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A week before the Russian elections, an otherwise staid conclusion to the Russian political calendar was averted with televised allegations of Vladimir Putin’s own meddling in the 2016 American elections. Sitting down for an interview with NBC News’ Megyn Kelly, the Russian president was confronted over having ordered Russian state-backed involvement In American elections. Nonplussed, Putin intimated that the fault was not with Russians, but that perhaps certain other nationalities were involved. “Maybe they’re not even Russians,” he said. “Maybe they’re Ukrainians, Tatars, Jews, just with Russian citizenship. Even that needs to be checked out. Maybe they have dual citizenship. Or maybe a green card. Maybe it was the Americans who paid them for this work. How do you know? I don’t know.”
Putin’s breezy denial caused an international furor that he had likely not expected or intended. Accusations of anti-Semitism poured forth. Was Putin really blaming the Jews for corrupting American elections? Continue reading "Putin and the Jews? It's Complicated." at... |