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Пока все обсуждают перевод выражения "alpha dog" в приложении к Путину, Боря Иванов прочесал все каблограммы, опубликованные Wikileaks, и не нашел там этих слов. Либо эти слова содержатся в неопубликованной порции (реально выложен лишь крошечный кусочек подборки), либо их придумали журналисты, и потом они разошлись по миру уже как цитата. Вот фрагмент сообщения Reuters:
Russia's Vladimir Putin emerges from the biggest ever leak of U.S. diplomatic documents as the "alpha-dog" ruler of a deeply corrupt state dominated by its security forces. The 58-year-old prime minister is presented by U.S. diplomats as Russia's most powerful politician, holding the keys to everything from energy deals to Moscow's Iran policy. By contrast, President Dmitry Medvedev "plays Robin to Putin's Batman", is pale and hesitant and has to get his decisions approved by Putin, according to the cables.
Про Робина и Бэтмена и про "pale and hesitant" каблограммы есть. Про "alpha dog" - нет.
Russia's Vladimir Putin emerges from the biggest ever leak of U.S. diplomatic documents as the "alpha-dog" ruler of a deeply corrupt state dominated by its security forces. The 58-year-old prime minister is presented by U.S. diplomats as Russia's most powerful politician, holding the keys to everything from energy deals to Moscow's Iran policy. By contrast, President Dmitry Medvedev "plays Robin to Putin's Batman", is pale and hesitant and has to get his decisions approved by Putin, according to the cables.
Про Робина и Бэтмена и про "pale and hesitant" каблограммы есть. Про "alpha dog" - нет.