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Putin has sent Dubya a get-well-soon card upon learning Barry can no longer stand the sight of him. 
It seems the two men, well, one man and our Barry, never hit it off and never will. It seems their trouble started shortly after first meeting each other when Putin lectured Obama about world affairs. Ever the aloof (read dumbass), academic, Barry paid no attention to Vlad's version of reality and the relationship never went anywhere. Vlad seemingly couldn't care less. He enjoys messing with world leaders as is evidenced by the game he plays with the German Merkel:
Putin uses dog to intimidate Merkel
Posted By Blake Hounshell Thursday, June 14, 2007 - 11:17 AM
Angela Merkel apparently has a fear of dogs. Vladimir Putin is aware of this fact. Therefore, whenever Putin meets with Merkel in Moscow, he makes sure his pet dogs are in the room.
Press accounts suggest this to be true. President Putin loves his dogs, and he appears to use them to intimidate Chancellor Merkel during tough negotiations. This was the initial test, in January 2006:
Putin, who already met Merkel several times when she was opposition leader of the conservative Christian Democrats, said his meeting with her had taken place "in a very good atmosphere." Earlier, Putin, who likes dogs, had given Merkel a gift of a small toy black and white dog, which had a short leash. Merkel, however, does not like dogs - she was bitten by one when she was young and has since kept her distance, according to an aide. German diplomats said they were unsure how to interpret the gift.
One year later, in January 2007, Putin brought in diplomatic reinforcements during a dust-up with Merkel over energy supplies:
Later, when Koni, Putin's black Labrador, made her domineering entrance, Merkel nervously, or perhaps wishfully, commented in Russian, "Now the dog is going to eat the journalists." [...] Kremlin critic and journalist Yulia Latynina, writing for "Yezhednevny zhurnal," said the "friendly meeting in Sochi between Vladimir Putin, Angela Merkel, and Labrador Koni" left her bewildered.
Putin apparently told the German chancellor, "I don't think the dog will scare you. She won't do anything bad, she likes journalists."
Putin uses dog to intimidate Merkel | FP Passport
It seems the two men, well, one man and our Barry, never hit it off and never will. It seems their trouble started shortly after first meeting each other when Putin lectured Obama about world affairs. Ever the aloof (read dumbass), academic, Barry paid no attention to Vlad's version of reality and the relationship never went anywhere. Vlad seemingly couldn't care less. He enjoys messing with world leaders as is evidenced by the game he plays with the German Merkel:Putin uses dog to intimidate Merkel
Posted By Blake Hounshell Thursday, June 14, 2007 - 11:17 AM
Angela Merkel apparently has a fear of dogs. Vladimir Putin is aware of this fact. Therefore, whenever Putin meets with Merkel in Moscow, he makes sure his pet dogs are in the room.
Press accounts suggest this to be true. President Putin loves his dogs, and he appears to use them to intimidate Chancellor Merkel during tough negotiations. This was the initial test, in January 2006:
Putin, who already met Merkel several times when she was opposition leader of the conservative Christian Democrats, said his meeting with her had taken place "in a very good atmosphere." Earlier, Putin, who likes dogs, had given Merkel a gift of a small toy black and white dog, which had a short leash. Merkel, however, does not like dogs - she was bitten by one when she was young and has since kept her distance, according to an aide. German diplomats said they were unsure how to interpret the gift.
One year later, in January 2007, Putin brought in diplomatic reinforcements during a dust-up with Merkel over energy supplies:
Later, when Koni, Putin's black Labrador, made her domineering entrance, Merkel nervously, or perhaps wishfully, commented in Russian, "Now the dog is going to eat the journalists." [...] Kremlin critic and journalist Yulia Latynina, writing for "Yezhednevny zhurnal," said the "friendly meeting in Sochi between Vladimir Putin, Angela Merkel, and Labrador Koni" left her bewildered.
Putin apparently told the German chancellor, "I don't think the dog will scare you. She won't do anything bad, she likes journalists."
Putin uses dog to intimidate Merkel | FP Passport
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