At the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, American NBC television channel journalist Megyn Kelly literally pestered the Russian president with questions about Russian interference in the American elections.
At the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2017), the moderator of the event, journalist of the American television channel NBC Megyn Kelly, conducted a real interrogation of Russian President Vladimir Putin about the Kremlin’s possible participation in the American elections.
Putin was surprised at Kelly’s question about “secret” contacts between Russian diplomats and American politicians and explained that meetings are precisely the work of ambassadors.
When Putin recalled the dismissal of presidential adviser Michael Flynn because of a conversation with Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak, he suggested that Kelly take a “pill.”
“Yes, they didn’t talk about anything there. General words [...], nothing specific, just zero, zero, nothing at all. Surprisingly simple. It’s just some kind of hysteria. And you just can’t stop. Shall I give you a pill? Does anyone have a pill? Give me some pill,"
Putin joked, addressing the forum guests.
At the end of the interview, the NBC journalist suggested to the Russian President pronounce the last word, in which he again “injected” the TV presenter.
“Mr. Dodon said that the world has ceased to be unipolar. No, the American sits, commands everyone, gives me the last word. But in principle, such a unipolar world, with such a quality of discussion, I think suits us all. I think we will all thank our presenter today ", -
said the president.
Let us note that after the plenary meeting of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern admitted that he began to respect Russian President Vladimir Putin even more.
According to Kern, he was surprised when he learned that the moderator of the discussion was the host of the American television channel NBC Megyn Kelly.
“I didn’t initially know about the presenter, but then they told me, and I respect you even more for that, because I probably wouldn’t have dared to do this,” the Austrian chancellor said during a meeting with Putin immediately after the plenary session.
Today, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2017), taking part in the plenary session "Russia-US Business Dialogue". Of course, given the topic of the meeting, the discussion concerned, first of all, the relationship between Russia and the United States. The discussion was moderated by American journalist and NBC News TV presenter Meggin Kelly. The topic turned out to be very pressing for the president, and as a result, his speech at the forum became one of the most striking in recent times.
We present the most interesting and vivid answers to the questions of an American journalist, as well as the most significant quotes from the president’s speech.
The discussion began, in the most unexpected way, with the topic of climate. Meggin Kelly asked the Russian President about his attitude to the US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement, as a number of European leaders condemned this decision. “We should be grateful to President Trump. Today in Moscow, they say, there was snow, it was raining here, it was so cold. Now everything can be blamed on him and American imperialism. But we won’t do this,” Putin joked.
However, calling the climate agreement a good and correct document and saying that Russia will ratify the Paris Climate Agreement when the rules for resource distribution are formed.
But the president completely refused to answer the next question seriously, and this is understandable. We were talking about the notorious “interference of Russian hackers” in American presidential elections. And this is a propaganda idea that even its authors themselves, it seems, consider absurd.
"What fingerprints? Hoofprints, say, horns. What? Whose fingerprints are these? IP addresses can be invented. You know, how many specialists there are, they will make sure that your children are sent from your home address, your youngest child is three years old, your three-year-old girl carried out an attack. There are such specialists in the world today in the field of these technologies that they will come up with anything for you, then blame anyone,” Putin said, answering the presenter’s question regarding the allegedly discovered “Russian trace” of interference in the US election campaign. .
According to him, the search for a Russian trace in the reasons for Hillary Clinton’s loss is an attempt to shift this problem from a sore head to a healthy one.
“And the problem is not with us, the problem is within American politics. Trump’s team turned out to be more effective during the election campaign. I myself sometimes thought: well, the guy is going too far. Honestly, it’s true. But it turned out that he was right, that he found an approach to those groups of the population, to those groups of voters on whom he relied. And they came and voted for him. But the other team miscalculated. I don’t want to admit this mistake... It’s easier to say that we are not to blame, it’s the Russians,” - the president expressed his opinion, and then spoke even more harshly about the “anti-Russian history”.
“In general, this reminds me of anti-Semitism - the Jews are to blame for everything. You see, the idiot himself can’t do anything like that - the Jews are to blame. But we know what such sentiments lead to - they don’t end in anything good. We just have to work, think how to fix it their mistakes," he said.
At the same time, Putin also spoke about Western intervention in Russian politics, which, unlike the mythical Russian hackers, is not at all illusory. “You should see what your colleagues are doing here: they just climbed into our domestic policy, they sat on our heads, dangled their legs and chewed gum,” the president said, addressing Megyn Kelly. - Finish it."
At the same time, the president called the current relations between Russia and the United States the worst since the Cold War. Noting, however, that the dialogue between the countries continues. “As influential world powers, Russia and the United States maintain dialogue within various multilateral formats: at the UN, at the G20, there will soon be a meeting in Germany, and in other organizations. They interact on key, global and regional issues, there is no escape from this, and, thank God, that this exists, that this process continues,” Putin said.
