Putin disliked Greta's speech

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UPDATED 12:42 PM PT – Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Russian President Vladimir Putin has joined in with other world leaders in denouncing climate activist Greta Thunberg’s recent speech at the United Nations.In an interview Wednesday, Putin called the 16-year-old’s work unrealistic and suggested that she doesn’t fully understand how the world works. He said while it’s fine for children to support environmental issues, adults should not “co-opt” children as a part of their rhetoric.Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the 2019 Russian Energy Week forum in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Abdulaziz bin Salman is in the center. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)“I may disappoint you, but I do not share everyone’s enthusiasm about Greta Thunberg’s speech. You know, the fact that young people, teenagers, pay attention to the acute problems of the modern world, including ecology — that is right and very good. We need to support them, but when somebody uses children and teenagers in their own interests, it deserves only to be condemned.” — President Vladimir Putin, RussiaPresident Trump has also spoken out against Thunberg, tweeting about her consistently negative attitude.Putin’s comments follow Thunberg’s controversial speech about her so-called “stolen childhood” at the United Nations last month.FILE – In this Monday, Sept. 23, 2019 file photo, environmental activist Greta Thunberg, of Sweden, addresses the Climate Action Summit at the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)