Putin told a children's word puzzle on occassion of the press
conference at the signing of contracts for the Baltic gas pipeline.He
then proceeded to explain the rhyme in German.Can somebody find me the
quote?
Thanks

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Request for Question Clarification by scriptor-ga on 10 Sep 2005 09:56 PDT

I found it in the German government's official transcript of the press conference:
http://www.bundesregierung.de/mitschrift-,413.886143/Pressekonferenz-mit-Bundeskanz.htm

"Wissen Sie, bei uns gibt es ein Kinderrätsel: (akustisch
unverständlich). Ich möchte damit nur betonen, dass wir niemanden aus
unseren Energievorhaben in Europa herausstoßen möchten."

"You know, we have a children's riddle: (acoustically unintelligible).
Thus, I just want to emphasise that we don't intend to exclude anyone
from our energy projects in Europe."

Is that what you were looking for? Please let me know.

Scriptor

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Clarification of Question by schullerx-ga on 10 Sep 2005 14:56 PDT

clarification to Scriptor-Ga:Yes,that the correctpress conference,but
i would like the chidren's puzzle in Russian and a little more of his
explanation in German (He goes on about "a" and "b" and who is left)