PolitiFact: Did Vladimir Putin call the breakup of the USSR 'the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the 20th centu

About PolitiFact: Did Vladimir Putin call the breakup of the USSR 'the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the 20th centu

PolitiFact: Did Vladimir Putin call the breakup of the USSR 'the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the 20th centu- Fact-checking of the claim of John Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations turned conservative television pundit, of what Vladimir Putin said and meant in an April 2005 speech.

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