From https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/33711-document-3-memorandum-conversation-subject-meeting-president-russia (at https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/foia-russia-programs/2025-12-23/archive-lawsuit-opens-vladimir-putin-memconstelcons)
(from this french account)
(just something more to add to the long list)
It’s hard to call someone a dictator when he’d have won those elections whether he rigged them or not. He’s genuinely that popular with the proletariat as well as the bourgeoisie.
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