In the speech where Putin called the collapse of USSR "a major geopolitical disaster," he also said that "the civilizing mission of the Russian nation" in Eurasia must continue." V. Vereshchagin captured the encounter of #Samarkand with Russia's mission civilisatrice this way: 1/ pic.twitter.com/uOzag4WyzT

— Oleksandr Polianichev (@OPolianichev) September 15, 2022

RT @OPolianichev: In the speech where Putin called the collapse of USSR “a major geopolitical disaster,” he also said that “the civilizing…