Look at him. Just look at him! He did it on purpose all along!Vladimir Putin: I didn't mean to scare Angela Merkel with my dog
Germany's Angela Merkel watches uneasily as Russian President Vladimir Putin's dog approaches in 2007.
Well she scared German public with all those refugesLook at him. Just look at him! He did it on purpose all along!
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Of course putin knew. He saw a weakness and exploited it for leverage or just for some fun. Both are acceptable.Vladimir Putin: I didn't mean to scare Angela Merkel with my dog
Germany's Angela Merkel watches uneasily as Russian President Vladimir Putin's dog approaches in 2007.
Merkel looks uncomfortable as Putin's Labrador Koni comes near her in Sochi, Russia, in 2007.
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http://www.knowqout.com/world/mao-seeks-revenge-by-humiliating-khrushchev/The USSR premier Nikita Khruschev was a man who could do a lot of things like introduce corn to the unsuitable climate of USSR, fly to London in a half completed prototype of a passenger jet to demonstrate the advanced nature of Soviet aviation and deploy partially developed nuclear missiles in newly communist Cuba. But one thing he couldn’t do, the thing could have averted the Sino-Soviet split, was swim (yup, the thing humans do to float and move in water)
The Background
When, Chinese premier, Mao Zedong made his first visit to Moscow in 1949, he was greeted as just another guest at Stalin’s 70th birthday and was permitted only a brief meeting with Stalin. As per Smithsonian, in that meeting, Stalin extorted substantial concessions in return for paltry military aid, and when war broke out in Korea, the USSR insisted that China pay “to the last ruble” for the weapons it required to aid the North Koreans. Mao was left boiling with anger. He wanted revenge.
Mao’s Pool Party.
Riding high on the success of Sputnik, Khruschev visited Beijing in the summer of 1958. Remembering Stalin’s treatment, Mao had given orders that Khrushchev be put in an old establishment with no air conditioning, in the sweltering humidity of Beijing’s high summer. The following morning, Mao insisted that the meeting be held in the pool in his private residence known as Zonghanhai. Khrushchev, with 200 lbs stored in his 5ft 3in frame, had never learned to swim. While legendary stories of Mao’s 10 mile swim in Yangtze were famous world over, Khrushchev’s deepest fears realized when an outsize pair of green bathing trunks were produced before him. The poor soviet premier stood in the shallow end attempting to make sense of whatever little the translators could reproduce while Mao did his laps.
Things went from bad to worse when Mao called for a floatation device (water wings, as Kissinger preferred) so that Khrushchev can join him in deeper water. What happened then can be summed in one sentence by Soviet Union’s ambassador to China, Oleg Troyanovskii -“It was an unforgettable picture, the appearance of two well-fed leaders in swimming trunks, discussing questions of great policy under splashes of water.”
Question: Who Is Vladimir Putin?She is afraid of dogs. What's so surprising?
There are sects that worship the Devil.Question: Who Is Vladimir Putin?
Answer : The Holy man from Mother Russia.
Yes, like those that worship the chocolate seller.There are sects that worship the Devil.
Don't want to diverge too much. I just wanted to state that usually, in international summits, people shake hands. Assuming the two are shaking hands using their right hands while both facing the cameras (i.e., in promenade position, for those that know how to dance Waltz), the person whose left shoulder is next to the other persons right shoulder, has an advantage, as he can effectively use his triceps to force down the other person's hand, thus displaying dominance.This is probably done all the time in international politics.
One from the past= Mao the swimming champion.
You probably know the place where a portrait of Poroshenko posted on the streets, as the portraits of Stalin or Putin?Yes, like those that worship the chocolate seller.
Yeah, on the walls of that pink Khrushchyovka (Хрущёвка).You probably know the place where a portrait of Poroshenko posted on the streets, as the portraits of Stalin or Putin?
Make no mistake Putin is an expert when dealing w/ the cameras.Don't want to diverge too much. I just wanted to state that usually, in international summits, people shake hands. Assuming the two are shaking hands using their right hands while both facing the cameras (i.e., in promenade position, for those that know how to dance Waltz), the person whose left shoulder is next to the other persons right shoulder, has an advantage, as he can effectively use his triceps to force down the other person's hand, thus displaying dominance.
If you are wondering why the other person cannot use his triceps as well, then the answer is in the shape of a twisted gym bar typically called the EZ Curl Bar.
If no argument is nonsense.Yeah, on the walls of that pink Khrushchyovka (Хрущёвка).
nah !! even some people called Christ devil... Putin is a man of peace !!There are sects that worship the Devil.
Stalin was also a man of the peace. So said the then propaganda. However, today we know the truth.nah !! even some people called Christ devil... Putin is a man of peace !!
If there were no Stalin, defeating Nazi Germany would not have been possible...Stalin was also a man of the peace. So said the then propaganda. However, today we know the truth.
Also if it weren't for stalin, SU might have taken half a century more to modernizeIf there were no Stalin, defeating Nazi Germany would not have been possible...
very true !! So this is the advantage of a strong dictatorship who are totally focused on what they want to achieve...Also if it weren't for stalin, SU might have taken half a century more to modernize
From peasant country to super power, and we thought deng xiaoping did a great job.
just relax, Indians are not emotional about Russo-Ukrainian conflict... This conflict was US creation similar to what the mess they created in Iraq, Libya and Syria ... Indian like me [ I come from rightwing background] hate the American duplicity and not the American people... I had fond memories in America and their people...I am not sure why Indians are so emotional in Russo-Ukrainian conflict? Russia is not Soviet Union.
Russian-Indian dealings are becoming purely transactional. Until Russia supports India's stand unequivocally on all her disputes, India should adopt same stance towards Russian despite as Russia maintains towards ours.
Ukraine - Russia conflict is bound to get resolved with regime change on either of the sides. Stalin is something despised by Russians themselves. He was one sick man ! But then most of euro nations were headed by one during those times.