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"The problem is not that Putin is smart," former US President Donald Trump says during a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida. "The real problem is our leaders are dumb." Trump says Putin must think he "can take over a whole country" with only the minimal consequence of sanctions from NATO leaders. SOUNDBITE
The personal lawyer to President Donald Trump says there was about a '50/50' chance that his Ukrainian associate, Andrii Derkach, was a 'Russian spy.' Business Insider reports Rudy Giuliani also said he'd shared details of stolen emails and data supposedly sent by Hunter Biden with Trump and other top Republicans. Business Insider reports Giuliani weighed in on claims and concerns that the recent leaks were part of a disinformation campaign orchestrated by a foreign government. Saying they 'were a bunch of bulls--t,' Giuliani, 76, also confirmed he'd previously informed President Trump about the contents of the leaked files. He added that other top Republicans, like Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, had also been informed of the hacked information.
A beer company in Ukraine uses leaders of Russia, U.S. and Germany to boost sales. Sasha Salama reports.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a lavish ceremony on Red Square following a landslide victory in his country’s presidential elections. The concert marks the tenth anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, when Moscow formally recognised the peninsula as a federal subject. IMAGES
People respond to a call from opposition figure Yulia Navalnaya to turn up at polling stations at midday Moscow time (0900 GMT) in a form of protest that attempts to overwhelm them. Before his death in an Arctic prison last month, opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who galvanised mass anti-Putin rallies, had urged Russians to protest on March 17. The polling station is where opposition leader Alexei Navalny was registered. IMAGES
Sweden joining NATO shows Russian President Vladimir Putin "failed" in his Ukrainian war strategy of weakening the alliance, its chief Jens Stoltenberg says. The Kremlin's invasion not only prompted formerly non-aligned nations Sweden and Finland to come under NATO's defence umbrella, but now "Ukraine is closer to NATO membership than ever before," Stoltenberg adds. SOUNDBITE
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