More like “Weekend at Vladdies”.
Which is worrying. When Putin goes, that lot look among the likeliest to find their way to the levers of power.
Or out a window. Succession is a hugely fraught affair in authoritarian kleptocracies. It is possible to interpret the widespread epidemic of murder suicides and defenstrations among Russian elites as the preliminary rounds of a succession crisis.
“This time there are no photos or videos. We are just informing you that he followed his tradition,”
What, Putin has taken an exotic poison or had himself thrown from a 10th storey window?
Perfect time for Russia to pull a Weekend at a Bernie’s and drag ol’ Putin out for the world to see that everything’s ok…
You’re too late.
I suspect those two will be the defenestrators once Putin has gone, if they avoid defenestration themselves before he goes.
If no one posts a gif in a forest, did it happen?
When this started, I thought that Russia would likely end up as a vassal state of China. Now it may end up as a vassal state of Ukraine.
The US kinda had a weekend at Bernie’s thing going with Wilson. Well not dead but not well. They supposedly staged this photo to make him look better than he was:
(I learned this from drunk history I think. Weird that the story isn’t more widely told)
And Edith was effectively acting as President, at least in terms of deciding what was important enough for her husband to give his attention to.
Which may be why the story isn’t more widely told.
The better option for Russia. No?
They just have to be convinced.
News release footage of Putin taking an evening stroll outside his compound.
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