Anne Applebaum: 'the West Doesn't Understand the Extremism of Putinism' [video]
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Applebaum discusses the extremism of Putinism and its implications, sparking debate on the West's understanding of and response to it.
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I think this just ignores that 30% of the west wants putinism.
Dealing with home grown far right religious white supremacy is difficult. Putin became very good at exporting this that billionaires in America think theyre on some moral crusadw.