| |
| |
NPR News: Vladimir Putin: Transcript of Robert Siegel Interview |
 | | President Putin: I started practicing this sport when I was 14, and as a matter of fact, what I did start engaging in was something called sambo, which is a Russian acronym for, quote, "self-defense without arms," unquote, which is a Russian wrestling technique. |
 | | President Putin: I was thinking that he was being a little extreme, and I was thinking that that kind of an extreme attitude was unlikely to result in the accomplishing of an objective, even though those objectives that President Reagan himself was mapping out were noble. |
 | | President Putin: Yes, if we were to refer -- as if we were to use the phrase "white nights" to describe nights that are covered in snow, and streets that are covered in snow -- (laughter) -- when the streets are covered in snow, then December might do just fine. |
| www.npr.org /news/specials/putin/nprinterview.html (5189 words) |
|