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| Greta Thunberg, whom Putin called 'a kind but poorly informed teenager' (AFP Photo/Minas Panagiotakis) |
Moscow
(AFP) - Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg has responded with wry humour
on Twitter to patronising comments made about her by Russian President Vladimir
Putin.
The
16-year-old changed her Twitter biography to say "A kind but poorly
informed teenager" after Putin described her in these terms at a Moscow
forum this week.
On
Wednesday, Putin said: "I don't share the general enthusiasm" for
Greta Thunberg's impassioned speech at the United Nations climate summit in
September, which went viral with her repeated question: "How dare
you?"
"I'm
sure Greta is a kind girl and very sincere," Putin said of the campaigner
who sailed across the Atlantic instead of flying to speak at the UN.
However,
"no one explained" to Thunberg, who has 2.7 million followers on
Twitter, that "the modern world is developing quickly," he lamented.
Putin said
it was praiseworthy for young people to raise environmental issues, but raised
the possibility that someone was manipulating Thunberg "in their own
interests".
He warned
"adults must do all they can not to lead teenagers and children into any
extreme situations."
US
President Donald Trump also attempted to crush Thunberg, only for her to use
his own words against him.
After her
speech at the UN, Trump mocked her tone on Twitter, saying she "seems like
a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future."
Thunberg
later changed her Twitter biography to read: "A very happy young girl
looking forward to a bright and wonderful future."
Thunberg
has been tipped as a possible winner of this year Nobel Peace Prize.
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