Moment this BBC News man confronts Vladimir Putin is people’s doorstep of the year
In one sense it’s just a guy doing his job. But in another sense … it’s Vladimir Putin.
Try putting yourself in BBC Moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg’s shoes as he questions the Russian president over the attempted murder of former Russian spy, Sergei Skripal.
Baller move from @BBCSteveR here pic.twitter.com/4fhm8eP9mr
— Alan White (@aljwhite) March 13, 2018
Here are our favourite 15 responses and a measure of the respect he generated online.
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Fair play to BBC News reporter Steve Rosenberg who walked straight up to Putin and asked if Russia was behind the Skripal poisoning. Wow.
— Patrick Smith (@psmith) March 12, 2018
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Steve Rosenberg’s neighbours move out https://t.co/vOMejZ8U7c
— Dom Joly (@domjoly) March 13, 2018
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Legend. I remember doing my hostile environment training with him at 23 & feeling all badass cos I’d just come off an undercover on dodgy scrapmetal dealers in Barking & asking what he did (which he undersold) then saying “Ooh Moscow must be fun!” & he just smiled kindly.
— Jane Bradley (@jane__bradley) March 12, 2018
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Yep no fear from Rosenberg, doing a good job as usual, but pointless in a way… I mean if Putin turned around and said “yeah him and Litvinenko, so what?” What are we going to do? What was Russia’s punishment then? F~all!
— Phil M Shirley (@PhilMShirley) March 12, 2018
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Doing his job by asking though
— Patrick Smith (@psmith) March 12, 2018
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Yes he was.
— Phil M Shirley (@PhilMShirley) March 12, 2018
