Putin equating himself with Peter the Great in "returning and strengthening historic Russian lands" https://video.echelon.pl/videos/watch/a0e1a1cd-8ab1-4484-bcd5-febb05c89835 On 9 June 2022 Putin, without mentioning the invasion in Ukraine directly, made a speech to young Russians where he mentioned conquests of Finnish land by Peter the Great, justifying this using his favourite parable of "historic Russian lands" and calling the process "returning and strengthening". At the end he alludes to the war by saying that "it's now our duty to return and strengthen". Putin's arguments are beloved by Putin as they provide a moral argument that is an obvious fallacy but often falls on fertile minds of people who had been brainwashed by Russian dialectical thinking into believing that you can freely mix and match episodes from random historic periods, cherry-picking them to justify today's decisions to your liking. If Putin believes 17-18th century conquests by Russian Empire are somehow relevant to today's international relations, then why not consider Polish conquest of Moscow of 1612 or German invasion on USSR in 1941 equally justified? At the same time, if Putin believes these past conquests justify today's invasion, then why Russian presidents since 1991, including Putin, have signed actual international agreement recognizing and reassuring Ukraine as an independent and sovereign country, most notably the Russian-Ukrainian Friendship Treaty of 1997? Mon, 04 May 2026 09:20:04 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.echelon.pl Putin equating himself with Peter the Great in "returning and strengthening historic Russian lands" https://video.echelon.pl/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://video.echelon.pl/videos/watch/a0e1a1cd-8ab1-4484-bcd5-febb05c89835 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.echelon.pl/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder. <![CDATA[Putin equating himself with Peter the Great in "returning and strengthening historic Russian lands" - Aho]]> https://video.echelon.pl/w/kSfi45PyMZy6dWdi7MCo8p;threadId=550 https://video.echelon.pl/w/kSfi45PyMZy6dWdi7MCo8p;threadId=550 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:25:07 GMT @kravietz Peter I who introduced homophobia in russia (imported for the Netherlands in the 17th century) was just a land thief. He didn't like russians that much, he thought they were rude, unintelligent, stubborn, childish, and lazy.

]]> Aho <![CDATA[Putin equating himself with Peter the Great in "returning and strengthening historic Russian lands" - Spinner]]> https://video.echelon.pl/w/kSfi45PyMZy6dWdi7MCo8p;threadId=549 https://video.echelon.pl/w/kSfi45PyMZy6dWdi7MCo8p;threadId=549 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:23:07 GMT @kravietz

I don't think Peter fought any wars where he was losing a thousand casualties a day. Sounds more like he's Petering Out.

]]> Spinner <![CDATA[Putin equating himself with Peter the Great in "returning and strengthening historic Russian lands" - CaliCarol]]> https://video.echelon.pl/w/kSfi45PyMZy6dWdi7MCo8p;threadId=548 https://video.echelon.pl/w/kSfi45PyMZy6dWdi7MCo8p;threadId=548 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:10:34 GMT @kravietz

He's no Peter the Great. Was Peter the Great cowering in his castle, thousands of kilometers from the front? Or was he leading his troops on the front lines in battle?

No, Vladimir, you wretched little coward. You're not Peter the Great and in spite of all your propaganda most of the people in that room know it.

#SlavaUkraini #PutinIsAWarCriminal

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