Putin versus Rice

Rice: “What does this mean here, Mr. President? You went to Tehran and referenced the Scythians? Who are the Scythians?”

Putin:”Old Russian joke. Have you read War and Peace? We have several good English translations of it in Russia, Madame Secretary. You may also be interested in Anna Karenina. Has interesting reference to Serbia.”

([Scythians] inhabited the Black Sea region about 3,000 years ago up to the arrival of the Sarmatians. Supposedly King Darius I of Persia was not able to defeat the Scythians when he invaded their lands even with a 150,000 men Army, years later he sent a much smaller Army to Marathon in Greece) Via AnwarBlog.