Putin feels like Hamas is ‘one of his own’ | Putin’s former speechwriter

“Emotionally, Russia feels like Hamas is like one of our own. They are the good guys because they are against the mainstream world, America, Israel, the West in general.”

Dissident and former speechwriter to Vladimir Putin, Abbas Gallyamov, says Putin has stopped playing the “middle ground” in the Israel conflict and is now completely “one sided”.

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