NEWSMAX: …In an op-ed piece for Pravda on Thursday, [Sen. John] McCain contends that Putin is a virtual dictator presiding over a “political system that is sustained by corruption and repression and isn’t strong enough to tolerate dissent.”
“The senator has his own outlook on things, but I think he still does not have enough information on our country,” Putin said, responding to questions at the discussion club of Valdai, according to the news site Russia Behind the Headlines.
Putin invited McCain, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, to participate in the work of the discussion club in Valdai, which is a group of Russian intellectuals, politicians, and journalists that gathers annually and discusses the country’s future… (more)
