"Don't you know that Ukraine is not even a real country? Part of it is really East European, and part is really Russian."
— Vladimir Putin

January 1, 1970

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ConservativesPresidents of RussiaPeople from St. PetersburgEastern Orthodox ChristiansPrime Ministers of Russia
Original Language: English

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In a meeting with US Ambassador William J. Burns at Novo-Ogaryovo, March 2008 (William J. Burns 2019, The Back Channel, P. 238)