Thread by @generalsvr_en

#Putin's Double Performance

The double of #Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in several official events yesterday. The understudy presented medals of Hero of Labour and State Prizes of the Russian Federation. Participating in such events does not...
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cause the president's double any difficulties at all. He has been getting into his role easily and playing it perfectly lately. Even dedicated people from #Putin's inner circle are confused by the almost identical manner of moving and speaking, rather than by...
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the striking resemblance. And yet, in their outward resemblance, there are some discrepancies. It's the makeup that's faulty, the plastic surgery that's not. Thus yesterday, during a visit of the president's double to the Central Clinical Military Hospital...
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named after A. Vishnevsky, the double again had his cheekbone "moving". This is a long-standing problem. The double had less expressive cheekbones than #Putin's, and his cheekbones were surgically "fattened," but that was done badly.
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Now the double's cheekbone sometimes, usually at inappropriate moments, "comes off", and this is quite noticeable. This also happened yesterday during the communication of the double with the "men in blue tights", or...
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with the wounded in the hospital, if you like, when during the communication the president's cheekbone had a life of its own, which, at a closer look, looked rather comical. But such trifles do not embarrass anyone any more. The cheekbones were reshaped...
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several times, but it only helps for a short time, and then it is all over again. In the hospital, when talking to a crowd, the double showed outstanding knowledge of stories of wounded soldiers that had not yet been told. They were brought in to talk to...
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the "president" after being instructed on what to say and how to say it. The double talked to the soldiers with their invented stories which he was acquainted with beforehand. It looked like a weak play of a provincial amateur theatre club, but even this "passes".
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#Putin himself canceled a meeting yesterday and only accepted a few reports. He had been feeling unwell all day. In the evening, he went to the doctors on duty with complaints of severe abdominal pain. After speaking to the doctors, the president did not speak to anyone else.
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