In December 2013
John McCain, live from Kyiv,tells CNN the US delegation in Ukraine is seeking to "bring about" a "transition" in the country(remove the government)
Declares how "pleased" he is that Victoria Nuland is with him on the scene, attempting to achieve this goal
🥴🥴🥴… pic.twitter.com/x6FufveyOw— Richard (@ricwe123) December 10, 2023
April 25, 2005
Russian President Vladimir Putin told the nation Monday that the collapse of the Soviet empire “was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century” and had fostered separatist movements inside Russia.In his annual state of the nation address to parliament and the country’s top political leaders, Putin said the Soviet collapse also was a tragedy for Russians.
“First and foremost it is worth acknowledging that the demise of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century,” Putin said. “As for the Russian people, it became a genuine tragedy. Tens of millions of our fellow citizens and countrymen found themselves beyond the fringes of Russian territory.