RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: The meeting between President Zelenskyy and U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner took place at Saint Sophia Cathedral, which was built in the 11th century during the era of Kyivan Rus’. At that time, Moscow did not yet exist. It is believed to have been founded a century later by Yuri Dolhoruky, Grand Prince of Kyiv. However, many contemporary Ukrainian and Western historians argue that in 1147, there was no actual city on the site of Moscow – only a small settlement or a frontier hunting camp amid the marshes. They regard Mengu-Timur, a khan of the Golden Horde and grandson of Batu Khan, as the true founder of Moscow as an official administrative entit

The meeting between President Zelenskyy and U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner took place at Saint Sophia Cathedral, which was built in the 11th century during the era of Kyivan Rus’. At that time, Moscow did not yet exist. It is believed to have been founded a century later by Yuri Dolhoruky, Grand Prince of Kyiv.

However, many contemporary Ukrainian and Western historians argue that in 1147, there was no actual city on the site of Moscow – only a small settlement or a frontier hunting camp amid the marshes. They regard Mengu-Timur, a khan of the Golden Horde and grandson of Batu Khan, as the true founder of Moscow as an official administrative entity and city. Moscow was first recorded as an ulus (settlement) during the Mongol census of 1272, and in 1277, a separate Principality of Moscow was established under the protectorate of the Golden Horde.
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  Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en)President Zelenskyy meets with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Kyiv.
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— @Gerashchenko_en Sep 6, 2026