“The Russian Federation had a few final items of protocol to tick through with the man who had become its most famous prisoner…they had another piece of writing they required from him, an official request for presidential clemency. The text, moreover, should be addressed to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. The pro forma printout included a long blank space the prison could fill out if desired, or simply, as expected, leave blank. In the formal high Russian he had honed over 16 months imprisonment, the Journal’s Russia correspondent filled the page. The last line submitted a proposal of his own: After his release, would Putin be willing to sit down for an interview?”
SOURCE The Wall Street Journal / Joe Parkinson, Drew Hinshaw, Bojan Pancevski, and Aruna Viswanatha
POSTED 2:52 PM, Aug 1, 2024 4 weeks ago