Although the foundation of mutual cooperation that had been formed over the previous decades was destroyed. However, the situation where contacts are curtailed does not suit either Russian or American business. Putin noted that strong bilateral trade ties can provide a safety net against fluctuations in political conditions.
“Our economic interaction with the United States is balanced, diversified and technologically rich. What we have is generally in good condition,” the president noted, after which he called on American businesses interested in cooperation with Russia to influence the US authorities.
Putin also said that now it is impossible to “waste time on squabbles and geopolitical games.” On the contrary, we need to show wisdom and responsibility and develop new formats of interaction, using, for example, the potential of such a unique organization as the UN. "We are open to working together“, - the head of state immediately told the audience. After all, only together, by joining forces, can we solve problems and cope with threats. And there are many of them. “We are not just standing on the threshold, but are already facing great civilizational challenges,” he said.
“New technologies are rapidly changing the usual way of life, forming new industries and professions, but also giving rise to new threats,” Vladimir Putin continued. “We face systemic, long-term challenges, all the consequences of which are difficult to calculate and predict.”
There was also another statement regarding NATO. Putin called the organization a tool foreign policy USA. "NATO was created as a tool" cold war"in the fight against the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact. Now there is no Warsaw Pact, nor Soviet Union, but NATO exists. The question arises: why? There is only one answer: no matter what they say, it is an instrument of US foreign policy,” the president believes.
He also recalled that it was previously said that NATO is being transformed into a political organization, as an organization that provides essential elements of stability in the world. “But if this happens, then it’s probably not bad. But so far this is not happening. For now we see the development of military infrastructure. And the approach of this infrastructure to our borders cannot but worry us,” Putin said.
At the same time, categorically excluding the possibility of Assad using chemical weapons, for which the same US accuses him: “About the people who were killed and suffered from the use of weapons, including chemical weapons. This fake information. Today we are absolutely convinced that this is just a provocation. Assad did not use these weapons, and all this was done by people who wanted to blame him for this."
And, of course, he once again spoke about the threat of international terrorism: “The threat of terrorism is not a far-fetched problem. We have four thousand people from only Russian Federation, according to our preliminary estimates, are in Syria, and four and a half thousand - five thousand, approximately - from the CIS countries, from Central Asia basically," Putin said.
Let us recall that earlier he repeatedly called on the American authorities to jointly fight terrorist organizations. However, here too, tensions and conflicts continue between our countries.
Putin ended his speech with another joke, in which, however, one can see not just a grain of truth, but a kind of summary of the main meaning of everything that Putin said at the forum. When American TV presenter Magin Kelly, moderating the discussion, gave Vladimir Putin final word and asked to answer what unites all the countries present in the hall, the Russian leader replied: “Well, Mr. Dodon said that the world has ceased to be unipolar. No, the American sits, commands everyone - they give me the last word.”
“Such a unipolar world, with such a quality of discussion, I think we are all happy with. In any case, we will thank our presenter today,” the Russian President added. In a word, Russia still needs the same things in relations with the United States: equal dialogue, equal partnerships and an adequate perception of reality. And whether we will see this from the United States is no longer a question for the Russian president.
At the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, American NBC television channel journalist Megyn Kelly literally pestered the Russian president with questions about Russian interference in the American elections.
At the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2017), the moderator of the event, journalist of the American television channel NBC Megyn Kelly, conducted a real interrogation of Russian President Vladimir Putin about the Kremlin’s possible participation in the American elections.
As Topnews writes, Putin first answered Kelly’s questions seriously, then tried to laugh it off, and in the end allowed himself evil irony towards the journalist. The audience applauded the remarks of the head of state, as if the interview were real battle, in which the president “won.”
Thus, answering a question about the negative reaction of European leaders to the US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement, the Russian leader noted that he was not one of them: “at least they don’t think so.”
After this, the president asked the NBC journalist if she had read the agreement and he himself replied: “No, I see that I haven’t read it.”
Kelly then told Putin about the unequivocal conclusions of all “17 US intelligence agencies” and independent experts that Russia did interfere in the election. The president responded to this with a monologue from Arkady Raikin, noting that there are no independent experts.
Have you read these reports?” Putin asked Kelly.
“I read the public, unclassified version,” the journalist replied.
"The public, social version - that is, none. And who made the suit? Are the pockets well sewn? Good. Buttons - good? Good. Any complaints about the buttons? No, it’s sewn tightly. But it’s impossible to wear the suit. Does this happen? One of ours had it satirists, Arkady Isaakovich Raikin. And now, too, the public version. Even in these reports there is nothing concrete. Only assumptions and conclusions based on assumptions, then there will be a subject for discussion. the organization in which I used to work, they said: addresses, appearances, names, come on, where is all this?”
the Russian President asked a rhetorical question.
