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“It’s impossible - do you understand - impossible to build a fence around a country like Russia. A country is either sovereign or a colony,” he said. Putin also appeared to leave the door open for further territorial expansion, while asserting Russia’s sovereignty. And it looks like it fell on us to take back and reinforce as well,” he said. “What was he doing? Taking back and reinforcing. “And Slavic people had always lived there along with Finno-Ugric people, and the territory was under the control of the Russian state.” Everybody recognized it as Sweden,” Putin said. “When he founded the new capital, no European country recognized it as Russia. Petersburg and his government’s annexation of territory. Speaking at a meeting with young entrepreneurs in Moscow, Putin drew parallels between the conquering monarch’s founding of St. MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin spoke of Russia’s need to “take back (territory) and defend itself” Thursday in a speech in which he compared himself to Peter the Great. He then reiterated that Russia is “a sovereign country that should be looking to the future.” This is all a manifestation of the internal state of these countries that cannot make sovereign decisions,” he added. domination over other Western states and economies. Putin also appeared to claim that the exodus of foreign firms from Russia was evidence of U.S. Domain menu for The Enterprise Journal (main)
