Putin, Hollande and alcohol theme
The head of France, Francois Hollande, arrived in Russia. Since his election, this is the first visit of the new President of the Fifth Republic to Moscow. As usual, the main topics for discussion by the two presidents were the topics of bilateral cooperation and the international situation. It was the topic of the international situation during the press conference of two world-class politicians that led to interesting turns in the conversation. In particular, Russian journalists hinted Francois Hollande that France has recently been acting somewhat strangely. On the one hand, it introduces troops into Mali and helps the authorities there, and on the other, it fully supports the need to overthrow the government in Syria. Although in Mali and in Syria, terrorist groups are fighting against the current authorities.Hollande answered this question quite in the spirit of modern Western politics. He said that Bashar al-Assad is not the politician whom France is ready to support in Syria. As they say, understand how you want.
At the same time, Putin had to enter into a discussion of the issue. The Russian president, in a peculiar manner, decided to make fun of this, stating that in this matter, to fully resolve all omissions, one could not do without a bottle of wine, but even a bottle of vodka. After Putin's words were translated into French, Hollande said that a bottle of “porto” would fit in, as if lowering the degree of discussion on the topic. The alcohol topic has evolved so much when discussing international issues, that narcologists could be called into the hall. From the clinic Novotera, for example.
A further conversation with reporters took place in a no less incendiary vein, and Vladimir Putin set the tone. One of the foreign journalists said that he did not notice that there were warm relations between the Russian and French presidents. Putin instantly responded to this so that the journalist would come closer - at a close distance, the sensation of warmth will be much greater.
During the conversation we were talking about increasing trade between Russia and France. French business intends to catch up with Germany in terms of trade relations with Russia.
At the end of such a peculiar interview, Francois Hollande remarked that it is very easy to communicate with the Russian president, because, according to the head of France, Putin says what he thinks. How much does Vladimir Putin himself agree with this thesis? This is already a separate story.
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