Vladimir Putin 'wanted to hang Georgian President Saakashvili by the balls' - Times Online

Original: Vladimir Putin 'wanted to hang Georgian President Saakashvili by the balls' - Times Online

Vladimir Putin 'wanted to hang Georgian President Saakashvili by the balls' - Times Online: "Vladimir Putin 'wanted to hang Georgian President Saakashvili by the balls'"

Mr Sarkozy's team leaked their exchange to bolster their claim that the French President's intervention saved Georgia — or at least its leader — from further torment. They want to counter charges that he ceded too much in Europe's name by accepting the Russian annexation of the breakaway provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia...

Mr Sarkozy, who is under fire for his cosy relations with the two Russian leaders, hit back with sarcasm and an attack on Mr Bush for his su