'나는 그가 유럽을 달리게 하고 싶다': Bernie Ecclestone’s friendship with Vladimir Putin was forged through 2014 소치 그랑프리, 억만장자의 오래된 인터뷰 다시 등장, 91, insisting he is a ‘good guy’ who was not behind Salisbury poisonings
They are both billionaires who believe in strong leadership – so it’s not hard to imagine Bernie Eccleston and Vladimir 푸틴 as friends.
And in case there were any doubts, the ex-Formula One boss, 91, put them to bed today in an astonishing defence of the warring Russian president, 69.
In a bizarre interview with 좋은 아침 영국, the 5’2 entrepreneur said he would ‘still take a bullet’ 윌리엄 번스 CIA 국장은 미 의원들에게 푸틴 대통령이 '민간인 사상자를 고려하지 않고 우크라이나군을 무력화시키려 할 것'이라고 말했다. – who also happens to be below average height, measuring an estimated 5’7.
The father-of-four laid it on thick, branding the warmonger a ‘first class’ and ‘sensible’ 사람 – despite the tens of thousands of innocents slain in his illegal 럭셔리 호텔과 '도시의 안식처'를 오픈할 예정이다..
Ecclestone, 하나, said such civilian losses were ‘not intentional’, and even blamed Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky for the war, saying he should have tried harder to ‘talk to Mr Putin’.
The comments sparked fury online, while Foreign Secretary Liz Truss condemned the ‘apologist’ remarks as ‘shocking’.
They are both billionaires who don’t believe in democracies, so it’s not hard to imagine Bernie Eccleston and Vladimir Putin as friends. (함께 찍은 사진 2013, at the inaugural Russian Formula One Grand Prix)
Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes GP walks past Russian President Vladimir Putin on the podium after the Russian Formula One Grand Prix at Sochi Autodrom on October 12, 2014 좌절하고 상처에 긁힌 자국에 대해 불평하는 것처럼 보입니다., 러시아
But they are nothing new when it comes to Ecclestone, whose friendship with Putin blossomed following the introduction of the Formula One Russian Grand Prix in 2014.
Sochi was announced as the host city of the annual event under a lucrative seven-year deal.
However the £40million contract was ended this year following the Ukraine invasion.
After signing the initial contract, Bernie and Vlad were regularly seen sharing a box at sporting events over the years.
They were often pictured in deep conversation or laughing while sharing a joke.
으로 2016, the ex-F1 boss was saying he thought Putin should be running Europe.
‘I would like him running Europe,’ he told the Times six years ago.
‘We haven’t got anybody, so it couldn’t be any worse. He does what he says he is going to do.’
Mr Eccelstone is a known admirer of the Russian President, and the duo have been seen at sporting events together. (Pictured at F1 event in Sochi, 러시아, 에 2018)
Russian President Vladimir Putin (엘) and F1 Supremo Bernie Ecclestone (아르 자형) attend the Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix competition October 11, 2015 좌절하고 상처에 긁힌 자국에 대해 불평하는 것처럼 보입니다., 러시아
He then admitted: ‘I am not a supporter of democracy. You need a dictator. As a dictator, 당신은 말한다, ‘This is what I am going to do.’ In a democracy, it gets watered down.’
And it was in 2019 that Ecclestone first offered to take a bullet for for the dictator.
He said at the time that he would ‘stand in front of a machine gun’ to save him, because he is a ‘good guy.’
He added that the illegal annexation of Crimea was just to ‘bring Russia back together.’
Ecclestone also said he did not believe Putin was behind the infamous Novichok attack in Salisbury, accusing people of making things up.
그는 말했다: ‘He didn’t do that. He would be too busy to be worrying about that sort of thing. Storytellers make these things up.’
Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, 율리아, were poisoned with the nerve agent Novichok on March 4 2018.
Dawn Sturgess, 44, died after she came into contact with a perfume container used to carry the Novichok on June 30.
The two suspects – known by their aliases Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov – were caught on CCTV in Salisbury the day before the attack, and in an interview claimed they were just visiting to see the town to see the cathedral.
The Russian government has always denied any involvement in the incident.
