Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a meeting with Russian top military in the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Wednesday, July 18. Alexei Druzhinin/Presidential Press Service/RIA Novosti/AP
Got An Appointment With Vladimir Putin? Better Bring A Book. -- Christian Science Monitor
It doesn't matter if you're a business leader, a prime minister, royalty, or even the pope: Russian President Vladimir Putin keeps everyone waiting, sometimes for hours.
At the Crimean resort of Yalta last Thursday the president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, waited in sweltering heat for his honored guest, Russian President Vladimir Putin, to show up for a scheduled summit to thrash out the two nations' differences over the price of natural gas.
And he waited, along with all his officials, for four hours after the meeting was supposed to begin. Eventually, Mr. Putin showed up, and someone explained to the Ukrainians that he'd stopped to "drink a glass" with a group of Russian bikers known as the "Night Wolves" on his way to the summit.
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My Comment: When compared to certain past Russian leaders .... Putin's tardiness is minor when compared to what those brutal thugs did.
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