Source: Asia Times:
By M K Bhadrakumar
When the Group of Eight summit took place in Northern Ireland last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to the diplomatic grapevine, wanted to use the gym at the Enniskillen resort, but his American counterpart Barack Obama had already booked it.
Neither would want to share the facility and Putin settled for a swim in the frigid Lough Erne, which was beyond Obama’s physical stamina. All this might be idle gossip, but it helps capture the awkward nature of the current Russian-American relationship at prese.
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