Thursday, July 6, 2006; Posted: 1:07 p.m. EDT (17:07 GMT)
MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) -- Vladimir Putin's decision to stop a small boy as he walked through the Kremlin and kiss his stomach was prompted by a desire to "touch him like a kitten," the Russian president said on Thursday.
The five-year-old boy, identified as Nikita Konkin by the press, was clearly stunned by the kiss and speculation over Putin's motivation has run wild in the week since it happened.
Curious Internet users propelled the issue to the top of a list of questions put to Putin in an interactive Web cast. (Live Watch Putin and the boy -- :45)
"People came up and I began talking to them, among them this little boy. He seemed to me very independent, sure of himself and at the same time defenseless so to speak, an innocent boy and a very nice little boy," Putin told the Web cast.
"I tell you honestly, I just wanted to touch him like a kitten and that desire of mine ended in that act."
The Izvestia daily, which tracked down Nikita, discovered that he had refused to wash after that kiss.
"I just liked him and he liked me very much. I want to be president myself," the five-year-old told the paper.
Putin was shown by state television chatting to graduates of military academies before he took a walk through one of the Kremlin's courtyards, often full of tourists.
He stopped and spoke to Nikita who turned away shyly. "What is your name?" Putin asked, kneeling down in front of the fair-haired boy and holding him by the waist.
"Nikita," the clearly shocked boy answered, looking from side to side.
Putin then lifted the boy's shirt and kissed him on his stomach. The Russian president then patted the boy on the head and walked off through a crowd of astonished tourists.
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Hunh?!
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this happened about a week ago...the news clip was creepy as shit.
he really did lift up the boy's shirt and kiss him on the belly...and it really looked like he could not help himself.
*shudders*
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What's the big deal? It's not that much creepier than politicians kissing strange kids in general.
I love picking up my boys and kissing them on the bellies, and they think it's funny. I'd be creeped out if a poltician did that, but I'd be a little creeped out if a politican even touched one of my kids.
Now if he picked up the kid and pulled down his pants to kiss him, that's a problem.
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What's the big deal? It's not that much creepier than politicians kissing strange kids in general.
I love picking up my boys and kissing them on the bellies, and they think it's funny. I'd be creeped out if a poltician did that, but I'd be a little creeped out if a politican even touched one of my kids.
Now if he picked up the kid and pulled down his pants to kiss him, that's a problem.
did you watch the clip?
and yes, kissing kids on the belly is really fun...your own kids and family kids and friends' kids etc. people you know. but i would be freaked the fuck out if a stranger, much less the president, did that to one of my kids.
nothing bad happened to that kid, he seemed fine with it. and it is likely that this was a completely innocent smooching born of genuine affection, but what was putin thinking? kiss the kid on the forehead if you want so badly to show affection.
edit: good title to this thread....now i can't get "and i must kiss them" out of my head.
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Orpheus wrote:
Ensign9 wrote:
Orpheus wrote:
Was he speaking in English or Russian when he was quoted?
Doesn't matter. The word "kitten" came into it, whether it was in Russian or English. That's weird enough.
Word, just wondering if it was any less creepy in Russian. At least he's not inviting kids over for sleepovers or anything like that.
Though if anyone could cover that kind of thing up, it would be a world leader. This made big news in Russia as well, if I'm not mistaken, so I don't think it's a case of us here in the States "missing something" culturally.
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