Did The Russians Snub Obama?


	Did The Russians Snub Obama?

redbourn

9-15-2009 10:59 AM

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russia, usa, obama, medvedev, handshake, shun

redbourn says:

The video looks real but I hope it isn't.

It will probably be argued about much like the "Did he bow or didn't he one"

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