Mother Jones
By: Bryan Schatz

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On April 16, 2015, one month after Russian soldiers entered eastern Ukraine and joined Moscow-backed separatists in the slaughter of more than 130 Ukrainian troops in a town called Debaltseve, Russian President Vladimir Putin continued to perpetuate a claim that was growing increasingly ludicrous. “I can tell you outright and unequivocally that there are no Russian troops in Ukraine,” he declared in a broadcast to the Russian people…

What’s more, this approach works even when the lies are debunked. “The issue, which is seriously real, is literally tailor-made to be dismissed as conspiracy theory and therefore ignored,” says Patrick Skinner, a former CIA case officer who now works at The Soufan Group, a security consulting firm…

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