Putin altered his speeches

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President Putin never really stuck to speeches written for him and added or altered parts at his own will, Putin’s former speechwriter Abbas Gallyamov recalls.   #Putin #Russia

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00:00But what was it like working for him and writing speeches for him?

00:04Did he tend to stick to the speech or would he go off script?

00:07Tell us a bit about him.

00:08No.

00:09When I worked for him, I worked for him all in all for three years.

00:13One year when he was president and two years when he was prime minister.

00:18So last time it was 2010, so it was pretty long ago.

00:21At that time he was not sticking to the speech, to the script at all.

00:29If he felt that he was just opening the text and beginning to read it, and then if he wanted

00:39to add something, he would pick up his eyes.

00:41It's visible actually.

00:42He's picking up his eyes, he starts speaking, then he's coming back to the speech and speaking.

00:48Sometimes he's reading a little and putting it aside and starts speaking if he feels that

00:53he knows what he wants.

00:55So in this respect, he's a quite able speaker, so it's not that he needs written text all

01:04the time.

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