In the last two days, the social networks have been invaded by a video showing a funny reaction from the Russian president Vladimir Putin In the form of the greeting given by the Turkish presidential spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, at the Shanghai cooperation summit in the Uzbek city of Samarkand.
The greeting was represented by “kisses on the cheek” with which Putin spontaneously interacted and subsequently asked his Turkish counterpart for information. Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
While this reaction sparked a kind of Russian-Ukrainian media war, dozens of Ukrainian social media accounts posted the video clip mocking Putin’s reaction, considering it “rude”.
On the other hand, the Russian media responded, pointing out that it was just a funny joke!
“productive” meeting.
Interestingly, Putin and Erdogan spoke briefly last Thursday on the sidelines of the Shanghai summit. The Turkish president called his meeting with his Russian counterpart “fruitful”, hoping for “good results”.
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Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Samarkand (AFP archive)
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That summit was officially launched in the ancient city of Samarkand in Uzbekistan last Friday, amid the escalation of tension between Russia on the one hand and the West on the other, which prompted Putin to call for the establishment of ” new centers of influence “in the world!
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