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Putin advises G7 leaders on keeping fit
2022-06-30
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] Western leaders need to cut back on alcohol to keep fit. This was announced on June 29 by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a press conference following the results of the VI Caspian Summit.

“I don’t know how they wanted to undress, to the waist, below the waist. I think it would be a disgusting sight anyway,” Putin said.
Except for the Finnish prime minister
“Well, if you recall the words of Pushkin, he said the words, in my opinion: you can be a sensible person and think about the beauty of underwear. Therefore, I completely agree with this. Everything in a person should be harmonious: both the soul and the body. But in order for everything to be harmonious, you need to give up alcohol abuse, other bad habits, go in for physical culture, sports. Colleagues - I know them all personally. We are not in the best period of relations, this is understandable. But nevertheless, they are leaders, they have character. And if they want, they will achieve the desired success. But you need to work on yourself,” he continued.
But was he in one of his customary shirtless glamour poses when he said it?
Earlier, the heads of the G7 remembered the Russian leader at the dinner table. Preparing to be photographed, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked the others whether to keep their jackets or take them off to look "cooler" than the Russian leader. Later, Johnson also said that the special operation in Ukraine was a sign of the "toxic masculinity" of the Russian leader.
[Insert eye roll here]
More from the NY Post at 2:15 p.m. courtesy of badanov:
The Kremlin strongman made the snarky comment during a visit to the Russia-friendly Central Asian republic of Turkmenistan Thursday when asked about G7 leaders poking fun at him earlier this week.

As they sat down for talks in the German Alps, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson quipped that G7 leaders could take their clothes off to “show that we’re tougher than Putin” and “show them our pecs.”

His Canadian counterpart, Justin Trudeau, joked that they could try to match Putin’s infamous 2009 naked torso pictures with a “bare-chested horseback riding display.”
Posted by:badanov

#2  Maybe they could all get together for an arm wrestling contest.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2022-06-30 12:16  

#1  
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-06-30 08:19  

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