Putin Likens Protesters’ White Solidarity Ribbons to Condoms
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin likened white ribbons worn by protesters last week in Moscow to condoms.
“To be honest, when I saw on the TV screens what some people had attached to themselves, it’s not very polite, I thought it was an anti-AIDS campaign; I thought that they had stuck condoms on themselves,” Putin said in a televised phone-in show today. “My first thought was it’s okay, they are campaigning for a healthy lifestyle.”