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Putin's Memo Declassified. Fears Confirmed
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The German Foreign Ministry has declassified a years-old document in which Vladimir Putin discusses Russia's territorial ambitions. He points beyond Crimea and eastern Ukraine. In his statements, he points in another direction.
The German Foreign Ministry has declassified a 1994 memo from Vladimir Putin. The then-deputy mayor of St. Petersburg claimed that Crimea, eastern Ukraine, and northern Kazakhstan "have always been part of the Russian state."
The German weekly Der Spiegel published a memo from 1994. The author of the memo was a diplomat who spoke with Vladimir Putin, then deputy mayor of St. Petersburg. The future Russian president revealed his views to the German official, including on Ukraine.
The German Foreign Ministry has declassified a 1994 memo in which Vladimir Putin, then deputy mayor of St. Petersburg, stated that Crimea, eastern Ukraine, and northern Kazakhstan "have always been part of the Russian state." This is further evidence of Russia's long-standing territorial ambitions, revealed by documents published by Der Spiegel.
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