This Sneaky Man Sneakily Trying To Eavesdrop On Barack Obama And Vladimir Putin Is Wholly Delightful

The G20 summit in Antalya, Turkey has just wrapped up. Leaders of the world’s most powerful nations gathered to discuss the Syrian civil war, the threat of terrorism in the wake of the Paris attacks, and other extremely serious issues that could’ve done without having a bunch of goddamn cats running around like a Hanna-Barbera cartoon.

Obama and Putin upstaged by three cats. #G20Turkey #G20AntalyaSummit pic.twitter.com/svxZAoX45D

— Duncan Stone (@DuncanCStone) November 15, 2015

One of the big takeaways from the summit was that Russia and the United States seem to be cautiously coming to something resembling co-operation on their strategy in Syria; Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama were often seen on the sidelines of the main event talking one-on-one, and reportedly agreed that any plan of action out of the Syrian civil war needs to be led and owned by the Syrian people themselves, and mediated by the UN.

All of which is very important and worth noting, but which we will gloss over for the minute in favour of this fascinating, wonderful and hopefully real video of a man clumsily trying to sneak his way to within earshot of two immensely powerful world leaders like Harriet the Spy.

What’s this guy’s endgame? Is he the world’s most inept spy? Was he just after some Putinspiration? Why does he bear an uncanny resemblance to Gary from Veep, little satchel and all? We don’t know. We may never know.

That video and delightful musical accompaniment come courtesy of Russia Today, who make a damn fine video even if they’re a hugely problematic state-funded organ of the increasingly repressive and antidemocratic Putin regime.

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h/t My dear friend James West of Mother Jones. I fondly remember the good times we shared.