Vladimir Putin Is A Kleptomaniac

 Greetings Everyone!

        I left out something important in my Op-Ed this morning on the book "Killer In The Kremlin. John Sweeney pointed out that Vladimir Putin is also a kleptomaniac (a compulsive thief.) Here are two examples from the book as follows:

1) Putin was in a meeting with the owner of a major U.S. NFL football team. His team had won a Super Bowl. The wealthy man was wearing a heavy and super-expensive Super Bowl ring. Putin admired the ring. He asked the man to take the ring off his finger and give it to him so he could admire it. Putin admired the ring. He put it in his pocket. He declined to return the ring to the owner.

2) Putin was on a museum tour in Europe. His eye caught something that fascinated him. He instructed an aide to take the item. He left the museum with it. He made no effort to reimburse the museum for its loss.

-JackW