Putin Starting Way Back

Putin Starting Way Back, also known as Vladimir Putin Giving Tucker Carlson History Lesson, refers tomemesparodying Russian President Vladimir Putingiving a nearly 30-minute background on Eastern European history going back to the 9th century duringhis February 2024 interviewwith American political pundit Tucker Carlson. In memes, Vladimir Putin explains events, both real and fictional, by starting centuries earlier with seemingly irrelevant historical occurrences.