Putin compares Ukraine actions with Peter the Great's conquests

Russian President Vladimir Putin paid tribute on Thursday (June 9) to Tsar Peter the Great on the 350th anniversary of his birth, drawing a parallel between what he portrayed as their twin historic quests to win back Russian lands. “Peter the Great waged the Great Northern War for 21 years. It would seem that he was at war with Sweden,...

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