January 04, 2004

VLAD THE IMPRISONER

As a certain bunch of Chechen theatre enthusiasts once discovered, Vladimir Putin doesn’t mess around:

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the arrest of two alleged marriage agency fraudsters after a Sydney man wrote to him, saying he had been conned by a sexy young Russian brunette offering marriage over the internet.

Terry McCarthy, from Epping, was so outraged after allegedly being ripped off that he wrote directly to Mr Putin, declaring it was a matter of "Russian honour" that she be brought to justice.

So touched was the Kremlin leader by the carefully crafted letter, he ordered police to track down the criminals, regardless of time or cost.

Or maybe Vlad just wanted to hook up with some hot Russian chicks. You hev special Kremlin discount?

Posted by Tim Blair at January 4, 2004 11:43 PM
Comments

And if Putin did "hook up with some hot Russian chicks", would he then be known as...wait for it.....Vlad the Impaler?

Posted by: rinardman at January 4, 2004 at 11:52 PM

I wonder if President Putin will reimburse me.... er I mean a friend of mine, who spent $50 to access a porn site claiming to show TATU naked only to find a shoddy photoshoped fake!

Posted by: Ross at January 5, 2004 at 01:25 AM

Poor Terry, he just didn't remember his Yakov Smirnoff: "In communist Russia, women screw you!"

Posted by: Sean O'Hara at January 5, 2004 at 04:05 AM

Along these lines, I recommend this movie, >a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00003CXVF/qid=1073240469/sr=1-30/ref=sr_1_30/103-8263464-9887850?v=glance&s=video">Birthday Girl. It's a pretty funny movie about a shy British bank teller who orders a Russian mail order bride.

Posted by: Reid at January 5, 2004 at 04:25 AM

Oops! Should've clicked the preview button.

Along these lines, I recommend this movie, Birthday Girl. It's a pretty funny movie about a shy British bank teller who orders a Russian mail order bride.

Posted by: Reid at January 5, 2004 at 04:26 AM

Reid: grrrr...

Posted by: Andrea Harris at January 5, 2004 at 10:46 AM

if the hot Russian chick turns out to be Svetlana Ritz, is it a case of Putin on the Ritz

Posted by: slatts at January 5, 2004 at 11:57 AM