State media silently corrects poem in Putin quote after he misrecites lines Russians supposedly ‘absorb with their mother’s milk’
At a meeting with teachers on October 5, Russian President Vladimir Putin misquoted a four-line poem by Fyodor Tyutchev, while stressing that every Russian knows the lines.
On October 5, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a misstep at a meeting with teachers, misquoting a poem by Fyodor Tyutchev. He emphasized that every Russian is familiar with the lines, stating, “And right away, I’m reminded of what we absorbed at school thanks to people like you — practically with our mothers’ milk, as the saying goes: ‘Russia cannot be understood with the mind, nor measured by a common yardstick: It has a character all its own — you simply have to believe in Russia.’”
However, in Tyutchev’s original poem, the final line is actually, “You can only believe in Russia.” The state news agency TASS corrected Putin's error in their report, replacing his wording with the correct version from Tyutchev’s poem. This meticulous detail reflects Meduza's dedication to transparency in their use of artificial intelligence, as the story was penned by a human journalist and translated by AI under stringent editorial oversight.
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