Posted on 02/06/2022 1:06:13 PM PST by algore
Olympic chiefs have denied they were responsible for allowing Russian President Vladimir Putin to flounce around the Olympic opening ceremony without a mask.
Putin, it was revealed, was invited by the Chinese Government rather than Olympic chiefs and was not on their guest list.
A source said Putin declined the offer join every other person in the VIP box and the iconic Bird's Nest Stadium in masking up.
He had earlier been in talks with China President Xi Jinping where the two leaders talked about the Covid-19 global battle to curtail the virus.
An Olympics spokesman told Mail Online: 'He (Putin) was invited by the Chinese government and therefore subject to the Chinese state protocol.'
Pictures from yesterday's opening ceremony also showed Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan not wearing a mask at certain points.
Putin and Khan are amid the world leaders attending the Olympics despite many countries' diplomatic boycott of the games.
Despite not being Winter Olympics powerhouses, leaders from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE are all attending, Al Jazeera reported.
The five Central Asian nations - Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan - are also ignoring the boycott, as well as Argentina and Ecuador.
Putin and Jinping made quite the statement as the pair met before the opening ceremony yesterday and were both pictured not wearing masks.
The Russian strongman - who attended despite Russia being officially banned due to doping - sat with his arms folded and eyes closed for several seconds on TV feeds as Ukraine's athletes processed into the Bird's Nest stadium on Friday.
Russia does have athletes at the Games, but they are forced to compete as the 'Russian Olympic Committee' and cannot use the country's flag on their uniforms or play the national anthem when they win.
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“flounce”?
Vlad will give them a beat down for that.
I sure would not tell Putin to put a mask on 😉
I wonder if Biden and his chums, who are making so much money from China, figure on their help against Russia in this Ukraine thing.
If Brandon was there he would dutifully put on his face diaper and complied with everything his handlers told him to do.
Wish our president was a man.
Like a boss.
LoL. first thing that gobsmacked me. He may do a lot of things. But flouncing around is not one of them.
I suspect it was more of a gallivant or a promenade, or a traipse, even, rather than a flounce.
Did he also have his shirt off?
And flounce is a term usually reserved for a man dressed like Judy Garland. Or maybe it's just the way Brits talk.
“ Xi watched as Taiwan’s athletes were forced to enter the stadium under the banner of ‘Chinese Taipei’. Taiwan views itself as a separate country, while China views it as a province and is threatening to ‘reunify’ it by force. Taiwan was going to boycott the games over the name, but was forced by the IOC to attend”
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China is petty.
Dreadful *tinny* sort of word.
This phony-baloney mask theater is insane. Masking for the cameras; staying unmasked at all other times. Masking is nothing more than a public display of submission to the gods of this world. Everyone knows they are worthless, other than to demonstrate that you genuflect at the alter of the elite's rule.
Oh the horror of a man who doesn’t succumb to fear porn.
Put that coffee down!
Coffee is for closers...
It sounds like the only way to avoid the mask mandates is to have a personal nuclear arsenal.
;-)
Watch that and you’ll know what family dinner is like at the Baldwin house.
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