In BuzzFeed interview Obama reflects on Russia’s resurgent ‘Soviet style’, his reversal on gay marriage, the ‘shame’ of Staples and ransom paymentsRussian president Vladimir Putin “has a foot very much in the Soviet past”, President Barack Obama said in a pointed interview published on Wednesday, while expressing hope that the Kremlin might still help defuse the crisis in Ukraine.In a wide-ranging conversation with BuzzFeed that touched on same-sex marriage, corporate power and ransoms for kidnapping, Obama declined to “psychoanalyze Mr Putin” but said his Russian counterpart had “missed some opportunities” economically and diplomatically. … …read more
Source: The Guardian
