claim: says vladimir putin once said, "the breakup of the soviet union was the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the 20th century."
author: john bolton
evidence_1: apr 25, 2005 ... russian president vladimir putin appears on a wall of tv screens at an  elecronics ... while lamenting the fall of the former soviet union, the russian  leader ... union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century,” putin  said. ... last month, putin tried to reassure business leaders that a spate of ...
evidence_2: apr 26, 2005 ... president vladimir putin of russia has described the break-up of the soviet  union as the "greatest geopolitical disaster of the last century. ... which stranded  millions of russians beyond the borders of the russian federation, he said. mr  putin has previously lamented the loss of the ussr as a "tragedy".
evidence_3: apr 25, 2005 ... russia's president putin says the soviet union's collapse was "the greatest  geopolitical catastrophe of the century". ... one-minute world news ... the soviet  union as "the greatest geopolitical catastrophe" of the 20th century. ... he said the  break-up of the ussr in 1991 was "a real drama" which left tens of ...
evidence_4: mar 2, 2018 ... russian president vladimir putin said on friday he would reverse the collapse ...  “the collapse of the soviet union,” putin immediately shot back. ... soviet fall the “ greatest geopolitical catastrophe” of the twentieth century in a ...
evidence_5: aug 18, 2011 ... two decades after the fall of the soviet union, its successor states encompass ...  the idea," says thomas de waal, a senior associate with the russia and eurasia  ... prime minister vladimir putin has stated bluntly that the collapse of the soviet  union was the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the 20th century.