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Trump’s tariffs teach Europe a lesson, Putin says

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As he watches Europe’s confrontation with President Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to be enjoying an “I told you so” moment.

European leaders long ignored his warnings about the dangers of a world dominated by the United States, Putin said Thursday during his nationally broadcast annual call-in show . With Trump’s new metals tariffs, Putin said, Europeans are now finally getting their comeuppance for showing excessive deference to Washington — and getting a taste of the way the United States had long treated Russia.

“In essence, these are sanctions,” Putin said of the tariffs. “What, did they ‘annex Crimea,’ as many of our partners say?”

Putin went on: “Our partners probably thought that these counterproductive policies would never affect them. . . . No one wanted to listen, and no one wanted to do anything to stop these tendencies. Here we are.”

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Schism is Official! Holy Synod of Russian Orthodox Church Breaks Communion With Constantinople

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Orthodox Patriarch Cyril – Protestants have failed

His Holiness Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Cyril has praised saint Mark of Ephesus for preventing false union with Rome and all errors that are spreading in the west.


How Putin Is Using The Orthodox Church To Build His Power

Vladimir Putin’s victory in the March Russian presidential elections came as no surprise. Putin has spent much of the past two decades building an enduring and loyal following in Russia, and alliances with some of the country’s most powerful institutions — none, perhaps, more important that the Russian Orthodox Church,