Putin joke Not ready for prime time

 

Last year, during the course of awarding the winners of the Russian Geographical Society the Russian president said, 9-year-old expert on geography Miroslav Oskirko stated where the Russian border ends. 

 

"Russian border ends through the Bering Strait, where the United States is located," - said the boy. 

 

Laughing, Putin said that "Russian border never ends", but added that he was joking. 

 

Russian news source rt.com added    the above was responsible for congressional Russian sanctions

 

Edited for clarity by blogger from Google Russian translation

source sanctions article   brookings.edu