When it comes to if the size-of-the-table-matters, there appears to be a lot of guy-talk that bigger is better.Keeping a safe distance is everything but it certainly looks like every move the Russian President makes is dissected... try phone calls; they're safer!
Putin's Long Tables Explained: Why He Puts Some Leaders, Including Germany’s Scholz, At An Extreme Distance
"Russian President Vladimir Putin’s every move is dissected as fears escalate that he’ll soon order an invasion of Ukraine, but attention has recently turned to why Putin sits across from a comically large table during meetings with other world leaders, the most recent instance of which came Tuesday during a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
The extremely distanced table made its first appearance during Putin’s February 1 meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, and The Guardian speculated at the time Orbán’s banishment was due to not quarantining before seeing Putin, a typical requirement for Russian officials coming face to face with the president.
Putin has not kept all leaders at an extreme distance: Putin appeared in images in close proximity to Chinese President Xi Jingping and Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during separate February meetings with the two, causing some to suggest that Putin’s decision on who to distance is a political power play.
The meeting between Putin and Scholz comes at a particularly pivotal moment in diplomacy between the West and Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stoked fear when he predicted Russia will invade Ukraine Wednesday, though his aides later clarified it was a dark joke.
> During a televised portion of their Monday meeting, Lavrov told Putin that Russia should continue to engage in diplomatic negotiations with the West, saying the possibility of a diplomatic solution in Ukraine is “far from exhausted.” Putin agreed to continue negotiations, even as the West increasingly warns of an impending Russian invasion.
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INSERT: Apparently the size of a table matters
Photographs taken during a roundtable meeting with CEOs of electric utilities on Wednesday saw Joe Biden using a ginormous 30ft table in the White House state dining room
Biden one-upped Vladimir Putin with his ginormous table, which was almost double in length to the 16ft table that the Russian leader held talks on with Emmanuel Macron
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Jake Sullivan, the U.S. national security advisor, said Sunday an attack could come as early as this week, while U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Monday an invasion could come in the next 48 hours. Russia said Tuesday they will pull back some of its more than 130,000 troops reportedly at the Ukraine border, a preliminary indication that Russia is willing to walk down its aggression, at least temporarily."
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