I feel like I hit a nerve asking you those questions.

Only so far as its cringey to find people in GAW swallowing main stream narrative.

If you had phrased whether I believe all those things, would have been a question. But your phrasing was "Are we okay with ... " as if those assumptions were forgone conclusions. To me it shows lack of critical thinking, hitting a nerve, esp in this community.

Sorry, I don't do that with any politician, Putin included

But you accept what you read on mainstream at its word? This makes it worse since you had already read Putin's address and were aware that an alternative narrative exists and still accepted the main stream narrative as the conclusion.

Also, to take Putin as a benevolent human being might be a mistake.

No one said anything about Putin being a benevolent human. Again, this kind of black or white thinking makes me cringe, esp here. Is there no other possibility other than Putin being evil and him being a benevolent human? I have discussed this point so many times, you can check my past comments, but I consider Putin a nationalist only out for the interests of Russia, and right now it coincides with ours in that he needs the Cabal gone as much as we do.

As a prior KGB agent, Putin most assuredly has plenty of skeletons in his past.

No doubt. He also knows skeletons of many important people. Fact that he has survived so far openly hostile to the Cabal makes me think his skeletons are not the kind we imagine. I wont be surprised if he was cultivated by someone, part of the Plan. Only time will tell.

Whether you believe Putin is good, bad, evil or whatever, thats fine. Please just dont go about accepting what the main stream tells you.