

from the French First Republic in 1803, while the U.S. He doesn't mention Louisiana or Oregon, both shown on the map, in his remarks. While Solovyov gives the wrong dates, the map he shares shows the correct ones-1848 when Mexico ceded New Mexico and 1845 for the annexation of the Republic of Texas. The Republic of Texas was annexed in 1845 by the U.S.
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"Likewise, we must look carefully at the fate of the free state of Texas, because in 1745 it was invaded and that too is totally unacceptable." Mexico ceded 55 percent of its territory, including present-day New Mexico, as part of a treaty signed on February 2, 1848, that ended the war between the United States and Mexico. Read more Crimea oil depot engulfed in fire after drone attack is "not just to make Ukraine win, but to make everything go back to the borders of 1991." Kyiv has been adamant that it would only consider peace talks once Russian troops have vacated the entirety of Ukrainian territory.ĭuring a broadcast on Russia-1, Solovyov argued that the "main goal" of the U.S. The self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Luhansk in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, which Putin proclaimed to have annexed in September 2022, and Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014, were part of Ukraine after the Soviet Union's collapse, and are still recognized by the international community as part of the country. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Ukraine's borders must be recognized as the frontiers it had at the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Solovyov regularly lashes out at the West's support of Ukraine in the ongoing war against Russia.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (L), TV journalist and writer Vladimir Solovyov (C) and NTV Chief Alexey Zemsky (R) are seen during the reception honoring the 25th anniversary of Russian State Television and Broadcasting Company VGTRK on in Sochi, Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin has, in various declarations, denied Ukraine's national identity as well as its legitimacy as a sovereign nation. He does this by pointing out on a map some of the territorial gains the United States made in the 1800s, seemingly drawing a parallel to Russian ambitions. support for Ukraine's goal of securing its 1991 borders. The right portion of the map, colored dark blue, says "territory in 1783." The map is divided up into sections which read: Oregon, New Mexico, Louisiana, Texas.

"Russian propagandist Solovyev drags his idea of dividing the United States between different countries from show to show," he tweeted. Kremlin propagandist Vladimir Solovyov launched an attack on the United States on state television, sharing an image of a map that divides up the U.S., seemingly contesting the legitimacy of its territorial gains throughout history.Ī clip of Solovyov, a prominent state television host, was shared on Twitter by Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine's minister of internal affairs, on Thursday.
