Putin about Lukashenka: I don’t remember what he was saying about me

• 30.08.2010, 14:16

Vladimir Putin was asked about his personal conflict with Lukashenka.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin answered the questions of the special correspondent of “Kommersant. Publishing House” Andrey Kolesnikov. There was a talk about a conflict with Lukashenka.

Kolesnikov: — … Obviously, a thick cross was put, may be, not on a person, but on President Lukashenka, taking into consideration informational, very strong, campaign, which unfolded against him.

Putin: — I did not watch it. But I was told about it.

— “Godbatka-3”, for example.

— I did not watch it.

Kolesnikov: — Really? Then watch it. It is a strong movie, the largest part of the country’s population, putting it mildly, is prejudiced against Mr. Lukashenka, and in this meaning TV is, as it used to be, a powerful propaganda resource. In your opinion, did the words of Mr. Lukashenka, that he said about you personally, hurt you as a human?

Putin: — I, honestly, don’t remember, what he was saying about me! — laughed Vladimir Putin. — He tried to pick on me, but I ignored it. In relation to him no internal protest arose in me with regard to this issue. I don’t even remember what he was saying.