Putin, who often miscues publicly by using exotic language, reacted sharply when a reporter linked human rights abuses and corruption in Africa with the situation in Russia.Really? Who’s on the menu?
"We know that in some African countries there was a practice of eating political opponents. We not have such a tradition or culture and I think a comparison between Africa and Russia is not quite fair," he said.
Blair was to dine with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder later on Monday in Berlin.
Note to the author: perhaps “meet” would have been better than “dine” in this particular instance.
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