Go Putin - Kiev cries foul - lol

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  1. Chinatown

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    Kiev (AFP) - Legendary Crimean winemaker Massandra, once a supplier to Russia's Tsar Nicolas II, has provoked the ire of Kiev by putting 13,000 vintage bottles up for auction on Tuesday.

    Massandra described the wines, some dating back to 1935, as "pearls that have endured heavy ordeals including during the war".

    One 1944 muscat "was produced in Yalta just after its liberation from German troops," it noted in a statement launching the sale being held at the winery and online.

    The Massandra region, which belonged to the Ukrainian state until the 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia, is now under Moscow's control with the rest of the peninsula.

    Kiev immediately reacted to the sale, threatening a criminal probe over "squandering Ukrainian heritage", said Olexandre Liev, a Ukrainian agriculture ministry official.

    Massandra was already at the centre of a scandal in September when Russian President Vladimir Putin and ex-Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi reportedly enjoyed a $100,000 bottle of 240-year-old sherry.

    Russian media said Massandra director Yanina Pavlenko, appointed by Moscow, uncorked the bottle herself.
     
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  3. De Trucker

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    Why do conservatives love Putin so much?
     
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  4. mountaingote

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    I dont. However I also think wine is a piss-poor excuse to be upset, and anybody who would pay more than 2 bucks for a bottle needs psychiatric help
     
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  5. AModelCat

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    Is that really Putin's ol' lady? He's one lucky SOB if it is.
     
  6. Chinatown

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    Putin's ex-wife is a hottie and so are his two daughters.
    Believe it or not, Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev had a really hot wife. The whole world was surprised the first time she appeared in public at how good looking she was. I say "was" because she's now deceased.
    Putin is a real ladies man; healthy and takes care of himself. Women respect him because he's not a wimp like so many other so-called world leaders especially of NATO countries.
    Chinese women love the guy and many Chinese and Ukrainian women marry Chinese men; really beautiful women too. I've seen a few of them in person.
     
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  7. AModelCat

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    I don't know what it is about them Russian broads. Seems like every one of them is a dime. I'd get a mail order one but I'm pretty sure its a scam.
     
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  8. Chinatown

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    Go through an organization such as blossoms.com ; that's where I got mine in the avatar. I know several truckers that got Chinese wives through blossoms.
     
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  9. old time

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    Maybe because he acts like a leader and a man. Maybe because he puts his country first. Maybe because a lot of people are sick and tired and tired of the US meddling in other country's affairs such as Ukraine coup instigated by State department. And he has a hot wife
     
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  10. AModelCat

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    Exactly.
     
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