Tsakhia Elbegdorj, the former president and prime minister of Mongolia, mocked Vladimir Putin after he invoked historical arguments in an interview with American TV host Tucker Carlson to justify his invasion of Ukraine, Business Insider reported.

Elbegdorj Tsakhia in his speech at the UN during his mandatePhoto: Richard Drew / Associated Press / Profimedia Images

In Carlson’s opening interview in the Kremlin last week, Putin spent dozens of minutes talking about the history of Russia and Ukraine to justify his territorial claims to the neighboring country.

Although Carlson in no way tried to deny his request, historians have debunked most of the arguments put forward by the Kremlin leader, some of which are outright hallucinations. For example, the Russian president said that the Second World War started because of Poland, which opposed the claims of the German dictator Adolf Hitler.

Several senior Polish officials immediately condemned his comments as the “delusion” of a man who poses a “mortal danger” to Europe.

Putin’s monologue at the start of Carlson’s interview also became a target for Tsakhia Elbegdorzh, Mongolia’s president from 2009 to 2017, who distributed several maps showing the extent of the Mongolian empire in its heyday, when it controlled almost all of present-day Russia.

The former Mongolian leader showed Putin how small Russia was during his country’s imperial era

“I found a historical map of Mongolia after Putin’s speech. Do not worry. We are a peaceful and free nation,” wrote Elbegdorj on “X”.

One map highlights how small Russia was in the 15th century, when the Mongol Empire created by Genghis Khan and his successors, such as Timur Lenk, controlled vast regions of Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe.

Despite the fact that the Mongolian government did not condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Elbegdori actively supports Ukraine.

“The democracies of the world must join forces with even greater determination to declare that freedom is non-negotiable and give Ukraine the weapons it needs to win,” the former leader of Ulaanbaatar said in a message published on X in February 2023 .

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