MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) -- Vladimir Putin's decision to stop a small boy as he walked through the Kremlin and kiss his stomach was prompted by a desire to "touch him like a kitten," the Russian president said on Thursday.

"I tell you honestly, I just wanted to touch him like a kitten and that desire of mine ended in that act."

The Izvestia daily, which tracked down Nikita, discovered that he had refused to wash after that kiss.

"I just liked him and he liked me very much. I want to be president myself," the five-year-old told the paper.

Putin then lifted the boy's shirt and kissed him on his stomach. The Russian president then patted the boy on the head and walked off through a crowd of astonished tourists.

All of the above are direct quotes from a Reuters article via CNN.com.  Hilarious.  I don't know if I could come up with punchlines better than the truth (but I'll try anyway, obviously).

Good thing Putin and Nikita live in Russia and not Massachusetts, or else they might let the Russian president marry that boy's kitten stomach.

Eh?