I mean, Jesus H. Christ, could those two look anymore ex-KGB? They both look like people who have the cold, dark eyes of killers - and who relish that fact. You just know they are looking out to the crowd and thinking "I could kill you with a karate chop. And you. And you. And you..."
It looks like a scene from a James Bond movie! Imagine Daniel Craig is stood just in front of Putin and Medvedev. The script practically writes itself:
Of course, thinking about it, one of these guys is the new President of Russia, and the other is the de facto leader of Russia. And they have a mighty nuclear arsenal at their disposal. So, it is probably time to be polite to them.Putin: So, Mr Bond, we meet again!
Bond: Yes we do, Putin.
Putin: And I rather think it will be for the last time! Medvedev, deal with him.
Medvedev puts his arms out in front of him like a Hammer Horror zombie.
Medvedev: Medvedev kill!
So:
"Congratulations, chaps! Splendid electioneering! A well-deserved victory! Good luck running Russia! I'm sure you'll be just smashing! (Hopefully not literally smashing stuff! Ha ha!)"
*Of course, it depends on what you mean by elected. If you mean "had name on ballot paper in hopelessly corrupt sham election", then Medvedev was, indeed elected.
Apparently, Medvedev is really short and has to be photographed under various systems to hide his real height. It was in G2, so it must be true :)
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