johnsonk2 Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 From Reuters newswire MOSCOW, July 6 (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin's decision to stop a small boy as he walked through the Kremlin and kiss his stomach was prompted by a desire to "touch him like a kitten", the Russian president said on Thursday. The five-year-old boy, identified as Nikita Konkin by the press, was clearly stunned by the kiss and speculation over Putin's motivation has run wild in the week since it happened. Curious Internet users propelled the issue to the top of a list of questions put to Putin in an interactive webcast. "People came up and I began talking to them, among them this little boy. He seemed to me very independent, sure of himself and at the same time defenceless so to speak, an innocent boy and a very nice little boy," Putin told the webcast. "I tell you honestly, I just wanted to touch him like a kitten and that desire of mine ended in that act." The Izvestia daily, which tracked down Nikita, discovered that he had refused to wash after that kiss. "I just liked him and he liked me very much. I want to be president myself," the five-year-old told the paper. ((Writing by Oliver Bullough, Editing by Peter Millership, oliver.bullough@reuters.com, +7 095 775 1242, RM: oliver.bullough.reuters.com@reuters.net)) Keywords: RUSSIA PUTIN KISS Thu Jul 6 14:54:03 2006 -GMT- pnac (nL06851359) = 1 14:54 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Beatings Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 disturbing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliaz Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 I really don't think there is much more to this than some Card Carrying member of NAMBLA trying to get his rocks off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Cool Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big F'n Dave Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 :bigjohn: Already posted :bigjohn: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 It's a cultural thing... and I think it lost something in the translation. Or, he's a namby boy-toucher. Either way, at least he isn't pissing away his constituent's tax dollars to try to protect Iraq. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cre8tiff Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 I hear he is trying to buy Lenin's bones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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