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Former ambassador calls Witkoff’s praise of Putin cringeworthy

Former U.S. ambassador William Taylor calls envoy Steve Witkoff’s description of Vladimir Putin as “a humanitarian” cringeworthy. Witkoff made the remark after Putin released a U.S. citizen imprisoned in Russia since 2022, according to the report.
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