President Obama in the Oval Office. (photo: Ron Sachs/Getty)
02 September 14
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what he called “a provocative and defiant act,” President Obama charged
on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has started letting
his calls go directly to voice mail.
Speaking at the White House before this week’s NATO
summit, a visibly furious Obama said that Putin’s new practice of
letting his calls go straight to voice mail “hampers our ability to
discuss the future of Ukraine and other important issues going forward.”
Having left dozens of voice mails for the Russian
President, Obama said that he tried to reach him via e-mail on Monday
night but received an out-of-office auto reply.
“Given what he has been up to in Ukraine over the past
few weeks, I find it impossible believe he has been out of the office,”
Obama said.
The President hinted that Putin’s failure to respond
to his voice mails could result in additional sanctions and signaled
that he did not intend to call the Russian President again. “I have left
my last voice mail for him,” he said, adding that the last time he
called Putin his mailbox was full.
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