Such leg-spreading can be very bad for your (and your country's) health at this age Mr president... or your imperial highness... it's really hard to keep up these days!
Vladimir Putin and Hugo Chávez had a lot in common: both leaders managed to convince people of the legitimacy of their corrupt governments, oppressed all dissidence and ran their overly resource-reliant countries into the ground. It is thus fitting that Mr. Putin should remember a tyrant of equal standing so fondly.
"Remembering this exceptional man, I cannot help but admire his strength of will, his courage, his indefatigable energy and his personal charm," wrote the Russian leader.
"A fervent defender of his country, loyal to the ideals of the great Liberator Simón Bolívar, in the few years of life that he had, he understood how to obtain many achievements for the development of Venezuela and the wellbeing of his city," Putin continued. "I draw satisfaction only from the fact that through our joint efforts we are realizing the ideas of the Comandante, making strong bilateral links that are mutually beneficial."
It would seem that Mr. Putin is appealing to one of the few allies he has left. Perhaps it is getting lonely in the Kremlin after all.
Hugo Chavez passed away on March 5th, 2013 following a long battle with cancer.
Comment: It must be very hard for those 'journalists' who happily spread the U.S. drivel against Vladimir Putin and the late Hugo Chavez, to understand the depth and quality of sentiment which the former took the time to express for a man whom he admires.
Of all the above, only the bolded parts contain any truth, but also that "it is getting lonely in the Kremlin", yet not in the way the 'journalist' indented.
Chavez's death - nefarious indeed! - means that there are very few heads of states left in the world, with true understanding and courage in their purpose to care for their people, who can stand up to the U.S. psychopathic imperial machine and its allies. Losing one, is a loss for all of us who can See.