tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298082037245665571.post2335595727263455730..comments2024-01-23T20:41:09.940+01:00Comments on Totalförsvar & Historia: Putin talar svenska Lars Gyllenhaalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17851097994709218280noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6298082037245665571.post-35885655682495129202013-10-01T13:40:33.751+02:002013-10-01T13:40:33.751+02:00Quote from Moscow Times
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In a curious aside, ...Quote from Moscow Times<br />Quote<br />In a curious aside, Ivanov said that he and Putin sometimes exchange phrases in Swedish. "The president knows German well, and I know English. Swedish is somewhere between," he said. "He will say something in Swedish, and I will answer in the same language. Although he isn't a philologist, he loves languages and linguistics."<br />Ivanov, who like Putin is a former KGB officer, did not say whether he had picked up Swedish while he was posted for several years at Moscow's embassy in Helsinki during Soviet times. Swedish is widely spoken in Finland.<br /><br />Read more: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/kremlin-chief-of-staff-surprised-but-not-alarmed-by-navalny/486872.html#ixzz2gTAFcFPf<br />The Moscow Times<br /><br />Unquote<br /><br />Hrmn<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com