"Putin said he would be willing to negotiate new security arrangements for Europe, and that his preferred negotiating partner would be Germany's former Chancellor Gerhard Schrder.

The ex-chancellor is a longstanding friend of Putin, and controversial because of his work for Russian state-owned energy firms."

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TACO Vlad?

Mistakes were made... including cutting Moscow off from the Internet, while at the same time not paying Moscow Police to keep the People from demonstrating.

And now... no show of mighty Military Force today in Red Square after nearly two decades in a row of that Show of Force.