"What's Wrong with Russia?"
Yes, I know it's not the most appropriate hour for a LJ post, but I was reading this article on MSNBC, and it got me thinking...
Russia has always been trying to catch up, outrun, outdo, outcompete. This has always been the goal, ever since Peter the Great. Back then it was attempted by fixing the facade, and quite literally so, as a matter of fact ( Read more... )
Putin says surprised by reaction to boy kissing episode
MOSCOW, July 12 (RIA Novosti) - President Vladimir Putin admitted Wednesday he had been surprised by the huge public interest generated by his kissing a boy on the stomach in the Kremlin late June.
Television footage of Putin talking to a boy and then pulling up his T-shirt and kissing his belly on June 28 caused excited discussions on the Internet.
"I was surprised by the reaction it caused," he said in an interview with the U.S. television channel NBC.
"I can only repeat what I said earlier. I simply liked that boy very much. He was very independent and charming, with an air of self-respect, and at the same time was a completely vulnerable child, like all children who, I think, need special care and warmth," Putin said.
"It was simply a spur-of-the-moment act, driven by emotions - nothing more than that," Putin said.
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My first thought was ewww a grown man kissing a random kids belly. Being a dumb ignorant american I thought maybe there was a cultural thing I was missing! :-p
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On the Putin issue, yeah, "ewww" was my response too. No, you're not missing any cultural thing. Or else I am missing one too, and I am from there...
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