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Putin presents Croatian president with flowers, gets football jersey in return (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
15 Jul, 2018 13:51
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Russian President Vladimir Putin presented his Croatian counterpart Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic with a bouquet of flowers ahead of their bilateral meeting at the Kremlin. She returned the favor by giving Putin a football jersey.
“This is for today’s match,” Grabar-Kitarovic said as she handed the red-and-white checkered jersey to Putin, with the Russian president’s name printed on the back.
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"First of all I would like to congratulate you on the team’s successful performance at the World Cup. I’m sure we will see an interesting game today,” Putin said referring to the final between Croatia and France which will take place at Luzhniki stadium in Moscow.
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Earlier, Croatia’s first female president had confidently predicted at the NATO summit that her country would lift the World Cup trophy on Sunday.
READ MORE: ‘We will win the World Cup!’: Croatia president with final promise at NATO summit (VIDEO)
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Croatia, with a population of just 4.17 million people, has become the smallest nation to contest the World Cup final since Uruguay, who won the tournament in 1950 when the nation had a population of around 2.4 million.
READ MORE: Croatia becomes smallest nation to reach World Cup final since 1950
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Putin meets Macron ahead of World Cup final, gives flowers to French first lady (VIDEO)
Published time: 15 Jul, 2018 16:01
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The French president was invited to the Kremlin a few hours before the World Cup final. It’s Macron’s second visit to Russia in the past few days. On Tuesday, he attended the semi-final in St. Petersburg, where France defeated Belgium 1-0.
Russia’s president presented Macron’s wife, Brigitte, with a bouquet of flowers. Putin’s habit of giving his female guests flowers entered the spotlight earlier this year, when German media considered his bouquet for Chancellor Angela Merkel to be a veiled masculine insult. Russia’s leader, however, remains unshaken in his ways of courtesy.
“I wish to congratulate the whole country, the host country of this World Cup, congratulate it on such excellent organization of this event. It was followed in all corners of the world, people from all around the world came here. It was organized with magnificent security, everything was just perfect,” Macron told Putin at the meeting. While the two leaders focused on football, they also discussed bilateral cooperation and outstanding international issues.
READ MORE: Putin presents Croatian president with flowers, gets football jersey in return (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
Earlier on Sunday, Putin met his Croatian counterpart Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, who also came to support her national team. Russia’s leader presented Grabar-Kitarovic with flowers as well, receiving a football jersey bearing his name in return.
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Putin presents Croatian president with flowers, gets football jersey in return (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
15 Jul, 2018 13:51
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/ Sputnik
Russian President Vladimir Putin presented his Croatian counterpart Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic with a bouquet of flowers ahead of their bilateral meeting at the Kremlin. She returned the favor by giving Putin a football jersey.
“This is for today’s match,” Grabar-Kitarovic said as she handed the red-and-white checkered jersey to Putin, with the Russian president’s name printed on the back.
© Sergey Guneev / Sputnik
"First of all I would like to congratulate you on the team’s successful performance at the World Cup. I’m sure we will see an interesting game today,” Putin said referring to the final between Croatia and France which will take place at Luzhniki stadium in Moscow.
/ Sputnik / © Sergey Guneev
Earlier, Croatia’s first female president had confidently predicted at the NATO summit that her country would lift the World Cup trophy on Sunday.
READ MORE: ‘We will win the World Cup!’: Croatia president with final promise at NATO summit (VIDEO)
/ Sputnik / © Sergey Guneev
Croatia, with a population of just 4.17 million people, has become the smallest nation to contest the World Cup final since Uruguay, who won the tournament in 1950 when the nation had a population of around 2.4 million.
READ MORE: Croatia becomes smallest nation to reach World Cup final since 1950
/ Sputnik / © Sergey Guneev
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Putin meets Macron ahead of World Cup final, gives flowers to French first lady (VIDEO)
Published time: 15 Jul, 2018 16:01
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The French president was invited to the Kremlin a few hours before the World Cup final. It’s Macron’s second visit to Russia in the past few days. On Tuesday, he attended the semi-final in St. Petersburg, where France defeated Belgium 1-0.
Russia’s president presented Macron’s wife, Brigitte, with a bouquet of flowers. Putin’s habit of giving his female guests flowers entered the spotlight earlier this year, when German media considered his bouquet for Chancellor Angela Merkel to be a veiled masculine insult. Russia’s leader, however, remains unshaken in his ways of courtesy.
“I wish to congratulate the whole country, the host country of this World Cup, congratulate it on such excellent organization of this event. It was followed in all corners of the world, people from all around the world came here. It was organized with magnificent security, everything was just perfect,” Macron told Putin at the meeting. While the two leaders focused on football, they also discussed bilateral cooperation and outstanding international issues.
READ MORE: Putin presents Croatian president with flowers, gets football jersey in return (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
Earlier on Sunday, Putin met his Croatian counterpart Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, who also came to support her national team. Russia’s leader presented Grabar-Kitarovic with flowers as well, receiving a football jersey bearing his name in return.
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