US President Barack Obama described his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin as “a bored kid in the back of the classroom," amid high tensions between the two countries over a growing number of issues.
"I know the press likes to focus on body language, and he's got that kind of slouch, looking like the bored kid in the back of the classroom,” Obama said at a White House news conference on Friday.
However, Obama insisted that he does not have bad personal relations with Putin.
“But the truth is that when we're in conversations together, oftentimes it's very productive," he said.
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Relations between the United States and Russia deteriorated further on Wednesday when the White House announced that President Obama had canceled a September presidential summit with Putin in retaliation for Moscow’s decision to give temporary asylum to American whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Obama had earlier said he was "disappointed" with the decision and accused Russia of slipping into “a Cold War mentality.” Full story...
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"I know the press likes to focus on body language, and he's got that kind of slouch, looking like the bored kid in the back of the classroom,” Obama said at a White House news conference on Friday.
However, Obama insisted that he does not have bad personal relations with Putin.
“But the truth is that when we're in conversations together, oftentimes it's very productive," he said.
(...)
Relations between the United States and Russia deteriorated further on Wednesday when the White House announced that President Obama had canceled a September presidential summit with Putin in retaliation for Moscow’s decision to give temporary asylum to American whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Obama had earlier said he was "disappointed" with the decision and accused Russia of slipping into “a Cold War mentality.” Full story...
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