“Russia’s borders end nowhere,” Russian President Vladimir Putin declared at the annual award ceremony of the national geographic society in Moscow to roaring applause, broadcast live on state television on Thursday.
“This is a joke,” Putin declared, as the cameras panned to the hall full of grinning government officials, including Minister of Defence Sergey Shoygu and Putin’s ex-chief of staff Sergei Ivanov.
The event sought to award those with great contribution to geographic study in Russia and induct them in the society, culminating with a segment in which Putin shared the stage with two schoolboys whose impressive knowledge of capitals, flags …read more
Source: Newsweek
