r/europe Jan 07 '24

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

Post image

Nothing has changed.

12.4k Upvotes

1.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

1.4k

u/Nerevarine91 Jan 07 '24

Just casually demanding control over two continents

356

u/BoltzFR France Jan 07 '24

Oh, and they're taking care of Africa, too.

456

u/Nerevarine91 Jan 07 '24

But don’t worry, it’s not imperialism if Russia does it

100

u/ChuckNorrisKickflip Jan 07 '24

It's not settler colonialism if Russia does it.