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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Atkinson

Russian actress and poet Vera Polozkova brands Putin the ‘main maniac of 21st century’

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Russian president Vladimir Putin has been branded the “main maniac of the 21st century” by a leading Russian actress as his war on Ukraine enters its tenth month.

Vera Polozkova, 36, expressed her feeling of “crazy pain and shame” over Russia’s self-styled special military operation in Ukraine, and urged her fellow citizens to prepare to acknowledge, repent and atone for Moscow’s “crimes”.

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