Where Is Putin?

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Clarissa

March 14, 2015

The Russians are as funny as ever.

“On Monday, March 16, President Putin had several important meetings,” the newscaster declared yesterday and then proceeded to give details of the meetings.

If you don’t get why that’s funny, look at your calendar.

The Russians often use what they call “canned news.” Putin is supposed to appear on the news every day, doing something massively important. Since it’s not humanly possible to do something massively important every single day, servile journalists film newscasts in advance and hold them until the days when there is nothing new about Putin to show.

Of course, such a strategy often produces mistakes and then everybody gets a chance to laugh at Putin who experiences Monday, March 16 serveral days before everybody else does.

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el

March 15, 2015

Марат Гельман: “Впереди – только мрак”

http://trim-c.livejournal.com/409849.html

“– Я помню 90-е годы, когда болезни Ельцина, которые периодически повторялись, были такой простой технологией: когда происходит что-то грустное, неправильное, нужно просто отвлечь внимание. Это первая мысль, которая мне пришла в голову, по большому счету, болезнь Путина не играет никакой роли в том, что происходит. Мне кажется, это просто способ поинтриговать нашу публику, чтобы она отвлеклась от реальных проблем, которые у нас уже есть и которые нас ожидают.”

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1. Clarissa
  
  March 15, 2015
  
  There’s something to it. Nobody has even mentioned Nemtsov’s murder in days. And nobody is mentioning that the rouble is dropping again.
  
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Shakti

March 15, 2015

He’s with Carmen Sandiego and Waldo. Nobody knows where they are either.

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thelyniezian

March 15, 2015

Perhaps they were referring to Monday March 16th, 2009? Trouble is at that time he was Prime Minister Putin, not President Putin…

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1. Clarissa
  
  March 15, 2015
  “Trouble is at that time he was Prime Minister Putin, not President Putin…”
  
  In name only. 🙂 🙂
  
  It has been announced that Putin will be shown to the world on Monday (tomorrow.) Everybody is awaiting the moment with bated breath.
  
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  1. thelyniezian
    
    March 15, 2015
    
    Weirdly as I recall the whole Putin-Mevedev switch was being orchestrated back in 2006 at least- I can remember exactly where I was when I heard that news story (still at university and that’s all I’ll say on that…)
    
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  2. thelyniezian
    
    March 15, 2015
    
    The more I recall about Putin the more I wonder why I ever gave him the benefit of the doubt (apart from acknowledging he seems a pretty savvy operator…)
    
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    1. cliff arroyo
      
      March 16, 2015
      
      You wanted to give him the benefit of a doubt because the alternative (a large and dangerous country being run by a psychopath) was too frightening.
      
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