A joke I heard repeatedly during two weeks in Russia hints at what we should expect from Vladimir Putin’s fourth term as president, which began yesterday.One Russian academic admitted, “This joke isn’t really funny.” But it does reveal the difficulties America will continue to face in dealing with Putin in the coming six years (compounded by Donald Trump’s strange affection for the Russian leader).Angry at new Western sanctions, the joke goes, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov tells a security official, “Bomb London.”“But my daughter is studying there,” the security official complains.“OK, bomb New York.”“But my son is working there,” a …read more
Source: Gulf times
