Sunday, May 25, 2014

Russian President Putin Holds A Foreign News Press Conference (Over Dinner)

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C, facing the camera) meets with a group of foreign journalists on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2014 (SPIEF 2014) in St. Petersburg May 24, 2014. REUTERS/Mikhail Klimentyev/RIA Novosti/Kremlin

Putin Serves Crimean Flounder And Russian Grievances At Dinner With Press -- Reuters

ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - You can't say Vladimir Putin lacks a pointed sense of humor. The entrée at the Russian president's dinner for news agency editors on Saturday night was "Crimean flounder." No kidding.

As dinner was ending in the ornate Konstantinovsky Palace, Putin was asked whether he speaks regularly with U.S. president Barack Obama.

"We have some contacts," he shrugged. "But now I have to go speak with Mr. (Francois) Hollande and Mrs. (Angela) Merkel," the French president and the German chancellor, respectively.

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2 comments:

  1. This article deserves very close and careful reading.

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  2. Absolutely James .... there are a lot of good ones from Putin in this news conference.

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