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| Putin decides against tit-for-tat expulsion of US diplomats |
| 2016-12-30 |
| Russian President Vladimir Putin has declined to engage in a tit-for-tat after the US expelled 35 Russian diplomats over the hacking scandal. He said Russia would not "stoop" to the level of "irresponsible diplomacy" but would work to restore ties with America under President-elect Donald Trump. The Russian foreign ministry had formally asked him to expel 35 US diplomats in retaliation.Russia denies involvement in hacking, calling US sanctions "ungrounded". Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev accused the outgoing administration of President Barack Obama of ending in "anti-Russian death throes". |
| Posted by:John Frum |
| #13 DT asked Obama to "Move On"; genius level trolling of zero and clinton. The sheer ignorance of those who take the MSM as anything other than democrats who lie is astounding. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2016-12-30 19:30 |
| #12 Bingo, #11 P2k! |
| Posted by: Barbara 2016-12-30 18:47 |
| #11 ...ah, being the 'bad example'? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-12-30 17:50 |
| #10 Poor Barry. We still haven't found anything you're good at. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2016-12-30 17:43 |
| #9 Putin is still running circles around Obama, and Obama doesn't even know it... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-12-30 16:34 |
| #8 Putin also invited all the Diplomat Kids and children of ex-pats to the big annual Kremlin New Years party, Ded Moroz is likely to show up with presents. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-12-30 14:20 |
| #7 Bikers do a thing called a "chilly willy," where you snort a shot of bourbon up your nose instead of swallowing it down. I imagine having a shot of vodka come out your nose while laughing feels about the same... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2016-12-30 13:05 |
| #6 Next step, Obama recall all the US ambassadors from Russian. Just as well as they are most likely Obama's people and Trump will replace them with his own people. So basically Obama sense of timing sucks and he's just having a temper tantrum. |
| Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance 2016-12-30 12:18 |
| #5 Vlad - "I'll have more flexibility after in the inauguration" BTW, remember the little thingy with the Russian ambassador to Turkey? You know how you aren't really screening the Muslim you're resettling? Remember you engaged in personally selecting hit lists for people in the Middle East? Then you should remember Mehmet Ali Ağca. Just remember when useful idiots are not longer useful. Karma. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-12-30 11:20 |
| #4 We reserve the right to retaliate, but we will not sink to the level of this irresponsible ‘kitchen’ diplomacy. We will take further moves on restoring Russian-American relations based on the policies that the administration of President-elect Donald Trump adopts,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a statement published by the Kremlin website. |
| Posted by: Willy 2016-12-30 11:01 |
| #3 Yet another, much deserved, insult to Obama. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-12-30 09:49 |
| #2 He said Russia would not "stoop" to the level of "irresponsible diplomacy" TRANSLATION: Good sources are difficult to recruit and develop. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-12-30 08:47 |
| #1 Besides, the costs of bringing everybody home and then sending them right back next month was ludicrous, so he just told them to burn some vacation time in England, and don't cancel any leases. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2016-12-30 08:39 |