![From Rurik to Putin is Measured in More Than a Thousand Years . . . and Less Than a Couple of Hundred Miles — From Rurik to Putin is Measured in More Than a Thousand Years . . . and Less Than a Couple of Hundred Miles —](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b9faab17bffc359052a561/732d59dc-ee57-40da-a9a3-3b73eed351a9/Russia_Rurik.jpg)
From Rurik to Putin is Measured in More Than a Thousand Years . . . and Less Than a Couple of Hundred Miles —
Where was Rurik, the Varangian who founded Kievan Rus, really from? Some people say he was Swedish, other say he was Norwegian or Danish, and some people even claim that he was
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Hong Kong murder accused left email reply referring to 'insane psychopath' | Hong Kong | The Guardian
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