Putin poses in sheepskin during weekend getaway to Siberia after ‘drawing up a new kill list’ during Biden spat
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin posed for the camera in a sheepskin ensemble during a weekend getaway – just as he “created a new kill list” after his spat with Joe Biden.
The Kremlin on Sunday released the propaganda photos of Putin donning his sheepskin and fur suit during his trip to Siberia, days after Biden called him a “killer.”
In one snapshot from the government-sanctioned pics, Putin is seen smiling while standing in front of a camouflage tank.
In another photo, the Russian president is spotted again slightly smiling while leaning over a door of the all-terrain vehicle.
Putin was seen in other photos from the Kremlin alongside Sergey Shoigu, Russia’s defense minister; the two appear to be having a picnic.
It was reported on Sunday that Putin has drawn up a kill list with six of the targets living in the United Kingdom.
The Kremlin strongman is planning a post-pandemic assassination campaign, saying “no scum can hide from us,” a Russian intelligence officer warned one of the targets, according to the Mirror.
Russian agents have been accused of attempting to kill former KGB officer turned defector Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia using the Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury in 2018.
The murder of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in London, using radioactive polonium 210, is also highly likely to have been ordered by the Kremlin.
Now other Russians living in the UK – Vladimir Ashurkov, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Evgeny Chichvarkin, and Boris Karpichkov are also on Putin’s hit list, per the Mirror.
Also being targeted are long-time Kremlin-foe Bill Browder, an American-born UK citizen, and Christopher Steele, a former MI6 officer.
Steele was identified in 2017 as the author of the “dirty dossier” that claims Russia collated a file of compromising information on Donald Trump.
One of the six was sent details of Putin’s intentions by a sympathetic Russian intelligence officer.
Last week, during an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos, Biden called Putin a “killer” and has no soul – prompting a back-and-forth between the two world leaders.
In response, Putin said in a veiled threat that he wished Biden “good health.”
The Russian president retaliated by saying “it takes one to know one” after Biden denounced him and said he would “pay a price” for election meddling.
“We always see in another person our own qualities and think that he is the same as us,” Putin said.
Russia also dramatically recalled its US ambassador back to Moscow on Wednesday after Biden’s remark.
Vyacheslav Volodin, who is speaker of Russia’s parliament, the Duma, said: “Biden’s statement today is beyond common sense.
“The leader of a country that claims to be the bearer of democratic principles and morality cannot behave this way.
“Nobody is allowed to talk like that about our head of state.
“This is hysteria that comes from impotence.”
He added: “Vladimir Putin is our president. Attacks on him are attacks on our country.”
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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said of the backlash to Biden’s interview: “The president gave a direct answer to a direct question.
“President Biden’s known President Putin for a long time.
“They’ve both been on the global stage for a long time, worked through many iterations of a relationship between the United States and Russia, and he believes we can continue to do that,” she ended.