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Breaking: Gergiev’s conquest has fallen

Breaking: Gergiev’s conquest has fallen

Eight and a half years ago, Valery Gergiev conducted an all-male concert in the ancient Syrian town of Palmyra to celebrate its reconquest by Putin forces on behalf of the chemical mass-murderer Bashir al-Assad.

This was the high point of Putin’s hubris.

Nemesis arrived this morning when Russian forces hastily evacuated Palmyra as Assad’s regime fell apart.

This message is from a Russian military blogger.

 

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