Political Quotes

“We are seeing Putin's propaganda tactics, as we speak. The world is seeing it on full display. His regime is systematically shutting down the free flow of information surrounding this brutal war in Ukraine. The State run newspapers in Russia have been instructed to not use the words ``invasion'' or ``war.'' Just days ago, Putin's regime shut off Facebook access in the country. Now, again, whatever Russians are able to see what we are saying on the floor, this is the truth. This is the truth of what Vladimir Putin is doing to the truth and the dissemination of information of what is happening in Russia, what is happening to the people of Ukraine, not the propaganda you're hearing in Russia. Just days ago, Putin's regime shut off Facebook, as I said. The Russian newspaper translated as ``New Newspaper'' has a brave, freedom- loving editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov--he co-won last year's Nobel Peace Prize--who has been forced to remove all of the material on the newspaper's website related to Russia's aggression in the Ukraine. Think about that. That is what is happening. This isn't new. It is his track record. He came to power because of a terrorist act that was directed at Russia's own people. In 1999, three apartment buildings in Moscow, Dagestan, and Volgodonsk were bombed. Those bombings, allegedly the acts of Chechen terrorists, gave a pretext for going into Chechnya for a second war, thus solidifying support for Putin as head of the Security Council.…”