Adaptation libre, coupe, mensonge...

"Pour ce qui est de faire le grand écart, nous n'en avons pas l'habitude, nous sommes fermement debout sur nos deux jambes et regardons toujours vers l'avenir. C'est une particularité de la Russie", a déclaré M. Poutine, commentant à la demande des journalistes les propos du président Obama à la veille de sa visite à Moscou (6-8 juillet).

Il a d'ailleurs répondu à Obama à la première personne du pluriel, comme pour mieux souligner la force du tandem formé avec son successeur et le rôle primordial qu'il joue encore en Russie.

«Nous ne savons pas faire le grand écart, nous sommes fermement debout sur nos deux jambes et regardons toujours vers l'avenir», a rétorqué l'ancien maître du Kremlin, un petit sourire en coin, selon des images diffusées à la télévision russe.

Barack Obama, qui effectue sa première visite en tant que président en Russie, a relégué Vladimir Poutine au second rang. Si un accord préalable sur la question de la réduction des arsenaux nucléaires a été trouvé, le dossier du bouclier anti-missiles coince toujours.

Q Thank you, and good evening to both Presidents. President Obama, I'd like to ask you about the issue of trust, after this period of rocky relations between the countries, but also with the agreements that you've just laid out today. Having spent time with President Medvedev, do you feel like you have full trust in him, and have you settled in your mind who is really in charge here in Russia -- the President or Prime Minister Putin?
And President Medvedev, I'd like to ask you, polling shows that the American people have some hard feelings about -- I'm sorry -- that the Russian people have some hard feelings about America. I'm wondering what you think President Obama can do to try to change this?
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, first of all, this is now my second lengthy bilateral meeting with President Medvedev, and we've also had a series of telephone calls and other exchanges. And throughout our interactions, I've found him to be straightforward, professional. He is clear about the interests of the Russian people, but he's also interested in finding out what the interests of the United States are. And we have found I think an ability to work together extremely effectively.
So, yes, I trust President Medvedev to not only listen and to negotiate constructively, but also to follow up -- follow through on the agreements that are contained here today. And, again, I'm very appreciative not only of the manner in which he's dealt with me, but also the manner in which our teams have worked together. If you think about the short time frame from our meeting in London to today and the fact that we have essentially accomplished all the goals that we had set in London -- and these are not insubstantial achievements -- I think it's a good sign for progress in the future.
Tomorrow I'll be having breakfast with Prime Minister Putin. I have not met him before. I'm looking forward to that meeting. My understanding is, is that President Medvedev is the President, Prime Minister Putin is the Prime Minister, and they allocate power in accordance with Russia's form of government in the same way that we allocate power in the United States.
And so my interest is in dealing directly with my counterpart, the President, but also to reach out to Prime Minister Putin and all other influential sectors in Russian society so that I can get a full picture of the needs of the Russian people and the concerns of the Russian people.
And my strong impression is, is that President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin are working very effectively together. And our interest is dealing with the Russian government as a whole in order to achieve the improved bilateral relationship that I think can be accomplished.
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Vladimir Poutine, tête souvent basse et fuyant le regard de Barack Obama,

After meeting with Vladimir Putin, US President Barack Obama changed his mind about the Russian prime minister, says Putin’s press attaché, Dmitry Peskov.

Peskov spoke exclusively to RT following the meeting. The meeting was only to be 1 hour and after it got going it became a meeting of reality that lasted 2 and a half hours.

The Western press is playing this meeting down. At one point they had a heated argument and most Russian's know how that went, because they know Putin.

Obama has had an awakening and became aware of a Russia that he did not realize existed.