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Putin Told a Joke to American Negotiators. No One Laughed.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin told a joke to US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff during talks on the conflict in Ukraine, Russian state news agency TASS reported.

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According to Special Envoys Trump's reaction, the Russian dictator's jokes were not funny.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin told a joke to US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff during talks on the conflict in Ukraine, Russian state news agency TASS reported.

Deputy President Yuri Ushakov of the Russian Federation explained the meaning of the joke about money from the nightstand, which Russian President Vladimir Putin had told during a meeting with American negotiators Steve Whitkoff and Jared Kouchner, who said the Kremlin representative had said that the joke reflected the contradictory position of European countries on the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine.

During Thursday's meeting with American emissaries Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to use an anecdote previously said by former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovici, the one who fled the country following the Euromaidan revolution in 2014. Through the joke borrowed from Viktor Yanukovici, Putin [...]

Putin decided to cheer up American businessmen with an old anecdote of Yanukovych about a bedside table and money. 😅 But it seems that the joke did not make them laugh, but only confirmed that international relations are not just a game of words. 🤔 Will such irony be able to melt cold relations between countries?

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Novinky.cz broke the news on Thursday, November 12, 2026.
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