Putin beaten by a cat as first to cross $4 billion Crimea bridge

[steve2470]

http://www.newsweek.com/vladimir-putin-beaten-cat-first-cross-4-billion-crimea-bridge-928537

Russian President Vladimir Putin looked set to be the first to cross the controversial multibillion bridge linking Russia to Crimea—but a cat seems to have beaten him to it.

Putin drove across the newly built bridge to Crimea—a territory Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014—to officially open its road lanes for car traffic. His truck led about a dozen others from Russia’s Krasnodar region to Crimea, as TV cameras showed him to be the first to make the 12-mile trip, as he inspected the construction that will continue until next year.

A local feline gave his seal of approval a full day before the Russian leader, however, after apparently making the journey by foot.

“First to run the 19 kilometers (12 miles). Everything is ready!” Mostik the cat, a mascot for the bridge builders, posted on Instagram on Monday. “Tomorrow I am ceremonially opening the bridge with the builders and the president. And starting May 16th you can come yourselves.”

(Before anyone scolds me, I'm only posting this for the cat reference. Putin is still an a*******e )

[meadowlark5]

1. Good thing cats can right themselves and land on their feet when thrown out a window

King Putin can't be one upped by a cat.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Putin is said to be quite fond of animals. It's just people that he tends to

to do in if they displease him.

[meadowlark5]

3. His only redeeming quality apparently nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. And Trump doesn't even have that.

[meadowlark5]

5. He's pretty odious

He never seems too genuinely smile or laugh. Everything about him is staged and fake. Why any woman has ever wanted to spend time with him is beyond me. Money most likely.

[eppur_se_muova]

6. ...

[steve2470]

7. thank you for posting this! nt