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Numerous G7 leaders joined U.Ok. Prime Minister Boris Johnson in mocking Russian President Vladimir Putin forward of a gathering on Sunday.
Johnson made the quip whereas gathered round a desk with U.S. President Joe Biden, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen, and others. The leaders are assembly for the G7 summit in Bavaria all through this week.
“Jackets on? Jackets off? Shall we take our clothes off?” Johnson stated, referencing the reportedly intense temperature of the room.
Trudeau recommended they maintain the jackets on lengthy sufficient to take footage.
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President Joe Biden attends a working lunch with different G7 leaders, together with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, French President Emmanuel Macron, proper, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, entrance, in Elmau, Germany, Sunday, June 26, 2022. (Kenny Holston/The New York Occasions by way of AP, Pool)
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“We have to show that we’re tougher than Putin,” Johnson quipped.
“We’re going to get the bare-chested horseback riding display,” Trudeau added.
Johnson ribbed, “We’ve got to show them our pecs,” whereas Von der Leyen interjected, “Horseback riding is the best.”
Biden didn’t weigh in on the jokes.
Russian President Vladimir Putin rides a horse throughout his trip exterior the city of Kyzyl in Southern Siberia on Aug. 3, 2009.
(Alexey Druzhinin/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)
In public pictures, Putin has lengthy sought to painting himself as a talented athlete and outdoorsman.
The change got here hours after the Biden administration accused Russia of utilizing torture and electrocution in its invasion of Ukraine on Sunday. Biden has repeatedly known as for Putin to face a struggle crimes trial.
A White Home assertion marked the Worldwide Day in Assist of Victims of Torture.
“Any instance of torture is one too many, and yet every year countless victims suffer this brutal violation of their human rights and dignity,” Biden wrote. “This year we have been shocked by the horrific acts committed by Russian forces in Ukraine, including multiple, credible reports of torture such as beatings, electric shocks, and mock executions.”
“In Mali and Burkina Faso, terrorist groups have been documented to have massacred and tortured local populations, while in Mali and Central African Republic, Kremlin-aligned Wagner mercenaries have reportedly employed similar cruel and unlawful tactics,” he added.
Ukrainian authorities are prosecuting roughly 16,000 instances of alleged struggle crimes by Russian forces.
