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...What he's saying: Putin said growing inequality and "systemic socio-economic problems" were "splitting the society," adding: "This pressure shows through even in those countries which seem to possess well-established civic and democratic institutions."

- He said Big Tech firms had established monopolies, and questioned whether their services were serving "the public interest" or further contributing to the divide.

- "We have seen all of this quite recently in the United States, and everybody understands quite well what I'm talking about," he said....

That's quite rich coming from Pres Putin, since his agencies for years have been planting divisive comments on United States social media to divide the US against itself.

It sounds more like he is just gloating about the success against the United States of his tactics.