PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, April 28 Chairman of the Council directors of the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK), Viktor Rashnikov, on the air of the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin program on Rossiya 1, called the words of Russian President Vladimir Putin a joke that he could not get through to the top manager to congratulate him on his victory HC «Metallurg» in the final of the Gagarin Cup.
Putin at the congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) on April 25 said that after Metallurg’s victory he wanted to call Rashnikov, but the head of MMK was allegedly busy and could not be contacted. Putin suggested that the top manager was celebrating the victory with the team.
“It was a joke. I think everyone remembered this, because yesterday there was a call from the administration at half past ten, they said: “Be on the phone, the president will call you now.” I sat for half an hour, then they called another day later. half an hour, they said, in an hour. And then they said, we’ll postpone it until today,” Rashnikov said. He noted that he was absolutely not busy that evening.