Putin tells an old yarn from the Soviet era about bureaucratic unpredictability: Just one variation of transcript below. Video is actually Putin…
An American spy goes to Lubyanka (the headquarters of the Soviet secret police in Moscow) and says:
— I’m a spy, I want to turn myself in.
— Who do you work for?
— America.
— OK, go to room 5.
He goes to room 5 and says:
— I’m an American spy. I want to turn myself in.
— Are you armed?
— Yes, I’m armed.
— Go to room 7, please.
He goes to room 7 and says:
— I am an American spy, I’m armed, I want to turn myself in.
— Go to room 10.
He goes to room 10 and says:
— I’m a spy, I want to turn myself in!
— Do you have any communication with the Americans?
— Yes.
— Go to room 20.
He goes to room 20 and says:
— I’m a spy, I’m armed, I’m in communication with America and I want to turn myself in.
— Have you been sent on a mission?
— Yes.
— Well? “Get out” and go do it! Stop bothering people while “they’re working!”
Now that is the truth… 😉
WtR