Vladimir Putin: Dmitry Medvedev And I Are Not Gay

During a recent state-sponsored trip to Italy, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was asked by a reporter about the successful “political marraige” that he shares with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. As Andy Towle points out, Putin’s response seemed odd in that he denied “there was anything romantic about their ‘marriage.'” Hmmm…

Clifford J. Levy reports for the NY Times:

During a visit to Italy, Mr. Putin mocked a question from an Italian reporter who wanted him to explain the secrets to success in a “political marriage.” Mr. Putin has led Russia jointly with Mr. Medvedev for the past two years, after term limits prevented Mr. Putin from running for a third consecutive term as president.

Mr. Putin said the question had been phrased “in a very literary way.”

“Mr. Medvedev and I are people of a traditional orientation,” Mr. Putin said. “I can tell you this with complete certainty. As for marital unions, you have exaggerated a bit. But we are friends, friends for many years, I have already said this. And the way that we have arranged our work today — it seems to me, we can be proud of this.”

There is very little more to be said about this story, as it is now clear that Putin and Medvedev enjoy nothing but a purely platonic relationship. Good to know.

(h/t to Towle Road, how has better, and more funny evidence of Putin’s unadulterated manliness and their purely platonic relationship here.)

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