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Josh Luckhurst

Paranoid Vladimir Putin snubs ambassadors in Kremlin from distance of 60ft

Vladimir Putin refused to meet Moscow's new ambassadors of the United States and the European Union in person amid his war against Ukraine.

The 70-year-old snubbed the delegates due to "sanitary restrictions" and instead spoke from the other side of the gilded Alexander Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace - some 60 feet away. The scene was redolent of his use of a long table.

Putin insists it was for coronavirus concerns despite the Russian leader meeting numerous people in recent weeks, which included a spontaneous visit to war-torn Mariupol in invaded Ukraine.

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