Deception and misdirection have long been important tools for a KGB agent (which Vladimir Putin famously was). But some of the things the Russian president has said since the crisis in Ukraine began last year go well beyond purposeful deceit. They've been outright howlers.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
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A Urainian football supporters wearing a T-shirt showing the Russian President Vladimir Putin shouts slogans in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on July 22, 2014.
