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Putin Wishes W. Well, Obama Ignores

Posted on the 08 August 2013 by Hughvw
Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a telegram on Thursday to former U.S. President George W. Bush, wishing him a quick recovery from heart surgery.
It may have been coincidence that the Kremlin released details of the telegram a day after Barack Obama pulled out of a planned summit with Putin, but little is left to chance in Russian politics.
The warm words to the man who once said he looked Putin in the eye and got a “sense of his soul” highlighted how different the relationship is between the leaders in the Kremlin and the White House now. More here


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