President Putin asked the American female journalist to join him on the judo mat.
During a meeting with leaders of international news agencies, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he would not step into the ring with an American female journalist, but would invite her to the wrestling ring.
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Rosalind Matheson, international politics editor at Bloomberg, is very interested in Thai boxing, said the meeting moderator.
“I'm not sure I would dare step into the ring with you,” the American woman told the Russian president.
"First of all, I want to say that I myself will not step into the ring with you," President Putin replied.
"Not because she is a woman, but because each person should do their own thing. I have never done boxing," he explained.
"On the judo mat - please, I'm ready to go out with you. But here I will have a competitive advantage, I assure you," the head of state said.
