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PoliticsState media silently corrects Putin’s misquoted poem

At a meeting with teachers on October 5, Vladimir Putin misquoted the final line of a four-line poem by Fyodor Tyutchev while saying every Russian knows it. State news agency TASS quietly replaced his wording with the original line in its report.

Vladimir PutinTASSFyodor TyutchevRussian media

MMeduza★★☆☆☆2026-10-05 18:12Original

State media silently corrects Putin’s misquoted poem
State media silently corrects Putin’s misquoted poemPolitics