I like how Putin stopped Tucker in his tracks at the very beginning and said "you studied history, right? May I provide a 1 minute history of Russia?" Tucker obliges. 15 minutes later, Putin is still talking history of Russia. Classic!
That history lesson was very consistent with the story a Ukrainian coworker told me back in 2020. He back then thought Putin was right about Crimea as that area was never Ukrainian to begin with and the majority of the population there is Russian.
I like how Putin stopped Tucker in his tracks at the very beginning and said "you studied history, right? May I provide a 1 minute history of Russia?" Tucker obliges. 15 minutes later, Putin is still talking history of Russia. Classic!
I welcomed the 15+ minutes of history. Everyone should. I didn't know much of what Putin shared of Russian/Ukrainian history. It's fascinating.
That history lesson was very consistent with the story a Ukrainian coworker told me back in 2020. He back then thought Putin was right about Crimea as that area was never Ukrainian to begin with and the majority of the population there is Russian.
The Maidan Coup is the inconvenient truth that Ukraine apologists and historical revisionists refuse to acknowledge.
I wish Putin had mentioned Victoria Nuland handing out cookies in Kiev.