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[показать]> > The newspapers generally reported that Putin had joined a Masonic Lodge in Germany, immediately as he first left Russia. They were very specific. Why would they make it up and publish it in countless newspapers?
> > P.N. Budzelovich confirmed this to me and added that upper circles in Russian now belong to "the Order of the Eagle".
> > Practically everybody I know is a Mason, or aspires to be. My Grandfather was. It is almost a sine qua non of social climbing.
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Это называется — I'm afraid we've moved in different social circles.
Что же до масонской биографии В.В.Путина, то раз уж P.N.Budzelovich подтверждает, — сомнений нет и быть не может. Шутка ли сказать — сам Budzelovich! Это вам не хухры-мухры.