Putin has given the high-living Berlusconi "lavish gifts" and lucrative energy contracts, and Berlusconi "appears increasingly to be the mouthpiece of Putin" in Europe, according to one cable.
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这是个很有趣的注意,但是贝卢斯科尼和普京是不愿放弃他们在最高谈判席上的位置的。
An appealing idea, but Silvio Berlusconi and Vladimir Putin are unlikely to give up their seats at the top table.