This time for real: Putin calls Elton John, agrees personal meeting

Vladimir Putin has phoned Sir Elton John and the two agreed a face-to-face meeting if their schedules allow it, the Kremlin press secretary said. Earlier, the British pop icon was played by pranksters, who called him pretending to be the Russian President.

“Just now, after the meeting, the President spoke with Elton John on the phone,” Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin press secretary, said, adding that the call was initiated by Putin.

The Russian president was aware of the prank on Elton John and asked him “not to hold grudges” against those behind it, he added.

“Putin said that if their schedules match accordingly, he’s ready to meet and discuss any issue which interests [the musician],”Peskov said.

According to the press secretary, it took some convincing from the Russian side for Elton John to believe it was really President Putin who wanted to talk to him .... http://www.rt.com