NUR FÜR AFP-ABONNENTEN (NO RESALE) MOSKAU, RUSSLAND 23. MAI 2023 QUELLE: KREMLIN 1. Bildsequenz Vladimir Putin listens to Valery Zorkin, the chairman of the Constitutional Court in Russia. Zorkin says: "We found in our the Constitutional Court a copy of a 17th-century map drawn up under Louis XIV" 2. Bildsequenz Vladimir Putin and Valery Zorkin watching the old map. Zorkin: "This is the part of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Why did I decide to show it to you? Because there was a lot of speculation about where the origins are, where, how and what and how it all formed." Putin: "Well, we know that these lands were simply part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and then they asked to be part of the Moscow kingdom. That's all. And they turned out to be part of the Moscow kingdom. And only later, after the October Revolution, all kinds of quasi-state formations began to form, and the Soviet power created Soviet Ukraine. This is well known. Before that, Ukraine did not exist in the history of mankind" 3. Bildsequenz Vladimir Putin listens to Valery Zorkin who says: "This (map) is the middle, even the second half of the 17th century, compiled by the French themselves. Why did I bring it? Vladimir Vladimirovich, there is no Ukraine there" 4. Bildsequenz Vladimir Putin listens to Valery Zorkin, the chairman of the Constitutional Court in Russia. Zorkin says: "We found in our the Constitutional Court a copy of a 17th-century map drawn up under Louis XIV" 5. Bildsequenz Vladimir Putin and Valery Zorkin watching the old map. Zorkin: "This is the part of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Why did I decide to show it to you? Because there was a lot of speculation about where the origins are, where, how and what and how it all formed." Putin: "Well, we know that these lands were simply part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and then they asked to be part of the Moscow kingdom. That's all. And they turned out to be part of the Moscow kingdom. And only later, after the October Revolution, all kinds of quasi-state formations began to form, and the Soviet power created Soviet Ukraine. This is well known. Before that, Ukraine did not exist in the history of mankind" MOSKAU, RUSSLAND 5. APRIL 2023 QUELLE: POOL VIA VGTRK 6. Herauszoomen Russian President Vladimir Putin enters hall in Kremlin for ceremony to receive credentials from 17 ambassadors 7. Totale Vladimir Putin addresses international ambassadors to Russia 8. Halbnahe Vladimir Putin addresses international ambassadors to Russia behind podium 9. Bildsequenz Vladimir Putin, before leaving ceremony: "All the best" (in Russian, then again in English) 10. O-TON 1 - Vladimir Putin, Russian President (Mann, Russian, 9 Sek.): "[ed. addressing US Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy] We have always advocated building Russian-American relations solely on the principles of equality, respect for each other's sovereignty and interests, and non-interference in internal affairs. We will be guided by this in the future."