Video of Student Embarrassing Russian President... Putin Praises His Intelligence

Social media users shared a video of a student correcting Russian President Vladimir Putin on a historical fact. The video shows President Putin speaking to a group of students in a school in Vladivostok, located in the Russian Far East, on the occasion of the new school year. During his talk, Putin mentioned that the Russian Tsar Peter the Great fought in the Seven Years' War; however, a student asked for clarification, pointing out that the Tsar did not fight in that war but rather in the Great Northern War, which lasted 21 years. According to the Moscow Times, a website specialized in Russian affairs, the student who corrected the information was Nikanor Tolstik. The site reported that Putin did not reprimand the student and instructed that he should not face any punishment from the school administration, expressing pride in having young people who know their country's history well.