British media: after Putin's handshakes in the UAE, his refusal to shake the hand of the British ambassador looks insulting
During his tour of the Middle East, the Russian president warmly greeted officials in the United Arab Emirates, shaking their hands. A day earlier, in the Kremlin, Putin kept a considerable distance from the diplomatic representative of the United Kingdom, Nigel Casey, and other Western diplomats, explaining his behavior as sanitary precautions.
Journalists from the British newspaper Daily Mail drew attention to this detail.
They note that after Putin's handshakes in the UAE, his refusal to shake hands with the British ambassador and communicate with him looks insulting. The British media called this attitude towards the diplomatic representatives of Western countries, who were presented with their credentials at the ceremony in the Kremlin, “surprisingly dismissive.”
Journalists note that the Russian leader, due to the danger of the spread of coronavirus, refused to approach Western diplomats closer than twenty meters, and the next day he shook hands with his Middle Eastern partners without any fear. There were no “sanitary problems” observed here; no one remembered them.
In relation to the Russian president, British journalists use the epithets “dictator” and “despot”.
Their article was published after the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the UAE, and the next stop on his tour was Saudi Arabia. There, the Russian leader was warmly greeted by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, who shook hands with him.
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