Smart Power… Putin Warns US: “Don’t Interfere With Sovereign Choice of Russian People” (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 10:57 PM
So much for the smart power and reset button baloney…
Vladimir Putin went on Larry King tonight to discuss the Wikileaks scandal.
The Russian Premier said the assessment of his relations with President Medvedev, comparing the two to Batman and Robin, was arrogant and unethical.
Russia Today reported:
Premier Putin also warned the US not to interfere with Russian affairs.
Pravda reported on the interview:
One could predict that King would ask Putin about the WikiLeaks documents. The legendary host was interested in Putin’s reaction to the statements from US Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who supposedly told his French counterpart that “Russian democracy has disappeared and the government was an oligarchy run by the security services.”
When answering the question, Putin stated that Gates was “deeply misled.” Putin referred to peculiarities of the US election system saying that in two presidential elections held in the United States, the winner had received a smaller share of the popular vote but won with a majority in the Electoral College, where votes are apportioned by state population.
“When we are talking with our American friends and tell them, there are systemic problems in this regard, we can hear from them ‘Don’t interfere with our affairs. This is our tradition and it’s going to continue like that.’ We are not interfering,” he said. “But to our colleagues, I would also like to advise you, don’t interfere either [with] the sovereign choice of the Russian people.”
As for suggestions about Putin holding the real power in Russia, the prime minister said that they were aimed “to slander one of us” (either Putin or Medvedev).
Anyway, the WikiLeaks publications are not a catastrophe, Putin believes. Some experts believe that someone expressly briefs WikiLeaks to use this for their own political ends later, Putin said. He suggested that diplomatic services should be more careful about their official correspondence.
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jorgen commented:
Putil should be happy. He as Batman and Obama as the Joker!
Missy8s commented:
That’s very interesting…
Didn’t Chairman O just swear up one side and down the other that we weren’t entering into a “joint missile defense system” with the Russians…?
What a strange coincidence Vladimir!
gus commented:
START TREATY. Would anyone like to discuss this matter??? Beuhler??? Rodham???? Madeline Albright??? Janet Reno???? Janet Napolitano????? Eric Holder?????
All together now!!!! YES WE CAN!!! YES WE CAN!!!! HOPE and CHANGE!!!! HOPE AND CHANGE!!!!!!
OH-BAH-MA!!! OH-BAH-MA!!!!!!
We are so SCREWED. We have NO ONE of ANY SUBSTANCE in charge of this COUNTRY.
Rancid commented:
QUICK Barry! Bend over – you know where to plant those lips! Give ‘em a big smooch right on his left buttock, make yourself useful!
Rancid commented:
And FURTHERMORE, is it possible that the owner of the Wikileaks site is planning a long retirement to an undisclosed location very soon – never to be heard from again? Hmmm… kind of hard to crank around every elite criminal in the world and still consider your ability to suck oxygen a viable alternative to permanent retirement.
winston commented:
Some things never change. Ruskies don’t get Democracy and Freedom. They are comfortable with these idiots like Putin et al. Too bad, the US is leader-less and can’t stand up to these morons.
Andreas K. commented:
The Russian Bear growls and the American Weasel (aka Team 0) cowers.
BigAlSouth commented:
I agree. The comparison of Putin and Medvedev to Batman and Robin are grossly distorted and inaccurate.
Batman and Robin were CRIME FIGHTERS.
antilbr commented:
But the Joker was not,read the post Al.
11B40 commented:
Greetings:
That “RT” (Russia Today) TV broadcast is a real piece of work. It routinely denigrates the old USofA and has a very limited amount of actual Russian news. Some of the individuals they interview are still recovering from the death of Josef Stalin.
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