Putin hails Russian boy as world's "7 billionth"

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Putin hails Russian boy as world's "7 billionth"

(Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin hailed a two-day old Russian boy as the world's seven billionth person Wednesday, weighing into a bizarre scramble to claim a title that is almost impossible to verify.

Russia's Pyotr Nikolayev was born on Oct 31, two minutes after midnight in a maternity hospital in Russia's Western exclave of Kaliningrad, wedged between Poland and the Baltic Sea.

"How did you manage to do it on the very 7 billion mark?" Putin, who is running for president in a March election, asked the child's mother in front of a group of television reporters.

"It was all down to him. I am just a normal mum," Yelena Nikolayeva, replied as she handed the boy to Putin, Russia's paramount leader. The pictures were aired on state television at peak viewing times.

The United Nations says the population reached the 7 billion mark on Oct 31 -- 13 years after reaching 6 billion, and has tried to use the sharp increase to draw attention to the problems of population growth.

Though it is almost impossible to say which person was actually the midnight's child of this billion, there have been claims to the title from people in countries such as the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka and Britain.

Local officials in Russia's Far East even awarded a certificate to the mother of another boy, Alexander, that purported to confirm his title as the world's seven billionth person.

A spokesman for the United Nation's Population Fund could not be reached for comment.

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[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Tsar Putin...anything for a photo shoot. What a douche.

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Putin hails Russian boy as world's "7 billionth"

(Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin hailed a two-day old Russian boy as the world's seven billionth person Wednesday, weighing into a bizarre scramble to claim a title that is almost impossible to verify.

Russia's Pyotr Nikolayev was born on Oct 31, two minutes after midnight in a maternity hospital in Russia's Western exclave of Kaliningrad, wedged between Poland and the Baltic Sea.

"How did you manage to do it on the very 7 billion mark?" Putin, who is running for president in a March election, asked the child's mother in front of a group of television reporters.

"It was all down to him. I am just a normal mum," Yelena Nikolayeva, replied as she handed the boy to Putin, Russia's paramount leader. The pictures were aired on state television at peak viewing times.

The United Nations says the population reached the 7 billion mark on Oct 31 -- 13 years after reaching 6 billion, and has tried to use the sharp increase to draw attention to the problems of population growth.

Though it is almost impossible to say which person was actually the midnight's child of this billion, there have been claims to the title from people in countries such as the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka and Britain.

Local officials in Russia's Far East even awarded a certificate to the mother of another boy, Alexander, that purported to confirm his title as the world's seven billionth person.

A spokesman for the United Nation's Population Fund could not be reached for comment.

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I know a man named Pyotr Nikolaiechev. But he's about 50.

[slim 1,514]

I know a man named Pyotr Nikolaiechev. But he's about 50.

My wife's name is Yelena Nikolayevna (the way she says it, anyway.)

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My wife's name is Yelena Nikolayevna (the way she says it, anyway.)

Nikolayevna is a patronymic. Nikolaiyechev is a last name. Nikolaiyechev's sister or wife is Nikolaiyecheva. Nikolayevna's brother is Nikolayevich. And then there is the poor guy named Nikolai Nikolaiyevich Nikolaiyechev. (I realize my transliteration is probably inconsistent but it makes more sense in Cyrillic anyways.

[slim 1,514]

Nikolayevna is a patronymic. Nikolaiyechev is a last name. Nikolaiyechev's sister or wife is Nikolaiyecheva. Nikolayevna's brother is Nikolayevich. And then there is the poor guy named Nikolai Nikolaiyevich Nikolaiyechev. (I realize my transliteration is probably inconsistent but it makes more sense in Cyrillic anyways.

Exactly. But to someone who doesn't understand patronymics and Cyrillic transliterations, it doesn't really matter. They all sound the same.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And Russia would have been first to land on the moon if we hadn't faked it first.

Do you really think those of us married to FSU women really need to be told who actually invented airplanes, radio, TV, automobiles, polio vaccines, moving pictures (with sound!) and seedless watermelon?

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Nikolayevna is a patronymic. Nikolaiyechev is a last name. Nikolaiyechev's sister or wife is Nikolaiyecheva. Nikolayevna's brother is Nikolayevich. And then there is the poor guy named Nikolai Nikolaiyevich Nikolaiyechev.

Oh, Jeezus; where's the Excedrin Migraine, groan man? I'll have a double -- straight.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Oh, Jeezus; where's the Excedrin Migraine, groan man? I'll have a double -- straight.

Just call them all "Ivan". It makes it a lot easier.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Oh, Jeezus; where's the Excedrin Migraine, groan man? I'll have a double -- straight.

I have to admit that WAS a bushel full of ovs, evs, evnas, ovas, and ayas,

Don't you love the RUB forum!

I love to tell people Alla's "full name" with patryonomic, try to say it three times fast! Then I say, "I just call her Alla"

Just call them all "Ivan". It makes it a lot easier.

VANYA!!!!!!

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I love to tell people Alla's "full name" with patryonomic, try to say it three times fast! Then I say, "I just call her Alla"

Nobody can say mine one time slow here

I love my maiden last name, I thought I wouldn't change it, but when I saw people trying to pronounce it here, I figured that I have to take my husband's last name just to make my life easier. My maiden last name is Serbian though, and a lot of people in Russia couldn't write and pronounce it correctly at first either.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Nobody can say mine one time slow here

I love my maiden last name, I thought I wouldn't change it, but when I saw people trying to pronounce it here, I figured that I have to take my husband's last name just to make my life easier. My maiden last name is Serbian though, and a lot of people in Russia couldn't write and pronounce it correctly at first either.

Alla did not change her name but now she has applied for citizenship she is going to for the same reason and I am a bit disappointed myself. But I guess it bothers her and my name's a more common sounding (for here) "English" last name.

She mostly gets upset that people cannot say her FIRST name! and she is right! It is AH-Lah.

No big deal right? Simple? Yet everyone calls her AL-A or AHl-ya or AYa (French double L equals "Y" sound and there are a lot of French names here) She says "Americans cannot say AH" I said just tell them it is like when they go to the doctor "open your mouth, stick out your tongue and say AH"

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She mostly gets upset that people cannot say her FIRST name! and she is right! It is AH-Lah.

I had a girlfriend named Tamara. Me, being a strapping young American lad called her "TAM-a-ra." She winced, scolded me, and reiterated her name was "Ta-mar-a." So, I called her "Ta-MARE-a." She scolded me harder, slapped me, and said, "Just call me pet name."

I think one thing that is so foreign for us is how you make a little mistake like that and you're instantly "stupid." In English, stupid is derogatory. In Russian, stupid is just a description of your actions at the moment. You can be stupid and still be her boyfriend. (Or husband!)

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Just call them all "Ivan". It makes it a lot easier.

OH YEAH! New video!

This is far better than the old "Revolver vs. Auto" debate or the "9mm vs. .45" debates. Excuse me, I am watching and having sex.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I had a girlfriend named Tamara. Me, being a strapping young American lad called her "TAM-a-ra." She winced, scolded me, and reiterated her name was "Ta-mar-a." So, I called her "Ta-MARE-a." She scolded me harder, slapped me, and said, "Just call me pet name."

I think one thing that is so foreign for us is how you make a little mistake like that and you're instantly "stupid." In English, stupid is derogatory. In Russian, stupid is just a description of your actions at the moment. You can be stupid and still be her boyfriend. (Or husband!)

True we consider "stupid" to be a permanent condition. However not many FSU women would put up with a husband that was continually stupid. They expect it once in a while as we are men.