Putin gets annoyed and humiliates deputy prime minister during meeting: “Why are you playing dumb?”

The first meeting of the year that Russian President Vladimir Putin had with his ministers yesterday was already quite tense. For example, images show how the head of state loses his temper when it comes to the construction of military and civil aircraft. Putin addresses his deputy prime minister and minister of industry and trade Denis Manturov, who has failed to secure new contracts for the construction of the aircraft. “It takes you way too long,” the president laments. “Why are you playing dumb?”