| Interview with CNNs Larry King Live Part 1 September 8, 2000 New York. Интервью ведущему телеканала Си-эн-эн Ларри Кингу 8 сентября 2000 года Нью-Йорк. LARRY KING, HOST: Good evening, and welcome to this special edition of LARRY KING LIVE. It's our honor to have as our special guest for the full hour here in New York at the Millennium Summit at the United Nations -- we're at our studios -- Vladimir Putin. Vladimir Putin is, of course, president of Russia. There's lots of things to talk about tonight. We thank him for coming, and welcome to the United States. What about this job so far, if anything, has surprised you? PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN (through translator): I'd say I was much surprised prior to my presidency, since for a while I fulfilled the duties of the head of the Russian government. And in that capacity, I had to deal very frequently with the functions of the president himself. So nothing was exceptionally new. But the volume of my job has certainly increased. KING: Are you enjoying it? PUTIN (through translator): Partially, yes. KING: Let's get to the part that may not have been enjoyable. What can -- what happened? You tell me. What happened with the submarine? PUTIN (through translator): It sank. KING: But why? What caused it? What happened? What do we know? PUTIN (through translator): Unfortunately, today we cannot say much about the reasons of this tragedy. However, it's clear that the result of this tragedy were certain explosions. But we don't know what ... |
