Ron Paul: ‘I Am Not Pro-Putin, I Am Not Pro-Russia, I Am Pro-Facts’

by | Feb 15, 2015

Ron Paul was a keynote speaker at the International Students for Liberty Conference in Washington, D.C. this weekend, where he enjoyed his usual enthusiastic reception among America’s youth, but found himself grilled by several east European visitors about his position on the civil war in Ukraine. “Why are you pro-Putin,” asked the foreign participants in the conference, who seek a more robust US military “solution” against the secession movement in east Ukraine. Dr. Paul replied with his usual, consistent position on these foreign conflicts: “I Am Not Pro-Putin, I Am Not Pro-Russia, I Am Pro-Facts,” he said. “The Ukraine coup was planned by NATO and EU… The best thing we can do for Ukraine is get the foreigners out,” he explained. Watch an excerpt from his speech here:

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  • Daniel McAdams

    Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity and co-Producer/co-Host, Ron Paul Liberty Report. Daniel served as the foreign affairs, civil liberties, and defense/intel policy advisor to U.S. Congressman Ron Paul, MD (R-Texas) from 2001 until Dr. Paul’s retirement at the end of 2012. From 1993-1999 he worked as a journalist based in Budapest, Hungary, and traveled through the former communist bloc as a human rights monitor and election observer.

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