Posted on 10/15/2021 3:39:26 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The exchange took place Wednesday at a Russian Energy Week panel in Moscow moderated by CNBC journalist Hadley Gamble. The reporter had pressed Putin on reports of Russia withholding gas supplies to Europe to drive up prices, and after the Russian leader dismissed the claim, she asked how Moscow could convince its European partners that it’s a reliable gas supplier in light of such reports.
“A beautiful woman, pretty. I tell her one thing, and she says something completely different. As if she didn’t hear what I said,” Putin said, turning to the male members of the audience.
And while he called it “politically motivated blather” to suggest the Kremlin might take advantage of soaring gas prices to get German regulators to approve the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, he said such an approval would “significantly relieve tensions on the energy market.”
He later noted that it was “entirely possible” gas prices could soon reach $100 a barrel.
In a separate interview with Gamble on the sidelines of the event, Putin appeared to react defensively to a question about whether he’s given any thought to potential successors.
“What about Mr. [Alexei] Navalny?” Gamble asked the Russian president. “Are you interested in improving his quality of life?”
“The citizen that you’ve mentioned is now in prison,” he said.
Acknowledging that conditions in Russian prisons are “not the best,” Putin said “he’s not alone.”
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“A face of hatred.”
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She does look unhappy and mean.
I like Vlad and I think he’s right on this point. Maybe it’s because I wrote a thesis on Russia’s need for strong leaders.
Apparently, America doesn’t care if she has a strong leader. We’re perfectly happy with a potato and a cackling hyena in the White House.
“As children most angry faces that we saw probably came with a beating or some sort of punishment so we see angry faces negatively.”
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And that’s one of the huge problems with incessant face masking. Babies and young children learn to read people’s faces; masks take over half of that off the table.
It is a crucial social skill that we are depriving our little ones of learning. Sorry for the poorly-worded sentence.
“Am I right fellas?” Putin added.
“Very beautiful woman? She ain’t no tennis star.
Billie Jean King maybe.”
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Certainly no Anna Kournikova. “circling back” to Russia, LOL!
“Yep, pretty bad when I have far more respect for the Russian president than our own.”
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Yes, I said the same thing upthread. The Russians are tough people.
I’d rather see a shirtless Putin on a horse or wrestling with a bear than watch a helmeted SlowJoe moving slowly on a bicycle.
Is that Anna Kornikova (sp?)?
Please see my #44. GMTA. :)
That it is.
She made millions for being hot.
I don’t know if she ever won a tournament or not.
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