Russian foreign minister: ‘So many p——-s around the presidential campaign’

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had some choice words on the U.S. presidential candidates in response to a question about Donald Trump’s comments about women.

“There are so many pussies around the presidential campaign on both sides that I prefer not to comment on this,” Lavrov told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour.

That came in response to a question about the remarks that Trump made in a 2005 video in which he referred to grabbing women’s genitals. Amanpour broached the subject with a “cheeky” reference to the “Pussy Riot” protesters who denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime.

“Russia had its own Pussy Riot moment. What do you think of Donald Trump’s Pussy Riot moment?” she asked.


Lavrov initially acted as if he was unfamiliar with the best way to answer in English. “English is not my mother tongue, I don’t know if I would sound decent,” he said.

But as the CNN interviewer laughed, he allowed himself a smile as well.

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