian protests opposing the war and demanding change. https://t.co/dqb1XmD2Mi — PolitiTweet.org

Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

For the benefit of anyone who is actually confused, rather than shilling for Putin, I do not believe in US military involvement in the conflict in Ukraine and have never advocated anything of the kind—much less for the US engaging in forcible regime change in Russia. — PolitiTweet.org

Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

By contrast, here is @Leonid_Gozman: — PolitiTweet.org

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https://t.co/p5XayRo4Mo — PolitiTweet.org

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https://t.co/zDXtbc9Xas — PolitiTweet.org

Russian Embassy in USA @benjaminwittes

https://t.co/3AURnjHcuo — PolitiTweet.org