The NBC journalist devoted her next question to accusations of a “deliberate disinformation campaign” allegedly waged by Russia.
“Experts say that these factors cannot be invented. Hundreds of facts against Russia: IP addresses, fingerprints, codes. All this points to Russia and no other evidence points to anyone else other than the Russian Federation,” -
Kelly cited the experts' arguments.
Putin called such arguments ridiculous, noting that if they wanted, hackers could hack into the journalist’s home computer and carry out an attack from it.
What fingerprints? Hoof prints, horns? Whose prints are these? IP addresses can generally be invented. Do you know how many specialists there are? They will make it seem like they sent your children from your home address. So they organize everything that it was your youngest child, your three-year-old girl, who carried out this attack. There are such specialists in the field of technology that they will come up with anything for you, and then blame anyone,” -
Putin noted.
The head of state compared the accusations against Russia with anti-Semitism and illustrated them with a remark from a certain “moron” for whom “the Jews are to blame for everything.”
At the end of the conversation with a persistent journalist, who recalled that Donald Trump spoke about Russia’s influence on the election process, Putin, turning to Kelly, begged “stop it, she’s pestering me,” however, noting the professional qualities of the TV presenter.
“We should all take an example from American journalists. Here Megan demonstrates the highest aerobatics of her profession. I just gave her an example according to which there was no disinformation, regardless of who threw in the information about manipulation within the Democratic Party during the elections. And the fact of this is the resignation of the leader from his post. And again, he says, what is disinformation?”
Putin was surprised at Kelly’s question about “secret” contacts between Russian diplomats and American politicians and explained that meetings are precisely the work of ambassadors.
When Putin recalled the dismissal of presidential adviser Michael Flynn because of a conversation with Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak, he suggested that Kelly take a “pill.”
“Yes, they didn’t talk about anything there. General words [...], nothing specific, just zero, zero, nothing at all. Surprisingly simple. It’s just some kind of hysteria. And you just can’t stop. Shall I give you a pill? Does anyone have a pill? Give me some pill,"
Putin joked, addressing the forum guests.
At the end of the interview, the NBC journalist invited the Russian president to say the last word, in which he again “injected” the TV presenter.
“Mr. Dodon said that the world has ceased to be unipolar. No, the American sits, commands everyone, gives me the last word. But in principle, such a unipolar world, with such a quality of discussion, I think suits us all. I think we will all thank our presenter today ", -
said the president.
Let us note that after the plenary meeting of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern admitted that he began to respect Russian President Vladimir Putin even more.
According to Kern, he was surprised when he learned that the moderator of the discussion was the host of the American television channel NBC Megyn Kelly.
“I didn’t initially know about the presenter, but then they told me, and I respect you even more for that, because I probably wouldn’t have dared to do this,” the Austrian chancellor said during a meeting with Putin immediately after the plenary session.
On June 2, at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2017), American NBC television channel journalist Megyn Kelly interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin. A significant part of the conversation in the presence of forum guests was devoted to the Kremlin’s possible participation in the American elections. Putin answered seriously at first, then laughed it off, and in the end allowed himself evil irony towards the journalist. The audience applauded the remarks of the head of state, as if considering the conversation a real battle in which the president “won.”
Things got tense between Putin and Kelly from the very beginning. Answering a question about the negative reaction of European leaders to the US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement, Putin noted that he was not one of them: “at least they don’t think so.”
At the same time, the president asked whether Kelly had read the agreement and answered himself: “No, I see that I haven’t read it.”
Kelly then told Putin about the unequivocal conclusions of all “17 US intelligence agencies” and independent experts that Russia did interfere in the election. The president recalled Arkady Raikin’s monologue to this and said that there are no independent experts.
Have you read these reports? - Putin asked.
I read the public, unclassified version.
The public, public version - that is, none. Who made the suit? Are the pockets sewn well? Fine. Are buttons good? Fine. Any complaints about buttons? No, it's sewn tightly. But wearing a suit is impossible. It happens? One of our satirists, Arkady Isaakovich Raikin, had it. And now, too, a public version. I've read these reports. Even in these reports there is nothing concrete. Only assumptions and conclusions based on assumptions. If something specifically [appears], then there will be a subject for discussion. In one organization where I used to work, they said: addresses, appearances, names, come on, where is it all?
The NBC journalist devoted her next question to accusations of a “deliberate disinformation campaign” allegedly waged by Russia. Kelly listed several pieces of evidence to support this view.
Experts say these factors cannot be made up. Hundreds of facts against Russia: IP addresses, fingerprints, codes. All this points to Russia and no other evidence points to anyone other than the Russian Federation.
What fingerprints? Hoof prints, horns? Whose prints are these? IP addresses can generally be invented. Do you know how many specialists there are? They will make it seem like they sent your children from your home address. So everyone organizes that it's yours youngest child, your three-year-old girl made this attack. There are such specialists in the technology sector that they will come up with anything for you, and then blame anyone.
