Putin mocks Obama over sanctions as he invites U.S. diplomats’ kids to the Kremlin instead of expelling their parents – and his aides scorn ‘angry and shallow brained’ political ‘corpse’
Russia’s foreign minister had been calling for 35 US diplomats to be banished
Came after White House’s decision to expel 35 Russian diplomats from Moscow
Putin stepped in to say he would not engage in tit-for-tat politics with the US
Putin also invited children of any American diplomats in Moscow to celebrate the New Year with him at the Kremlin
Obama’s decision comes in reaction to hacking claims during the US elections
Russians say they had nothing to do with alleged hacks – and Putin’s officials lined up to mock ‘political corpse’ of the Obama administration
By Will Stewart In Moscow and Gareth Davies and Liam Quinn
DailyMail.com
30 December 2016
Russian President Vladimir Putin held his rival Barack Obama up to ridicule on Friday by declining to engage in tit-for-tat expulsions – and instead inviting U.S. diplomats’ children to the Kremlin to party.
The Russian strongman’s actions were accompanied by a fusillade of abuse aimed at Obama from Moscow underlings, who called him a ‘political corpse’ and said his administration was made up of ‘angry and shallow-brained losers’.
Putin had been expected to mirror Obama’s decision to expel 35 intelligence agents with Cold War style revenge expulsions.
His foreign minister had called for the measure, but instead Putin – who met the makers of a Russian TV drama about Vikings and posed with a large sword – said he was waiting to deal with Donald Trump.
‘We will not create problems for American diplomats. We will not expel anyone,’ Putin said in a statement, also inviting children of US diplomats to a holiday party at the Kremlin.
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