“A natural and necessary cleansing of the nation.” Those words rolled out of Vladimir Putin’s mouth on Wednesday evening. In a new speech, he referred to pro-Western Russians as “scum and traitors”. Those who do not walk the Kremlin’s path will be “spit out like flies”. Steel-hard language of the Russian president. “These are words of a man cornered,” experts say.
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Putin’s terrifying speech: “Confident that natural and necessary purification will strengthen our country”
