 Russia's Vladimir Putin is well known for his salty expressions that often seem better suited to the barrack room than to affairs of state.At a news conference on Tuesday, there was no sign that the president was planning to tone down his vocabulary, even though he will be playing host this summer to leaders of the world's richest nations when the annual G8 summit comes to Russia. Here are the 'Putinisms' he came out with at the conference, and some of the more exotic phrases he has produced in the past: *When the news conference had been running for two and a half hours, Putin suggested a toilet break. "I don't suppose anyone put on a nappy (diaper) when they were dressing for this meeting so we should start winding this up," he said. ...
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