The Russian Embassy in the U.S. tweeted this a while ago:
#Putin: A multipolar world is emerging and this is partly due to @Russia’s efforts to stand up for its interests https://t.co/ryhNWgXGsB pic.twitter.com/xJXUvMLsU7
— Russia in USA ?? (@RusEmbUSA) June 1, 2017
Uh, yeah, we noticed. The New York Times elaborates on Putin’s remarks:
MOSCOW — Shifting away from his previous blanket denials of Russian involvement in cyberattacks last year to help the presidential campaign of Donald J. Trump, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia denied any state role on Thursday but said that “patriotically minded” private Russian hackers could have been involved.
Mr. Putin’s comments, made during a meeting with Russian and foreign news agencies in St. Petersburg, were a departure from the Kremlin’s previous position: that Russia had played no role whatsoever in the hacking of the Democratic National Committee and that, after Mr. Trump’s victory, the country had become the victim of antiRussia hysteria among crestfallen Democrats.
Feeling toyed with yet? I’m not sure what Putin’s motive is here. Seems at least partly a victory lap, and that’s understandable; if I had managed to install an incompetent demagogue as head of my chief rival’s government, utterly destroyed that country’s international reputation and thoroughly undermined its institutions in such a short time, I’d find it hard not to crow too.
What do y’all think the crafty, murderous bastard is up to with these not-so-subtle digs and shifts? I think he must be jerking pretty hard on Trump’s leash, what with the decision yesterday to restore the luxurious spy compounds to their rightful owners. WTF?