Goldkröte (extinct) | flo on Nostr: "There was evidence Putin played psychological games with German chancellor Angela ...
"There was evidence Putin played psychological games with German chancellor Angela Merkel, for example. In a 2007 meeting in Sochi in which they discussed energy supplies to Europe, the Russian president brought in his large Labrador. Putin knew that Merkel was terrified of dogs — the result of a dog attack years before — and it unsettled her during their talk.
(...) Canadian foreign minister Peter MacKay said he was shocked by Putin's behaviour with Merkel.
"It speaks to a dark nature, a character flaw in that man that crosses all lines in terms of diplomacy and just human nature," MacKay said.
Soviet-born Australian journalist Zoya Sheftalovich (...) told CBC that Putin "is well-briefed, he knows what people's buttons are and he pushes them."
Konstantin Eggert (...) said "he evidently wants to dominate all the time. He wants to prove that he's the toughest guy in the room. He always has to have someone to humiliate.""
Well worth a read!
https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/top-stories-01r3k2ttz/-/a-fAZlXh3bSByR4WqWG6ORbQ%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0
(...) Canadian foreign minister Peter MacKay said he was shocked by Putin's behaviour with Merkel.
"It speaks to a dark nature, a character flaw in that man that crosses all lines in terms of diplomacy and just human nature," MacKay said.
Soviet-born Australian journalist Zoya Sheftalovich (...) told CBC that Putin "is well-briefed, he knows what people's buttons are and he pushes them."
Konstantin Eggert (...) said "he evidently wants to dominate all the time. He wants to prove that he's the toughest guy in the room. He always has to have someone to humiliate.""
Well worth a read!
https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/top-stories-01r3k2ttz/-/a-fAZlXh3bSByR4WqWG6ORbQ%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0