In addition, Putin attributed Trump's victory only to an effective election campaign.
“I myself sometimes thought, well, the guy is going overboard, honestly“, the president noted. “But he found an approach to those groups of voters on whom he relied. They came and voted."
The head of state compared the accusations against Russia with anti-Semitism and illustrated them with a remark from a certain “moron” who “blames the Jews for everything.”
When the journalist began to insist, Putin asked with the word “stop” to leave questions about the Kremlin’s interference in the American elections. Kelly did not back down and recalled that Donald Trump spoke about Russia’s influence on the election process. “Here it is,” Putin responded.
Kelly recalled “fake news” on RT, which could influence the opinions of voters in the United States. Putin did not answer this question, including discussing the TV presenter herself with the audience. He also reproached Kelly for his uncertain remark that even Trump confirmed the fact of Russian influence in the elections, and at the same time accused the United States of “gross and systematic” interference in the internal politics of the Russian Federation. “Let’s finish here. It will become easier for you and for us,” the president concluded.
Immediately after this, Kelly asked the Indian Prime Minister if he believed the Russian President's words about Russia's non-interference in the American elections.
Putin did not wait for Narendra Modi’s answer and said: “Ask Dodon, he knows.” Why the president advised to turn specifically to the President of Moldova Igor Dodon, who was nearby, is not known for sure.
Putin was surprised at Kelly’s question about “secret” contacts between Russian diplomats and American politicians and explained that meetings are precisely the work of ambassadors.
When Putin recalled the dismissal of presidential adviser Michael Flynn (without mentioning his name) because of a conversation with Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak, he suggested that Kelly take a “pill”:
In the last half hour of the conversation, Putin, Kelly, Modi and Dodon touched on other topics, including economic development and the state of the unrecognized republics in Ukraine.
When asked why there are so many poor people in Russia, the head of state noted that the problem is also observed in other countries, proposed developing new technologies so that the economy “generates more income,” and also mentioned support measures such as subsidies and maternity capital.
At the end of the interview, the NBC journalist invited the Russian president to say the last word, in which he again “injected” the TV presenter.
“Mr. Dodon said that the world has ceased to be unipolar. No, the American sits there, commands everyone, and gives me the last word. But in principle, such a unipolar world, with such a quality of discussion, I think we are all happy with. I think we will all thank our presenter today,” Putin finished his speech.
Vladimir Putin took part in a plenary session at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum. Together with him, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, Federal Chancellor of Austria Christian Kern and President of Moldova Igor Dodon took the stage. The discussion was moderated by American journalist and NBC News TV presenter Megyn Kelly.
Russian President Vladimir Putin began his speech with the command “At ease!”
(Clarification: Earlier in the publication it was reported that Putin’s remark was translated into English as “Welcome!” However, this is not true. The Russian President’s greeting was translated as “At ease!” We apologize for the inaccuracy).
The discussion was memorable for Putin’s numerous jokes and phrases, to which the audience reacted vigorously with laughter and applause.
First, Megyn Kelly asked the Russian President about his attitude to the US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement, as a number of European leaders condemned this decision. To which Putin reproachfully noted: “Have you read these agreements yourself? No, I haven’t read it, I see.” Putin joked that now the bad weather in Moscow and St. Petersburg can be blamed on Trump and American imperialism.
Answering a question from an American journalist about possible Russian interference in the US elections, he recalled a monologue Soviet satirist Arkady Raikin and asked whether the journalist herself had read the relevant reports, to which Kelly replied that she “read public information.”
“That is, none,” he noted, and then quoted Arkady Raikin’s monologue: “Who made the suit? Are the pockets sewn well? Fine. Is the button good? Fine. Any complaints about buttons? No, it is sewn tightly, but the suit cannot be worn. It happens? Happens".
“It was like this,” the president continued, “one of our satirists Arkady Isaakovich Raikin. And now you are telling me the public version. I've read these reports. Even in these reports there is nothing concrete. There are only assumptions and conclusions based on assumptions.”
Kelly countered with the president that intelligence agencies have IP addresses and fingerprints that indicate Russian involvement in the hacks and attacks. To which Putin replied: “Whose fingerprints? Hoof prints, say, horns! What prints? IP addresses can generally be invented. Do you know how many specialists? They will make sure that your children were sent from your address. Your youngest three year old daughter carried out this attack - that’s how they organize it.”
“This generally reminds me of anti-Semitism. The Jews are to blame for everything. He himself is an idiot, he can’t do anything, and the Jews are to blame,” Putin explained the Russophobic, in his opinion, sentiments in the world.
“You should look at what your colleagues are doing here: they climbed into our internal politics with their feet, sat on our heads, dangled their legs and chewed gum,” Putin reproached the American journalist.
