Putin the Terror

Putin’s Next Big Move Goes Public

Russian President Vladimir Putin, who just secured another six-year term in office, said he was considering creating a buffer zone been Ukraine and the Russian-held territories in the east, The Hill reported.

At a March 17 press conference following his landslide election victory, (Putin kills his opposition) Putin lashed out at Kyiv for launching attacks on Russian soil and said he had discussed with Kremlin officials a plan to create a “sanitary zone” in Ukraine territories controlled by Kyiv to protect Russians along the border.

Putin’s election brings him closer to becoming the longest-running president in more than 200 years; he has already tweaked the constitution to allow him to effectively rule for life.

Ever since Boris Yeltsin ordered tanks to shell the Russian legislature and pushed through a constitution in 1993, Russia’s constitution has created the ultimate strongman president, placing more constitutional power in the president than most countries in the world.

Putin did not specify how these “sanitary zones” would work.

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