Where did Hal Turner get this talking point? Are we to assume he is an expert on first millenia eastern eurpoean history and Runes.

It also doesn't seem to make much sense. Perhaps it sounded better in Russia.

the Varangian bogatyrs of Svyatoslav (Ancient Russia)

Varangians were from Sweden. Svyatoslav was a person. Bogatyrs were like knights but they came into existence after Svyatoslav was dead. But they were also folk heros like Paul Bunyan. One of the more famous ones was the son of a serpent.

Furthermore, Svyatoslav was a pagan who had multiple wives, it seems odd that Putin would honor a pagan. Wikipedia mentions he would swear the gods Perun and Veles when signing a treaty.

It seems much more likely this is about his descendant, who converted from Paganism, Vladimir the Great. Familiar name, huh? Vladimir was canonized by the Eastern Orthodox Church as Saint Vladimir.

Vladimir conquered Crimea. And was baptized there.

Returning to Kiev in triumph, Vladimir destroyed pagan monuments and established many churches, starting with a church dedicated to St. Basil,

A bogatyr is a literary stock character in medieval East Slavic legends, akin to a Western European knight-errant. Bogatyrs appear mainly in Rus' epic poems. Historically, they came into existence during the reign of Vladimir the Great (Grand Prince of Kiev from 978 to 1015) as part of his elite warriors druzhina, akin to Knights of the Round Table.

Many of the stories about bogatyrs revolve around the court of Vladimir I of Kiev

Varangians did eventually captured Kiev.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sviatoslav_I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varangians https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogatyr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_the_Great

Where did Hal Turner get this talking point? Are we to assume he is an expert on first millenia eastern eurpoean history and Runes.

It also doesn't seem to make much sense. Perhaps it sounded better in Russia.

the Varangian bogatyrs of Svyatoslav (Ancient Russia)

Varangians were from Sweden. Svyatoslav was a person. Bogatyrs were like knights but they came into existence after Svyatoslav was dead. But they were also folk heros like Paul Bunyan. One of the more famous ones was the son of a serpent.

Furthermore, Svyatoslav was a pagan who had multiple wives, it seems odd that Putin would honor a pagan. Wikipedia mentions he would swear the gods Perun and Veles when signing a treaty.

It seems much more likely this is about his descendant, who converted from Paganism, Vladimir the Great. Familiar name, huh? Vladimir was canonized by the Eastern Orthodox Church as Saint Vladimir.

Vladimir conquered Crimea. And was baptized there.

Returning to Kiev in triumph, Vladimir destroyed pagan monuments and established many churches, starting with a church dedicated to St. Basil,

A bogatyr is a literary stock character in medieval East Slavic legends, akin to a Western European knight-errant. Bogatyrs appear mainly in Rus' epic poems. Historically, they came into existence during the reign of Vladimir the Great (Grand Prince of Kiev from 978 to 1015) as part of his elite warriors druzhina, akin to Knights of the Round Table.

Many of the stories about bogatyrs revolve around the court of Vladimir I of Kiev

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sviatoslav_I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varangians https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogatyr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_the_Great