Does President Putin speak English?

August 17, 2025 3:06am CST
President Putin has been having meeting with American presidents for decades, he has witnessed 5 of them and I wonder if he speaks English or needs an interpreter. Does the most powerful man in the world speak english?
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (108613)
• United States
23 Aug
For the record, the most powerful man in the world is Donald Trump, and he definitely speaks English.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (108613)
• United States
24 Aug
@ogbenishyna44 Not even close. China's economy is about half the size of the United States and is #2 in the world economically. The U.S. has a GDP of $31 trillion. China's GDP is $19 trillion.
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Emmanuel Adelakun
@ogbenishyna44 (880)
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24 Aug
@porwest Really? How many American products are produced in China? America cant do without China but China can do without America.
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Emmanuel Adelakun
@ogbenishyna44 (880)
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24 Aug
Even the Chinese president is more powerful than Trump, economically.
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Sanjeev
@sjvg1976 (42522)
• Delhi, India
17 Aug
I have heard he knows English but doesn't speak it.
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Sanjeev
@sjvg1976 (42522)
• Delhi, India
24 Aug
@ogbenishyna44 he can speak many languages as I read somewhere.
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Emmanuel Adelakun
@ogbenishyna44 (880)
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24 Aug
@sjvg1976 That's interesting
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Emmanuel Adelakun
@ogbenishyna44 (880)
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17 Aug
I thought as much
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youless
@youless (113835)
• Guangzhou, China
18 Aug
I heard he can speak some English. I think it's OK to have a common conversation.
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Emmanuel Adelakun
@ogbenishyna44 (880)
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24 Aug
That's good in some way.
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (124934)
• United States
17 Aug
He can speak it but rarely does. He speaks Russian as a power move.
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jaishankar
@Shivram59 (45830)
• India
23 Aug
I think he has interpreter who can translate from English to Russian. Our PM doesn't know English well. Wherever he goes he talks in Hindi and it is translated in English. Or, the Heads of States can have any App or something like that. I guess.
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jaishankar
@Shivram59 (45830)
• India
24 Aug
@ogbenishyna44 That's exactly what I think They must take help of sn interpreter or a device to understand what their counterpart intends to say.
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Emmanuel Adelakun
@ogbenishyna44 (880)
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24 Aug
Yea, I see them wear some devices in the ear
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Arunima Singh
@arunima25 (92462)
• Bangalore, India
17 Aug
He doesn't..at least I have not seen any video. Many world leaders choose their language on International platforms though they can talk in English. Our Prime Minister does that though he talks very well in English too..I think that it's perfectly okay.
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Emmanuel Adelakun
@ogbenishyna44 (880)
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17 Aug
That means he use the interpreting device.
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Arunima Singh
@arunima25 (92462)
• Bangalore, India
18 Aug
@ogbenishyna44 Yes. I saw some glimpse of this Alaska meet. President Putin did communicate a bit in English too.
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Emmanuel Adelakun
@ogbenishyna44 (880)
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24 Aug
@arunima25 That's better.
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