Morning Joe 4/12/22

Morning Joe

Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, MS NOW, Willie Geist

Washington, Congress, Government, Politics, President, Scarboro, Election, Brezinski, Ms Now, News, Issues, Giest, Campaign

3.9 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Russian President Vladimir Putin is reported to be conducting a 'Stalinist' mass purge of Russian secret intelligence, dismissing about 150 Federal Security Bureau officers, including some who have been arrested, according to a Times of London report. The Morning Joe panel discusses.

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0:00.0	Good evening. As you may have heard, Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt.
0:08.0	Apparently, foreign banks do not accept turnips as money.
0:12.0	So to make up the necessary cash, Russia will be holding a yard sale.
0:17.0	Get great deals like this Commodore 64 with floppy disk drive, yours for only $5.
0:24.9	Or this 1992 Spin Doctors album, Little Miss can't be wrong.
0:30.7	This album rocks and the two princes agree.
0:33.9	Or this cat puzzle missing just four pieces.
0:37.3	I will tell you now it's just the left paw.
0:40.5	How about a VHS tape of overboard?
0:43.9	The chemistry between Kurt Russell and Goldie Haan is pure magic.
0:49.2	Wow.
0:50.2	Good morning and welcome to morning, Joe.
0:52.2	It is Tuesday, April 12th. We begin with Russian President
0:56.2	Vladimir Putin turning to what looks similar to a Stalinesque purge within his government,
1:02.8	although Kremlin officials have publicly claimed the war is going according to plan.
1:08.0	Behind the scenes, about 150 agents from Moscow's Secret Intelligence Service,
1:14.1	the FSB, have been, quote, purged since the war began. That's according to the times of London.
1:20.2	Some have been removed from their jobs, others arrested, as Putin looks to assign blame for Russia's
1:27.3	failures in Ukraine. Among those arrested, the head of the
1:31.4	department directly responsible for overseeing affairs with Ukraine. Something all of those
1:38.3	reportedly punished have in common is that they were all employed or formally employed by a division once led by Putin.
1:47.9	The fifth service, as it's called, was set up in the late 1990s to carry out operations
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