What it's like meeting with Putin, according to the former U.S. ambassador to Russia
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He doesn't like photo ops when they're standing because he's not a very tall man. So, the first thing to watch for is will he be late. He's notoriously late.Okay. The lower level you are, the later you are. Uh he was once 3 hours late for Secretary Kerry when he met with President Obama in Los Cabos in 2012.I was there for that meeting. He was 45 minutes late for a meeting with the president of the United States of America. So, that's a game he plays.Second, uh he talks a lot. He'll stare at you, by the way ...