Russian President Vladimir Putin topless riding a horse.Figure: Taken from the World Wide Web
The Moscow authorities sent troops to invade Ukraine during the four-month period, bombed houses and massacred civilians several times, causing a large number of casualties and arousing condemnation from the international community. Russian President Vladimir Putin hit back at Western leaders who mocked photos of him on horseback riding topless, saying they would “look disgusting” if they tried to imitate themselves topless, amid tensions between Russia and the West. .
According to the Associated Press, Putin was asked during his visit to Turkmenistan how he felt when Western leaders made jokes about him at the G7 summit. As G7 leaders gathered in Germany for a summit, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson joked that G7 leaders could strip off to “show that we are tougher than Putin”.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also proposed that Western leaders could “ride bare-chested and show their hands” to rival Putin’s half-naked pictures of horseback riding. Horseback riding is one of Putin’s much-publicized sports. Unlike Putin, who retorted in an interview with reporters, Western leaders have alcohol problems and no sports.
Putin said bitterly: “I don’t know if they undressed to reveal the part above the waist or below the waist. But I think it will be a disgusting picture no matter what.” And stressed that it is necessary to look good. “Stop drinking and other bad habits, get physical exercise and exercise”. Russia’s foreign ministry said in a statement that Russia summoned the British ambassador to Moscow on the 30th to strongly protest Johnson’s “insulting remarks” against Putin.
The Russian foreign ministry told the British ambassador to Russia Deborah Bronnert that it firmly opposed “the openly offensive remarks made by the British authorities against Russia, Russian leaders, Russian officials and the Russian people,” adding that Bronnert had received In a memo, it stated that “insulting remarks by representatives of the British authorities are unacceptable. It is customary in high society etiquette to apologize for such remarks”.