The lengthy desk Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz sat on throughout discussions over the Ukraine disaster has grabbed all the eye. Images of Putin and Scholz sitting reverse to one another with the glistening six metres lengthy desk Tuesday has been doing rounds on social media. The size of the desk has now sparked memes and jokes galore on-line.
Scholz will get the long-table remedy from Putin on the Kremlin. (Cannot inform if the desk is longer than it was for Macron) pic.twitter.com/oy2MmfVSnU
— Mike Eckel (@Mike_Eckel) February 15, 2022
Netizens got here up with humorous content material and memes. One of many customers mentioned Ikea can title one in every of their lengthy tables after Putin.
There may be additionally the canine remedy for these with canine phobia pic.twitter.com/u6BO8nanOU
— caspar (@raven_of_fulham) February 15, 2022
It is protected to imagine it is the identical desk (designate 9M729), similar setting, they’ve modified the flowers although: pic.twitter.com/le5ILR3tah
— Vaidas Saldziunas (@V_Saldziunas) February 15, 2022
I believe it’s the identical desk (I solely have the meme model 😂) pic.twitter.com/Xz8w68SGQc
— Marie Forged (@marie_cast) February 15, 2022
I’d actually like them to play desk hockey on that monstrous factor. pic.twitter.com/ZjD1ncemTQ
— Orla McCool (@OrlaMcCool1) February 15, 2022
— Krzysztof Dykas (@krzysztof_dykas) February 15, 2022
Berlin Wall was longer 🧱🧱🧱🧱
— NOFILMĒTS (@nofilmets) February 15, 2022
The lengthy desk at which Putin and Macron sat through the talks in Moscow grew to become an event for a lot of mimes and the topic of jokes. pic.twitter.com/0btLBFJNJN
— Spriter (@spriter99880) February 8, 2022
#Putin lengthy desk thriller solved 😆 https://t.co/NW0rduw7Fj
— Cc (@MidnightBisdak) February 15, 2022
Are you a diplomat sitting on the far finish of a protracted desk shouting on the different man? No extra! Introducing the brand new PUTIN PHONE… pic.twitter.com/aonxuvtzMy
— Ronin Analysis (@ResearchRonin) February 15, 2022
I additionally personal a very lengthy desk. Putin is clearly imitating me. He’s additionally following my Stellaris playbook. pic.twitter.com/W47j98YFAO
— John Donker (@JohnDonker) February 15, 2022
Putin’s lengthy desk schtick jogs my memory of Charlie Chaplin’s sensible film, The Nice Dictator. When Adenoid Hynkel tries to outmanoeuvre his visitor Napolini, Dictator of Micro organism. pic.twitter.com/2yoorFBCLe
— James Neophytou (@JamesNeophytou) February 15, 2022
France24 reported the six-metre (20 foot) lengthy lacquered wooden desk is formally used to take care of social distance between Putin and his friends retaining with Covid protocols. The Russian president has been sustaining a “strict well being bubble”. Final week, Putin sat with French President Emmanuel Macron on the similar desk.
Putin denied plans of Ukraine invasion and was quoted as saying by AP that Moscow is prepared for talks with the US and Nato on limits for missile deployments and army transparency. After the assembly with Scholz, Putin mentioned the US and Nato rejected Moscow’s demand to maintain Ukraine and different ex-Soviet nations out of the army alliance, halt weapons deployments close to Russian borders and roll again alliance forces from Japanese Europe.
Nonetheless, it’s the desk that has received netizens speaking and laughing. “It’s apparent that he’s increasingly alone,” unbiased political analyst Konstantin Kalachev was quoted as saying by AFP. “This loneliness is apparent, it appears he now not cares what different individuals consider him,” Kalachev added.
One other {photograph} of Putin and his overseas minister Sergei Lavrov conversing on that very same desk surfaced earlier than this. Nonetheless, through the assembly with Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, they shook fingers, sat shut to one another with solely a small espresso desk in between, as per Reuters report.