Posted on 08/29/2025 8:55:35 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Moscow on Friday, August 29, slammed Emmanuel Macron for what it called "vulgar insults," after the French president called Russian leader Vladimir Putin a "predator" and "ogre."
Macron warned European leaders not to trust Putin in an interview with the LCI broadcaster last week. "For his own survival, [he] needs to keep eating (...) That means he is a predator, an ogre at our gates," Macron said. He made the comments after a landmark meeting with US President Donald Trump along with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky and European allies in Washington.
Russia's foreign ministry slammed the remarks. "They cross the line of not just reasonableness, but decency, becoming vulgar insults against Russia and its people," spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a televised briefing.
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Russia should have responded with that fact instead of the “we’re offended”.
you mean grandfather..
Sure. Russia should have allowed the Ukrainian Nazis to murder every Russian family that had roots in Ukraine for a thousand years. Do you happen to work for USAID? I mean, George Soros?
For once Macron is correct.
Have you noticed Zelensky is looking more and more like a storybook troll lately? Shrinking also.
Enough with that stupid Russian propaganda! There was no targeting of ethnic Russian civilians.
Hmm-m-m ... would troll or dwarf be better ... ??
To me, it smells like an attempt to keep the war going, and to make Putin less likely to make a deal.
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