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Report: Russian president spurns Marine


Staff report
Posted : Tuesday Nov 18, 2008 8:56:01 EST

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is no fan of the Marine Corps.

That’s the takeaway from a situation this weekend in Washington, D.C., described by the Washington Times, which observed the heads 20 countries arrive at the White House on Friday night ahead of a global economic summit called to discuss worldwide financial difficulties this weekend.

According to the Times, Medvedev was the only world leader who would not allow Marines to open the door of his limousine for him. Instead, a Marine posted in front of the White House stepped away from the Russian president’s vehicle, “having obviously been instructed beforehand that he would not be opening the door for the Kremlin chief.”

A Russian agent got out of the vehicle and opened the door for the Medvedev instead, the newspaper reported.



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