Jeremy F Kreuz
Dagobah Resident
Today nothing special to remark in Moscow. No extra police in the subway or on the streets - just the moscovites enjoying the exceptional warm and sunny weather. I have not been in the area of the Kremlin though.
Palinurus said:The latest I could find was the rumor that Putin would be in Switzerland since a few days to attend the birth of his (alleged) daughter with Alina Kabayeva:
_http://nypost.com/2015/03/13/putin-in-switzerland-for-birth-of-his-lovechild/
Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov denied the love child stories.
“The information on a baby born to Vladimir Putin is false,” Peskov said. “I am going to ask people who have money to organize a contest on the best media rumor.”
seek10 said:Palinurus said:The latest I could find was the rumor that Putin would be in Switzerland since a few days to attend the birth of his (alleged) daughter with Alina Kabayeva:
_http://nypost.com/2015/03/13/putin-in-switzerland-for-birth-of-his-lovechild/Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov denied the love child stories.
“The information on a baby born to Vladimir Putin is false,” Peskov said. “I am going to ask people who have money to organize a contest on the best media rumor.”
Most probably love child theory may not be correct, unless it is Russian version of April fool's day comment.
kalibex said:Had a Putin dream appearance some weeks back - I work at a library, and he appeared at the front desk to return a book. Just doing what had to be done, no fuss, a responsible adult. When I thanked him as he handed it over, he gave a subtle, polite smile (as one does)...
Laura said:I guess it is time to send more letters of love and support to Putin!!! I just sent mine!
The Ukrainian armed coup was organized from Washington, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated in an interview for a new documentary aired Sunday. The Americans tried to hide behind the Europeans, but Moscow saw through the trick, he added.
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He also accused the beneficiaries of the coup of planning an assassination of then-President Viktor Yanukovich. Russia was prepared to act to ensure his escape, Putin said.
“I invited the heads of our special services, the Defense Ministry and ordered them to protect the life of the Ukrainian president. Otherwise he would have been killed,” he said, adding that at one point Russian signal intelligence, which was tracking the president’s motorcade route, realized that he was about to be ambushed.
Yanukovich himself didn’t want to leave and rejected the offer to be evacuated from Donetsk, Putin said. Only after spending several days in Crimea and realizing that “there was no one he could negotiate with in Kiev” he asked to be taken to Russia.
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