• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Pretty sure that was before my time.

    I don’t suppose you have a video? Asking for a friend…

    Though, again, their security detail is total shit if they let a drunken slob get that pissed and drown.

    Delegations going abroad don’t get to go without an escort. especially from countries where the risk of defection is insanely high.

    • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 months ago

      It happened in the late 90’s, but wasn’t revealed until about 2008 or 2009 (a year or two after Boris Yeltsin died). No, there is no video, at least none any of us would have access to.

      He was the President at the time.

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        4 months ago

        I never heard this. But I’m surprised his security didn’t stop this. And just send someone out to get a pizza for him.

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          4 months ago

          Agents stopped him, but I’d remind that this was not that long after the USSR was dissolved, and he was apparently fairly skilled (even drunk) at evading his own security detail.

          It happened multiple times during the same trip iirc, and agents did get him pizza.

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            4 months ago

            I’m just imagining him climbing out of a bathroom window and sliding down a drain pipe, while screaming, “none of you understand me I hate all of you!”