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Former President Donald Trump is a "Manchurian candidate" for Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to exiled Putin critic Andrei Piontkovsky. Piontkovsky, a prominent scientist and political analyst, wrote in an opinion article published by The Kyiv Post earlier this week that Trump defeating President Joe Biden in November would be "a dangerous disaster for the U.S., Ukraine, and the West, essentially installing an instrument of the Kremlin in power in Washington." "If Trump wins, he will enter the White House on Jan. 20, 2025, as a much more dangerous president than he was in 2017," wrote Piontkovsky. "He will be...