The republics that were part of the USSR “took with them gifts from the Russian people” during the collapse of the Soviet Union, said Russian President Vladimir Putin in a televised interview.
Putin noted that the Union Treaty stipulated the right of the republics to leave the Union, but the procedure was not regulated.
Putin did not specify what kind of gifts were taken. The Russian president also did not specify which republics of the former Soviet Union “took Russia’s lands.”
In the same interview Putin noted that Russia did not annex Crimea in 2014, because the peninsula originally belonged to it.
Putin also admitted that he would run again for President if the relevant amendments to the Russian Constitution were adopted.
“I know this from my own experience, instead of normal rhythmic work at so many levels of government, I will start prowling with my eyes in search of possible successors,” he said.
Earlier, in this interview Putin condemned Ukrainian President Zelensky for his comments about the Second World War and warned that this could spoil relations between the countries.
Russia has no territorial claims against neighboring countries, said Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov as quoted by the newspaper Moskovskij Komsomolets.
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Here is a map of Europe in 1920, the only country showing as part of Russia, is Belarus. Russians and map reading do not go well together. No doubt the Kremlin has an alternate map, showing Russian territory up to the Atlantic coast.
https://ukrainetodayorg.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/europe1920.jpg
Belarus never was ruSSian. It already existed before RuSSia and was enslaved after Lithuania and Poland lost their Empire.
In 1991 Russia recognized Ukraine within their legal borders.
In 1999 Putin said Crimea is part of Ukraine.
Der Fuhrer ist ein dumkopf.
Putin and facts do not go well together
Yes. Now he says that Moskovia did not annex Ukrainian Crimea because it always was Moskovia. But in March 2014 he signed legislation claiming they annexed Ukrainian Crimea. There are no laws in Moskovia, only whims.
Peskov:Power changes, there’s a constant rotation process happening, and it would be wrong to ignore this. (Meduza)
For which country does he speaks?
The next powerchange is due in 2036 according the present situation. Putin will be replaced by Putin in 2036……………
This blathering psychopath got it all wrong; the former soviet republics left with parts of their territories in the filthy hands of the Ruskie thieves.