Just when you thought Russian President Vladimir Putin couldn’t possibly do more to resemble a comic book villain, he goes and outdoes himself. The Russian leader was in Cairo Tuesday for meetings with his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and presented the former general with a modest gift: A Kalashnikov assault rifle.
The gift was a red bow on top of a series of agreements strengthening ties between Russia and Egypt. The two leaders announced the creation of a free-trade zone between the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union, a Russian industrial zone near the Suez Canal, and Russian aid in the construction …read more
Source: Foreign Policy
