Michael McFaul

Michael McFaul @McFaul

Little evidence on the battlefield to suggest that Putin is just focused on Donbas now. — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

RT @StratcomCentre: In Budapest, at the site of the "Shoes on the Danube Bank" memorial in honor of the Hungarian Jews, people commemorate… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ianbremmer: who has sanctioned russia? very few countries…mostly the advanced industrial democracies (2/2) https://t.co/4WBGkIky8Z — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ianbremmer: who has condemned russia’s invasion of ukraine? most countries…and almost all the world’s democracies (1/2) https://t.c… — PolitiTweet.org

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Not all Russians think alike. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @avalaina: Anti-war performance on the steps of the St. Petersburg City Duma building. In the video, the girl repeats "Heart bleeds". T… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @EliotHiggins: Bellingcat, partnering with the BBC and @the_ins_ru, can reveal that popular Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was… — PolitiTweet.org

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Putin has been paranoid about the US out to overthrow his dictatorship for a long long time. I wrote a whole book about it: https://t.co/rxksoWaph4 — PolitiTweet.org

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In 1983, lots of analysts berated Reagan when he called the USSR the "evil empire." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ukraine_world: Yesterday, the Russians set a "record" for the simultaneous number of missiles fired into Ukraine. 52 missiles were fire… — PolitiTweet.org

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Kiselyov says nothing without the Kremlin's permission. This is what he is saying now/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Песков прав. Россияне должны решать, кто управляет Россией и это должны быть свободные справедливые выборы, когда @navalny, главный соперник Путина, баллотируется, а не находится в тюрьме. — PolitiTweet.org

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And to state the obvious, the US is NOT trying to overthrow Putin's dictatorship. If the USG was, Putin's intelligence services would have shown you bank accounts of CIA money for Russian opposition leaders long ago. They haven't because they don't exist. 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Putin accused Obama, Clinton, and me of seeking to overthrow his dictatorship a decade ago. (I wrote a book about it.) Biden's comment added nothing new to Putin's worldview or his propaganda on this issue. THREAD 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Do you disagree with Biden and believe that Putin should remain in power? If so, say so in public. Explain why you think that's a good idea. I'll retweet your answer. — PolitiTweet.org

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Every time you express outrage about Biden not wanting to see Putin in power, can you please at least mention in the same paragraph that Putin is deploying his military to overthrow a democratically-elected regime in Ukraine? Please? Just one sentence about those facts. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @LeaBlackMiami: Exactly. But the press…. Let’s sensationalize it and obsess on it. — PolitiTweet.org

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Like some (not all) other Kremlin leaders before him, Putin has demonstrated that he cares little about the lives of his soldiers ... or their victims. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @McFaul: Dmitry Medvedev outlined in detail to the Guardian under what conditions Russia would use nuclear weapons. Note what he said an… — PolitiTweet.org

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I was watching @StanfordWBB win tonight! Did something else happen on tv tonight? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Biz_Ukraine_Mag: Russians who oppose Putin’s criminal war in Ukraine are using a new white-blue-white tricolour flag that symbolises th… — PolitiTweet.org

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Love it. — PolitiTweet.org

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Fantastic @StanfordWBB win! On to the Final Four! — PolitiTweet.org

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And as for actions, I have seen no evidence that Russian nuclear forces are on a higher alert now than before invading Ukraine. Correct me if I am wrong. 10/ END THREAD. — PolitiTweet.org

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In fact, compared to Russian doctrine before the invasion of Ukraine, I see nothing new at all in what Medvedev said regarding the conditions under which Russia would use nuclear weapons. What am I missing? 9/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Note, he did not say 'if Russia begins to lose on the battlefield in Ukraine' 8/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Note, he did not say 'If NATO supplies fighter jets to Ukraine.' 7/ — PolitiTweet.org

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That's all good news as none of these conditions are present or even being threatened. None will occur. NATO will never attack Russia preemptively, let alone jeopardize the existence of Russia. Never. 6/ — PolitiTweet.org

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"And the fourth case is when an act of aggression is committed against Russia and its allies, which jeopardized the existence of the country itself, even without the use of nuclear weapons, that is, with the use of conventional weapons." 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

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"The third is an attack on a critical infrastructure that will have paralyzed our nuclear deterrent forces." 4/ — PolitiTweet.org