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applegrove

(133,112 posts)
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 05:41 PM Feb 2022

Macron Refused Covid Test While Calling on Putin

Macron Refused Covid Test While Calling on Putin

February 10, 2022 at 3:38 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 58

https://politicalwire.com/2022/02/10/macron-refused-covid-test-while-calling-on-putin/

"SNIP.......

“French President Emmanuel Macron refused a Kremlin request that he take a Russian COVID-19 test when he arrived to see President Vladimir Putin this week, and was therefore kept at a distance from the Russian leader,” Reuters reports.

Said a French source: “We knew very well that meant no handshake and that long table. But we could not accept that they get their hands on the president’s DNA.”

.......SNIP"

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Macron Refused Covid Test While Calling on Putin (Original Post) applegrove Feb 2022 OP
Couldn't they provide their own? Dorian Gray Feb 2022 #1
Who knows what dweller Feb 2022 #2
My thought too JustAnotherGen Feb 2022 #8
"Russian COVID-19 test" moondust Feb 2022 #3
Macron was smart to refuse Alice Kramden Feb 2022 #4
what a shame Putiny didn't get Covid Trueblue1968 Feb 2022 #5
"Umm excuse moi, why is this test stick glowing bright green?". nt Carlitos Brigante Feb 2022 #6
Good idea--gives Macron the excuse to avoid close contact with Putin and his entourage. hlthe2b Feb 2022 #7

hlthe2b

(114,711 posts)
7. Good idea--gives Macron the excuse to avoid close contact with Putin and his entourage.
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 06:18 PM
Feb 2022

Not to mention avoid any chance of a "ricin handshake."

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