Quick-fire quips at the Russian president’s meeting with the Turkish PM as Putin hinted at NSA capabilities to tap any phone call, even those made by the Ukrainian leader – he also explained why Erdogan couldn’t take away an Arctic 30 activist with him.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met for a joint press conference to sign several key trade agreements in St Petersburg on Friday. After the formal intro, the Q&A developed into something unexpected.
“The Ukrainian President allegedly said that Kiev cannot sign an agreement with the EU because Russia was blackmailing Ukraine… can you comment?” a Russian journalist from Interfax asked Putin.
