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hlthe2b

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4. Putin IS fluent in English. When he first returned to power 25 or more years ago he did a US tour

Reply to DemMedic (Original post)

Sat Aug 16, 2025, 06:26 AM

Aug 2025

and I heard an interview with him on NPR without a translator. His English was fluent, albeit accented.

(When I heard MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell claim otherwise, I was incensed. How could she, of all people, fail to remember his first American propaganda tour all those years ago... Damn! )

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Question about the Alaska meeting [View all] DemMedic Aug 2025 OP

Putin speaks English very well. He's just too snobbish to do it most of the time. KGB trained Walleye Aug 2025 #1

Thank you. DemMedic Aug 2025 #2

Did you ever see the clip of him singing Blueberry Hill? Walleye Aug 2025 #3

I think there is diplomacy involved as well Shermann Aug 2025 #5

Putin IS fluent in English. When he first returned to power 25 or more years ago he did a US tour hlthe2b Aug 2025 #4