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Chris Murphy: “Putin, for instance, wears a watch that retails for a half a…”

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Published | Video Starts at 02:44

In other words, he stole it from the Russian people. Putin and his friends have been doing it for so long and doing it so openly and brazenly. Putin, for instance, wears a watch that retails for a half a million dollars, even though his official salary is only $140,000. They've been doing this so openly and brazenly. They're so public in their corruption in Russia that it's just accepted, it's just mainstream. (02:44–02:52)

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Asserts that Putin wears a watch worth $500,000 despite an official salary of $140,000.

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