Dmitry Peskov commented on the words of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel about Vladimir Putin being late to the G8 summit in 2007 because of beer.
The Russian president's press secretary first of all reminded us of the complex schedule at such events.
On the sidelines of communication, leaders communicate and meetings shift to the right, explained Peskov, a video fragment of whose interview was published on the Telegram channel of journalist Zarubin.
He noted that it was clearly foolish to believe that Putin's delays were a show of force.
Peskov noted that Merkel, speaking about this in her memoirs, was probably not as open as Putin.
The memoirs of the former German Chancellor were published at the end of November 2024.
In them, it is worth mentioning, she told a story about Putin being about 45 minutes late for a meeting and joking that he was drinking beer in his room.
In addition, the former chancellor shared that from time to time she brought Putin bottles of this drink.
