For anyone who speaks Russian and has heard or read Vladimir Putin's original remarks regarding Israeli President Moshe Katsav's ongoing rape investigation. I was sickened by what I read in English translation:
"What a mighty man he turns out to be! He raped 10 women - I would never have expected this from him. He surprised us all - we all envy him!"
Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov admitted: "Yes really, these words were pronounced."
However, he claimed that Russian was a very subtle language and the remarks were misinterpreted...
I find the possibility of hidden subtlety here difficult to understand. Does anyone know what Putin actually said in Russian, and do you think it really is as innocent as the Kremlin spokesman claimed?
Link to full story on the BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6069136.stm
2006-10-21
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