FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses an extended meeting of the Russian Defense Ministry Board at the National Defense Control Center in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 21, 2021. Putin has described the Soviet collapse as "the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century." Speaking at his annual news conference, Putin held Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin responsible for handing Russian lands to Ukraine, helping "create a country that had never existed before." (Mikhail Tereshchenko, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
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