Putin says he visited Tony Blair and drank coffee

During a recent Valdai discussion, Vladimir Putin reminisced about a morning he spent with Tony Blair at Chequers in 2001, where they enjoyed coffee in pyjamas. This meeting is part of a broader history of collaboration between the two leaders, including the UK’s £35 million investment in Russian projects under Blair’s government, which ultimately failed to prevent Putin’s military aggression in Ukraine.

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