Putin bores European leaders with 90-minute lesson on Slavic history

The leaders of Finland and Norway were subjected to a 90-minute history lesson during a phone call with Vladimir Putin.

Putin gives 90-minute "history lecture" during call with Norwegian and Finnish leaders

A phone call intended to discuss ending the war became a lengthy monologue by Vladimir Putin on what the Kremlin calls the conflict's "initial reasons", with an immediate ceasefire receiving little ...
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Putin delivers another medieval history lecture to foreign leaders

Tuesday’s call with President Alexander Stubb of Finland and Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre was the first time ...
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Putin lectured Nordic leaders on Russian history during latest call, FT reports

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a lengthy lecture on medieval Slavic history to the leaders of Norway and Finland ...
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Putin under pressure but history tells us most Russian leaders die with their boots on

The Russian president presiding over a meeting of the security council, June 2026. EPA/Pavel Byrkin/Sputnik/Kremlin pool Russia’s war against Ukraine is not going according to Vladimir Putin’s ...