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Russian President Vladimir Putin
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has called speculation that he intends to restore the borders of the Russian Empire. This happened during the talks with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev.
“You know that yesterday Russia decided to recognize the sovereignty of the two people’s republics of Donbass. I want to say immediately: we see and expect speculation on this topic, that I will restore our old imperial borders. This is absolutely not true.” Putin told Aliyev.
He pointed out that Russia supports the sovereignty of the former Soviet republics, and the situation with Ukraine is an exception due to external influence on this country, TASS reported.
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