Berlusconi linked with a shock return to government – in Russia!

Started by Syt, July 24, 2015, 03:55:38 AM

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Syt

July 24, 2015, 03:55:38 AM
http://www.euronews.com/2015/07/23/berlusconi-linked-with-a-shock-return-to-government-in-russia/

QuoteBerlusconi linked with a shock return to government – in Russia!



Italy's controversial former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been offered a return to power in Russia, according to Italian media.

Vladimir Putin has told Berlusconi he can have Russian citizenship and a position in government heading up its economy ministry, reports La Stampa.

The Italian newspaper quoted Berlusconi saying: "My future? Becoming minister for my friend Putin."

He added: "Think about it: in Italy I am marginalised while Putin tells me he is ready to give me (Russian) citizenship and get me the lead of the Russian economy ministry."

Regardless of the chances of seeing Berlusconi in power in Russia, the two have been good friends since they shared a table during G8 meetings.

Massimo Gramellini, writing in La Stampa, is one commentator who has cast doubt over how serious Berlusconi's comments were, describing the story as "five minutes of stupidity" in the "heart of a torrid summer".

And they stayed in touch, last month sharing a relaxing weekend in Siberia. Putin meanwhile is a regular visitor to Berlusconi's villa in Sardinia.

It comes after French actor Gérard Depardieu was handed a Russian passport in January 2013. Reports emerged yesterday saying the extrovert actor had been banned from Ukraine because he was considered a threat to national security.

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garbon

#2
July 24, 2015, 05:48:01 AM
:lmfao: :blink:
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
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garbon

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July 24, 2015, 05:54:51 AM
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/berlusconi-joke-plans-russian-minister-32657961

QuoteDid Russian President Vladimir Putin offer former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi a job as economy minister? Berlusconi says it was just a joke and Putin says any support was "metaphorical."

A boast by Berlusconi that his old friend Putin had offered to make him economy minister made headlines around the world this week.

But Berlusconi spokeswoman Deborah Bergamini says he was just joking, and Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says Putin wasn't really offering the Italian a job.

In comments carried by Interfax news agency Thursday, Peskov said Putin was offering only "metaphorical support" — "not as a formal offer to occupy any official post."

He notes that foreigners cannot work in the Russian government.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Legbiter

#4
July 24, 2015, 06:03:36 AM
Live the dream Silvio. :thumbsup:
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Martinus

#5
July 24, 2015, 07:04:57 AM
Him, Depardieu and Schroeder.

Razgovory

#6
July 24, 2015, 08:19:18 AM
Europe is screwy.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Caliga

#7
July 24, 2015, 08:53:39 AM
Oh Silvio!
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Solmyr

#8
July 24, 2015, 09:03:17 AM
Even Putin has a limit on how much he wants to fuck up Russia's economy. :P

Josquius

#9
July 24, 2015, 09:18:44 AM
Maybe the Italians could pay someone to do this for real?
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Archy

#10
July 24, 2015, 10:09:35 AM
Probably didn't read the fine print it was. Minister of finance of the Tuva Republic once he became aware he wasn't Interested anymore

The Larch

#11
July 27, 2015, 01:58:35 PM
How do you write Bunga Bunga in cirylic?

grumbler

#12
July 27, 2015, 06:36:01 PM
Quote from: Archy on July 24, 2015, 10:09:35 AM
Probably didn't read the fine print it was. Minister of finance of the Tuva Republic once he became aware he wasn't Interested anymore

Don't make fun of Tuva.  The ghost of Richard Feynman will haunt you if you do.
The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.   -G'Kar

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Tonitrus

#13
July 29, 2015, 12:25:33 AM
Quote from: The Larch on July 27, 2015, 01:58:35 PM
How do you write Bunga Bunga in cirylic?

«Бунга-Бунга»

Archy

#14
July 29, 2015, 12:31:42 AM
Quote from: grumbler on July 27, 2015, 06:36:01 PM
Quote from: Archy on July 24, 2015, 10:09:35 AM
Probably didn't read the fine print it was. Minister of finance of the Tuva Republic once he became aware he wasn't Interested anymore

Don't make fun of Tuva.  The ghost of Richard Feynman will haunt you if you do.
First time I hear of him seems like an interesting character according to Wikipedia. I gonna check more about him. Thanks, :thumbsup:
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