Putin Thinks Sepp Blatter Deserves A Nobel Prize
That’s what the president of Russia told Swiss TV after the embattled president of FIFA came to Russia for the preliminary draw of the 2018 World Cup over the weekend. And Vlad’s not leaving out the folks who brought him Sochi 2014:
“I think people like Mr Blatter or the heads of big international sporting federations, or the Olympic Games, deserve special recognition. If there is anyone who deserves the Nobel Prize, it’s those people.”
Why not? It’d be less controversial than the ESPYs Arthur Ashe Courage Award.
Read more at Reuters.
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