Serendipity

• Shaun Walker, Putin says those behind Trump dossier are “worse than prostitutes”, The Guardian, January 17, 2017

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin: “Do they think our special services follow every American billionaire?”. Photo: Mikhail Metzel/TASS.

Cheers

In a photo provided by the United Nations, U.S. President Barack Hussein Obama II and Russia’s President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin toast each other during a luncheon at the 70th annual United Nations General Assembly Monday afternoon in New York. Photo: Amanda Voisard/AP.

70 years since the Allied Victory over nazi-fascism

U.S. President Barack Hussein Obama II extends his hand to Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin during their meeting at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States. Photo: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters.

Remember Not to Forget

The lessons of WWII should be remembered so as to minimize the number of military conflicts in the world, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. “You have just said that we are bonded by strategic relations and, as we say, a comprehensive partnership. But it is also important how we look at historical problems”, Putin said at a meeting with Chinese President Xí Jìnpíng. The peoples of Russia and China should not forget “how cruelly the invaders behaved on the temporarily occupied territories and what countless victims this led to”, Putin said. [Read more].

• Putin: Russian, Chinese people should remember WWII lessons, Russia Beyond The Headlines, September 3, 2015

Russia’s President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (front, R.) and Chinese President 习近平 (Xí Jìnpíng) (front, L.) arrive for a gala show to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, in 北京 (Běijīng), China, September 3, 2015. Photo: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters.

Двадцать тысяч льё под водой (Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea)

Sevastopol, Russia: President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin submerges on board C-Explorer 3 bathyscaphe into the Black Sea to explore sunken shipwrecks. Photo: Alexei Nikolsky/AFP/Getty Images.

Art Nouveau

• Vladimir Putin to Give Away Chess Sets as well as State Awards, Chess-News.ru, July 20, 2015

Now chess sets will be added to the list of gifts from Vladimir Putin, reports Moskovsky Komsomolets. “The porcelain pieces of green and red color, are based on the heroes of ancient chronicles. The chess sets will be in a box, the cover of which depicts the Kremlin and the Russian coat of arms”. [Read more].

• Eva Merkacheva, Новые подарки россиянам от Путина: шахматы и вазы (Putin’s most recent Russian gifts: chess and vases), MK.ru, July 19, 2015

Trans-Siberian Railway

Η Καθημερινή (Kathimerini) (@ekathimerini)

习近平 (Xí Jìnpíng) e Vladimir Vladimirovič Putin
Foto: Post-Western World

• Luca Steinmann, Vladimir Putin corteggia Atene ma Alexīs Tsipras tratta con Angela Merkel, l’Espresso, 7 luglio 2015

• Simone Pieranni, Telefonata Tsipras–Putin di “aggiornamento”. Pechino “fiduciosa”, il manifesto, 7 luglio 2015

МОПР (MOPR)

• Jack Moore, Greek PM turns to Putin amid IMF payment delay and internal Syriza divisions, Newsweek, June 5, 2015

Alexīs Tsipras

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin

2015年世界博览会

• Redazione Milano online, Expo, Renzi: “Putin sarà a Milano il 10 giugno per la festa della Russia”, Corriere della Sera, 5 marzo 2015