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Odoreida

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Fri Jun 28, 2019, 07:33 PM Jun 2019

Putin: Russian president says liberalism 'obsolete' (BBC)

Putin: Russian president says liberalism 'obsolete'
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48795764

Vladimir Putin has said liberalism is "obsolete" in an interview before he left for the G20 summit.

The Russian president said the ideology that has underpinned Western democracies for decades had "outlived its purpose".

The Russian leader also praised the rise of populism in Europe and America, saying ideas like multiculturalism were "no longer tenable".

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Putin: Russian president says liberalism 'obsolete' (BBC) (Original Post) Odoreida Jun 2019 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2019 #1
Exactly. onecaliberal Jun 2019 #2
It doesn't allow for fascism, thugs, drug and human trafficking, wholesale rape and murder. 58Sunliner Jun 2019 #3
Why should I Leith Jun 2019 #4

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