Today, at the 2014 FIFA World Cup final, president of FIFA Sepp Blatter and Russian president Vladamir Putin got all nice and cozy together in the stands:
Angela Merkel at the World Cup with a venal, authoritarian leader. And Vladimir Putin is there too. pic.twitter.com/otQ2nskfG5
— Shashank Joshi (@shashj) July 13, 2014
Just two totally noncontroversial and not-at-all devious human beings enjoying a wonderful soccer match:
Will be tough for FIFA to keep Blatter off the TV broadcast today, sitting between Putin and Merkel pic.twitter.com/IbxcoI3NYQ — Graham Dunbar (@gdunbarap) July 13, 2014
By no means planning anything secretive, or scandalous, or downright scary:
Putin and Blatter sat together. A picture to make you feel all warm inside pic.twitter.com/bNndAXWtKd
— Antony D'Angelo (@dangerlow) July 13, 2014
They're just besties looking to ride off into the sunset together:
It's actually not the first time Sepp Blatter has sat next to Putin... #WorldCup #GERARG pic.twitter.com/dI0B6RVwg9 — Sportsbet.com.au (@sportsbetcomau) July 13, 2014
Thanks to BuzzFeed for this "uh oh" of a story. Let's just pretend that none of this ever happened...
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