Berlusconi says just a joke, no plans to be Russian minister

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Source: AP / Miami Herald

A boast by Berlusconi that his old friend Putin had offered to make him economy minister made headlines around the world this week.

But Berlusconi spokeswoman Deborah Bergamini says he was just joking, and Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says Putin wasn't really offering the Italian a job.

In comments carried by Interfax news agency Thursday, Peskov said Putin was offering only "metaphorical support" — "not as a formal offer to occupy any official post."

He notes that foreigners cannot work in the Russian government.



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1. Even Russia has limits to how corrupt a politician is allowed to be, apparently n/t

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2. A Trump victory would mean we have no standing for smug mocking of Berlusconi.