President Obama Calls Russian President Putin 'A Bored Kid'

Obama Describes Putin As 'Like A Bored Kid' -- Reuters

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday denied he has poor relations with Vladimir Putin after canceling their Moscow talks, but said the Russian president can sometimes appear "like a bored kid in the back of the classroom."

U.S.-Russian relations plunged to one of their lowest points since the Cold War this week after Russia granted temporary asylum to fugitive former U.S. spy contractor Edward Snowden. Obama retaliated by abruptly canceling a Moscow summit with Putin planned for early next month.

At a White House news conference on Friday, Obama insisted that he does not have bad personal relations with Putin. The two men had a testy meeting in June in Northern Ireland and from the photos of them at the time, it looked as if they would both rather have been somewhere else.

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More News On President Obama Discussing U.S. - Russian Relations

Obama Compares Russia’s President Putin to a Bored Kid -- Bloomberg Businessweek
US President Barack Obama accuses Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin of behaving like 'a bored kid' -- The Telegraph
Obama: Putin is slouchin’ -- Washington Post
Obama acknowledges decline in U.S.-Russia relations under Putin -- Washington Post
Obama acknowledges strains in US-Russia relations, urges Putin to look forward, not back -- Washington Post/AP
Obama: Putin's Cold War stance chills ties -- Global Post/AFP
Obama: "Cold War" rhetoric in Putin's Russia has slowed relations -- CBS
Obama blames Putin 'Cold War' rhetoric for strained U.S.-Russia ties -- L.A. Times
Obama says 'pause' needed to assess Russian relations -- CNN
Obama says US reassessing Russia ties, laments mixed results with Putin, ‘backward’ thinking -- Washington Post/AP

My Comment: In all fairness .... Russian foreign minister told the US to behave 'like grown-ups'. So this name calling is .... I guess .... now par for the course.