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TexasTowelie

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Wed Aug 6, 2025, 05:02 AM Aug 6

Dmitry Medvedev: Kremlin's attack dog - Eastern Express - TVP WORLD



Once seen as the West’s best hope for a modern, liberal Russia, Dmitry Medvedev has become one of the Kremlin’s most unhinged hardliners. From Silicon Valley photo-ops to Telegram rants about Ukraine, Medvedev’s transformation is both absurd and deeply telling. This episode explores how the former president reinvented himself as a hawk to stay politically relevant in Putin’s Russia. But is anyone buying it – and how long can he survive in a regime that devours its own?
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Dmitry Medvedev: Kremlin's attack dog - Eastern Express - TVP WORLD (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 6 OP
Putin and Trump operate the same: punish detractors, reward sycophancy. surfered Aug 6 #1

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1. Putin and Trump operate the same: punish detractors, reward sycophancy.
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 09:28 AM
Aug 6

Of course, Medvedev’s day drinking vodka helped.

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