[ April 23, 2024 ]
President Vladimir Putin caused a worldwide gasp when he suggested that Jewish people were to blame for interfering in America’s elections in 2016.
He made the remarks while outright dismissing Russia’s involvement in the election process.
Putin, who faces a reelection this month, is expected to win handily.
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The Algemeiner has more on his shocking statements:
A suggestion by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s in a NBC News interview that Jews might have meddled in the 2016 US presidential election raised eyebrows across the world this weekend.
Dismissing allegations that the Kremlin orchestrated an effort to bolster Donald Trump and undermine Hillary Clinton, Putin — who is expected to easily win re-election in a March 18 vote — queried NBC’s Megyn Kelly, “Why have you decided the Russian authorities, myself included, gave anybody permission to do this?”
Referring to special counsel Robert Mueller’s recent indictment of 13 Russian nationals and three Russian companies for election interference, Putin asked, “So what if they’re Russians? There are 146 million Russians. So what? … I don’t care. I couldn’t care less. … They do not represent the interests of the Russian state.”
“Maybe they’re not even Russians,” he continued. “Maybe they’re Ukrainians, Tatars, Jews, just with Russian citizenship. Even that needs to be checked. 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.”
In a tweet on Saturday, the American Jewish Committee (AJC) called Putin’s words “eerily reminiscent of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.”
“He should clarify his comments at the earliest opportunity,” the AJC said.
On Sunday, Anti-Defamation League (ADL) CEO Jonathan Greenblatt stated, “President Putin bizarrely has resorted to the blame game by pointing the finger at Jews and other minorities in his country.”
“It is deeply disturbing to see the Russian president giving new life to classic antisemitic stereotypes that have plagued his country for hundreds of years, with a comment that sounds as if it was ripped from the pages of the ‘Protocols of the Elders of Zion,’” Greenblatt continued. “We live in a moment when antisemitic incidents are on the rise and words can have profound consequences, particularly when spoken by public figures or elected officials like President Putin. We hope he swiftly clarifies his words before they cause further damage to those communities he has singled out.”
Israeli lawmaker Ksenia Svetlova, of the center-left Zionist Union list, also criticized Putin in a tweet.
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17 Comments
6 years ago
But Democrats were okay with trying to push the reset button with him all of these years, and laughing at the Republicans when they suggested Putin was trying to become a national security threat until the Democrats became sore losers after losing in 2016.
6 years ago
The gaslighting before the pogrom…I’ve seen this story play out repeatedly in history.
6 years ago
The engine that runs history is the hatred for the people of God,….and is taking momentum on this century.
Maranatha.
6 years ago
Blame the Jews, that wore thin hundreds of years ago, do come up with some new material or risk the reputation of being boring.
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
Our pretend lawyer, and now pretend historian, little aemoreira1981 has EARNED her reputation of being boring. Give her some credit.
6 years ago
Reply to
Achmed Mohammedan
… ok, so long as she does not put up her brains for collateral.
6 years ago
It wasn’t the Russians. It wasn’t the Jews. It was the nation of izslum. Fartuhkahn directly issued the orders, and personally supervised the efforts.
6 years ago
Reply to
Achmed Mohammedan
It is interesting that the last comment was the only one to the point. The antiPutin hysteria is all organized by the nation of Islam. They are the only ones to whose advantage is this hysteria to detract attention from the real and present danger of ISLAM devouring Europe and trying to depose Trump in the USA big Satan and Netanyahu little Satan. I noticed that one of the comments came from the Israeli MP Svetlova, an expert in Arab affairs studied under the tutelage of the Soviet school of Primakov, selfhating Jew but very smart operator till his very death. Svetlova is smart Russian woman with wide contacts due to her Soviet/Russian expertise in the Middle East, second to no one, now acting very effectively on the Russian speaking Jewish and non-Jewish electorate in Israel with the aim to win them over to the leftist in Israel which is called by many the Israeli 5th column. Back to the point. Putin is the most pro Jewish ruler of Russia ever. He values relations with Israel and it helps him to maneuver in his complex game in the Middle East. He is as far prom antisemitism as Trump and antisemitism in Russia is historically low level. Especially by comparison with democratic Europe where anti Jewish emotions and anti Israel policies are rampant and approaching dangerous for their local Jews level. In Russia a relatively large Muslim population is watched over by the modern KGB closely and Arab imams are prohibited. Players in the mosques are only in Russian!!!
This is why it is a high priority for the Muslim Brotherhood and Arab clerical world to sow anti-Putin hysteria and they do it as always very successfully; unlimited money, bribing and creating left wing 5th column of haters willing to serve anyone who is against the regime that they are hating.
My message is simple to those who want to listen, because mostly people stick to their prejudices based on their emotions, not rationale. Do not become victims of FAKE NEWS!
6 years ago
No wonder Putin gets along so well w/muslum dictators like Erdogan and Abbas as well as the Iranian Repugnant.
6 years ago
Jewish In Name Only ‘George Soros’ types have an EXTRAORDINARILY disproportionate amount of power and control and wealth throughout Europe, America, universities, media etc. They are One Worlders who hate Israel and the revival of national pride in Europe. As a supporter of Israel and Zionism I believe this clique is more dangerous to Israel and civilization and the Jewish people than Isis or Iran (and yes I do believe Muslim Extremism is enormously dangerous).
6 years ago
The mass media is referencing these comments about Jews by Putin because the mass media is very sensitive about prominent people saying things about Jews. In light of this, I find it interesting that the media said nothing about Putin’s earlier comments about Jews. Just several years ago, Putin told Jews in Moscow that 80-85% of the early Communist/Bolshevik party was Jewish and not Russian. Interestingly, Jews in the audience did not dispute what Putin said.
Putin says 80%+ of the first Soviet government members were Jews during a visit to Moscow’s Jewish Museum and Jews in audience do not deny it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pDtgWUtdUM
6 years ago
Remember, this is a guy who blatantly STOLE a Superbowl Ring from an American business man in a brazen theft. That is all you need to know about this two-bit thief.
He seems to like to do dirty things in the background.
6 years ago
In the context he made that remark, I can hear sarcasm. First off, look who interviewed him. Putin deserves points for just talking to her. But the way he made his remark sounded to me like he is saying “I did not do this. I did not order this. I don’t know who did this, but it could have been, Iranians, North Korea, Chinese, Israel, or little blue men.” He made me think it was none of the above for sure, and not a blanket of blame on Jews.
I do not see any real significance to this claim, It sounds more like Sensational News.
6 years ago
NO, he didn’t blame the Jews. He was mocking Kelly, having fun with her and said, there are many people in Russia, many different groups in Russia of whom Jews are one, and the government cannot take responsibility for what they do.
Shame Pamela!!! This time you made FAKE NEWS!!!
