Putin and Schröder at the Russian leader's vacation residence
in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Monday Aug. 30, 2004.
There is something about Putin and Germany. It must be quite a sentimental journey for the man - ah, yes, those were the days: Being "Mr. Stasi," Robotron, sending assets legended as "technicians" and "engineers" westward, duping hippie technogeeks who fear the nanomachines into "partnerships" with current and ex communists, getting a handle on wireless technology and network routers - "those were the DAAAAAAAaaaaays" [in the most nasal Edith Bunker singing voice ..... ].