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<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>"What did you achieve by kissing the little boy Nikita on the stomach?" <br><br>"It was not clear what had prompted 8,600 Russians to ask Putin if he planned to employ 'giant, humanoid war robots' or why 7,300 people were interested in Cthulhu, a cosmic cephalopod invented by novelist H. P. Lovecraft which is said to be sleeping beneath the Pacific Ocean," Reuters reported Tuesday."<br><br>"Meanwhile, Putin's creepy "youth army" has been increasingly active and increasingly crazy.<br><br>The Putin-approved "Young Guard" held a strange protest on Tuesday outside the U.S. embassy in Moscow.<br><br>"The event was held under the slogan, 'The Day of Independence of the World from the United States,'" the Moscow Times reported today.<br><br>"The demonstrators were wearing T-shirts with inscriptions: 'I am free' and 'I am against' and held posters saying: 'Stop monitoring us!' and 'Uncle Sam is not our uncle.'"<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br><br><br><br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.sploid.com/news/2006/07/anna_says_fear.php" target="top">www.sploid.com/news/2006/07/anna_says_fear.php</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.timesofoman.com/newsdetails.asp?newsid=32631" target="top">www.timesofoman.com/newsdetails.asp?newsid=32631</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br><br><br> <p></p><i></i>

Putin's explanation:<br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>"People came up and I began talking to them, among them this little boy. He seemed to me very independent, sure of himself and at the same time defenseless so to speak, an innocent boy and a very nice little boy," Putin told the Web cast.<br><br>"I tell you honestly, I just wanted to touch him like a kitten and that desire of mine ended in that act."<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--> <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/07/06/russia.putin.reut/index.html">edition.cnn.com/2006/WORL...index.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <p></p><i></i>

<br> whoa. <p></p><i></i>

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what in the fucking hell....<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :x --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/sick.gif ALT=":x"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p></p><i></i>

Oh come on, y'all. We all know that grown men are defenseless like that when confronted with kittens. Presidents are no exception. <p></p><i></i>

Especially those presidents who happen to be ex-spook and hold a black belt in judo, "known for his Harai goshi, a sweeping hip throw..."<br><br> <!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/ce/Vladimir_Putin_martial_arts.jpg/120px-Vladimir_Putin_martial_arts.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <p></p><i></i>

(Judo is one thing that ought to come in handy when dealing with a swollen global hegemon like the USA) <p></p><i></i>

I saw the clip. There was nothing innocent about the way Putin kissed that kid's stomach. He looked like a kid sneaking towards the cookie jar.<br><br>After seeing the expression on his face, and the way his hands moved, I wouldn't let that guy within a mile of any of MY kids, or anybody else's. <p></p><i></i>

Well, my Russian cacameter has been oscillating wildly these days in response to our unbiased Western press coverage (and of coruse Reuters is truly unbiased because, of course, it's, um, well, it's OLD. And that means RESPECT.) Anti-Russia propaganda is building up rapidly in the West (was it ever gone? Only when we thought they'd somehow become our capitalist poodles), and this incident needs to be studied by reading a wide range of press in Russian to see if there's something we wags are not getting. I admit it was shockingly creepy, but on the other hand Russian men kiss each other as a greeting (at least, that's what I've heard). Next thing I expect is the Tyrant of Tehran holding hands with Puto-in. But wait--straight men also hold hands in some cultures.<br><br>That said, this could explain the odd personal affinity that Putin and Bush have, despite the fact that their countries are drifting toward a new cold war. <p></p><i></i>

What did he say about Cthulhu?<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/dayart/aponline/42363.67RUSSIA-PUTIN-NIKITA-S-TUMMY.sff.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <p></p><i></i>

WTF <p></p><i></i>

<!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,1658,5182655,00.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>MOSCOW: After a week of frenzied speculation across Russia, President Vladimir Putin has finally explained that he had kissed a young boy on the stomach in the Kremlin because he wanted to "stroke him like a kitten".<br><br>But his explanation during a live webcast held by the BBC anda popular Russian browser left many viewers even more bemused.<br><br>The normally dour former KGB officer insisted that it was a spontaneous decision to approach the five-year-old, who was in a group of tourists, to lift his shirt and kiss his stomach.<br><br>"People came up and I began talking to them, among them thislittle boy. He seemed to mevery independent, sure of himself and at the same time defenceless, so to speak, an innocent boy and a very nice little boy," Mr Putin said.<br><br>"I tell you honestly, I just wanted to stroke him like a kitten and it came out in this gesture. There is nothing behind it."<br><br>Russians occasionally kiss babies on the stomach, but almost never five-year-old boys. <br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19721151-29677,00.html">www.theaustralian.news.com.au/</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> <p></p><i></i>

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<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Putin takes swipe at Cheney over criticisms</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>Russian president tells NBC that VP was on ‘an unsuccessful hunting shot’<br><br>MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin lashed out at Vice President Dick Cheney ahead of this weekend’s G-8 summit, calling his recent criticisms of Russia “an unsuccessful hunting shot,” according to a television interview being broadcast Wednesday.<br><hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--> <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12355000/#storyContinued">www.msnbc.msn.com/id/1235...yContinued</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/ce/Vladimir_Putin_martial_arts.jpg/120px-Vladimir_Putin_martial_arts.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <p></p><i></i>