https://t.me/jim_watkins/4591
Jim is NOT providing proper sauce on this.
Claim is that Putin wrote it and it "leaked" early.
Does anyone have any sauce on this?
"My dear friends in America, This is a special moment in history as I address you directly for the first time. As the President of the
Russian Federation, I felt the need to express my views to you directly without the filter of media or governmental organizations who
obscure the fact our two nations have existed peacefully for centuries. In fact, we were allies through not one but two world wars. We
have cooperated, culturally and scientifically for years, including most recently, on the international space station. Russian rockets have
taken Americans into space and American ships have delivered much needed medical and humanitarian aid to us in our times of need
There is NO REASON for our two great nations to be adversaries. Unfortunately, there are powers that be who do not want such
peaceful coexistence. Your current president represents them. He has steadfastly upped tension against Russia through direct personal
attacks on me, calling me a killer', a 'thug' and a 'butcher', and has instituted punishing diplomatic, economic and political sanctions on
the Russian people. These sanctions have not only cost us but have cost you the American people. You need not look beyond your local
gas pump, grocery store or rent payments to realize something is terribly wrong, and you need not look back more than a year ago to
realize you have been tricked into accepting an election result which has put an ILLEGITIMATE PRESIDENT into power. President Biden is
NOT and has NEVER been your TRUE representative. Just ask yourselves. Would anyone who cared about Americans do the things he's
done? The answer is clearly 'NO'. He oversaw the disastrous Afghan evacuation causing the death of 13 brave American
servicemembers and stranding billions of dollars of military gear; he has sabotaged America's energy industry by cancelling the
Keystone pipeline; he has passed punishing corporate taxes which have hobbled American companies; he has singlehandedly warped
America's moral values by calling men women and women men; he has robbed every citizen of their hard-earned money by unleashing.
a devastating wave of inflation and now he is dragging the United States and NATO by extension into a disastrous military confrontation
with us over Ukraine where the United States has no vested interests. He is adamant in stoking the Ukrainian crisis into a direct military
confrontation with Russian forces which by all analysis could lead to WW3. Please hear my words today. Take action today; rise up and
say 'NO' to war; say 'NO' to President Biden. Rise up by the thousands and tens of thousands and say 'YES' to peace
I salute you and bid you peace and happiness: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, President of the Russian Federation."