Twenty years ago, Putin stated that all of the European Countries that once were under the Soviet Union boot should be “returned” to Russia.
We need a link for that claim
Putin has been in power for three decades. He has had three decades to conquer Europe- guess what? He hasn’t and won’t, they effectively destroyed themselves…..and now the EU is in their final phase of collapse, by their own hands.
I find it hilarious the EU tried everything to destroy Russia and they instead are the ones being destroyed….a very, very good lesson for the war cheerleaders.
In a 2005 speech, Russian President Vladimir Putin famously called the collapse of the Soviet Union the "greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century".
A "genuine tragedy": He described the event as a "genuine tragedy" for the Russian people, stating that millions of citizens and countrymen were left outside Russian territory.
Medvedev in 2008 said, it was as natural for Russia to regard the former Soviet republics as a key strategic zone of its interests.
In December 2021, Russia publicly issued a list of demands for legally binding "security guarantees" from NATO and the United States, which included a requirement for NATO to withdrawal NATO forces and weapons from any member states that joined after May 1997. This would include Poland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, and other countries in Eastern Europe.
“Twenty years ago,”
Snicker. Yeah, twenty years ago. Hasn’t made much progress has he? Anyway, what do you think we should do about it?
Do you have a link for that statement?