Putin was late

President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin arrived for a meeting with President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych almost four hours later than scheduled. Read more . Probably some force majeure prevented such an important event. And indeed, on the way, the Russian President stopped at the Night Wolves biker camp. That is, when setting priorities, it turns out that the biker leader Surgeon is more important to Putin than President Yanukovych. And Yanukovych, like a sucker, waited for Putin to hang out with the bikers.

Well, who doesn’t it happen to? Just think, I was late once. But it turns out that our president’s tardiness is already some kind of norm. It’s okay when he’s late for some meetings within the country, although this is also unforgivable. Manages to be late to world leaders and, moreover, with enviable consistency. For example, in June, German Chancellor Merkel waited 40 minutes , was late to Lukashenko (more than an hour), to Sweden (40 minutes, which caused unprecedented traffic jams), to Finland (more than 2 hours). In Russia, delays reach 9 hours.

I can imagine if Yanukovych, having arrived to see Putin, was 4 hours late, having stopped at some Ukrainian restaurant on the way from Sheremetyevo.

It seems that it’s in the blood: “Before, having agreed on a meeting, he made him wait for an hour and a half and didn’t even consider it necessary to apologize,” says the wife of the head of the Russian state.