...Second and fourth President and sixth of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead...Marienne Ferguson was speaking after meeting Prince Charles at a Nova Scotia immigration museum where she works.
As they discussed Hitler's takeover of countries, the prince "said something to the effect of 'it's not unlike... what Putin is doing,'" she recalled.He's probably referring to the Crimean Anschluss.
Clarence House said it would not comment on a private conversation.
Or was it the Sudenten Anschluss?
The prince and the Russian president are both due to attend a D-Day anniversary event in La Belle France next month.
Or the Polish... No. Wait. They didn't call that an Anschluss, did they?
Speaking from China, President Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov told the BBC he was "not commenting right now" on the remarks.
I find it hilarious that people who could find echos of Naziism in Ronald Reagan and both George Bushes can't seem to find the log in their own eye.