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Boris I

/ bɒrɪs /

noun

  1. known as Boris of Bulgaria . died 907 ad , khan of Bulgaria. His reign saw the conversion of Bulgaria to Christianity and the birth of a national literature

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He added: “I was told that it would be in my interest if I sent money to this Boris. I did, and we heard nothing from the man. He was totally useless.”

Boris I. Lugin spoke of his son Anatoly’s death in battle.

“He sort of threatened me at one point and said, ‘Boris, I don’t want to hurt you, but with a missile, it would only take a minute,’ or something like that.

“He threatened me at one point and said, you know: ‘Boris, I don’t want to hurt you but with a missile it would only take a minute,’ or something like that,” Mr. Johnson said of the Russian leader’s response.

Johnson says that Putin “threatened me at one point and said, ‘Boris, I don’t want to hurt you, but with a missile, it would only take a minute’, or something like that.”

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