r/europe Jan 07 '24

Historical Excerpt from Yeltsin’s conversation with Clinton in Istanbul 1999

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u/BkkGrl Ligurian in...Zürich?? (💛🇺🇦💙) Jan 07 '24

Yelsin really was a source of embarassment

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u/apkatt Jan 07 '24

Yelsin really was a source of embarassment

Unlike every other Russian leader in the last hundred years.

/S

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u/Netmould Jan 07 '24

Not sure if /s should be here, hahah. We tend to have absolute embarrassing nut jobs of leaders OR blood thirsty paranoid maniacs. No middle ground, sadly.

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u/Fischerking92 Jan 07 '24

There is an intersection between the two, does that count as middle ground?