Thread by @rprose

1 like = 1 Putin confession via TASS

https://twitter.com/rprose/status/1036138596519079936

Oct. 17, 2011: Putin confesses that he never aspired to become president
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Feb. 8, 2018: Putin confesses that he doesn't have a smartphone
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June 7, 2016: Putin confesses that he doesn't read books about himself because he "already knows everything, anyway"
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Dec. 20, 2012: Putin confesses that it had a big effect on him when he was working as prime minister, when he had to take real responsibility on himself
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March 8, 2018: Putin confesses that he's an optimist
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Dec. 20, 2012: Putin confesses that he's proud of his daughters
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Feb. 4, 2012: Putin confesses that he didn't expect such a big turnout at the demonstration on Poklonnaya Hill
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June 18, 2016: Putin confesses that he prefers to watch yoga from the sidelines
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April 3, 2017: Putin confesses that Chernomyrdin had a positive effect on his life
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Sept. 16, 2017: Putin confesses that above all he values reliability in people
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April 25, 2016: Putin confesses that he'd like to visit Putorana Plateau
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April 7, 2016: Putin confesses that the Russia of his dreams is effective, powerful and self-sufficient
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Jan. 25, 2018: Putin confesses that interacting with active people fills him with energy tass.ru/obschestvo/490…

June 5, 2018: Putin confesses that Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna could be considered a rival to the Hermitage
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March 11, 2018: Putin confesses that playing hockey when they're letting him win isn't interesting

Bonus subhead: The head of state noted that he likes scoring goals
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Dec. 13, 2016: Putin confesses his love for judo and Japanese culture
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March 2, 2018: Putin confesses that if he could, he'd like to prevent the breakup of the Soviet Union
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Jan. 1, 2018: Putin confesses that he doesn't like going in front of TV cameras
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March 11, 2018: Putin confesses he chooses as friends people incapable of betrayal
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June 17, 2016: Putin confesses that he's grateful to Bill Clinton for his help and respect
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May 21, 2018: Putin confesses that he could have studied better in school
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June 21, 2017: Putin confesses that one of his daughters had difficulty figuring out her professional career
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June 14, 2017: Putin confesses that Trump's elections win changed almost nothing
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Dec. 23, 2015: Putin confesses that he sometimes consults linguists on the rules of Russian grammar
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Aug. 20, 2017: Putin confesses that he doesn't get hung up on clothing styles, but he tries to look elegant
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Dec. 19, 2013: Putin confesses that he hasn't looked into the third Yukos case and he doesn't see any threats to anyone from it
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July 21, 2017: Putin confesses that his parents advised him to go to a different university, but he insisted
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July 14, 2017: Putin confesses that he's more interested in people who are capable of doing things with their own hands
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July 21, 2017: Putin confesses that he doesn't use social networks and he doesn't have anything to do with any online accounts
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Nov. 23, 2014: Putin confesses that he doesn't feel lonely, although he only sees his daughters and friends rarely
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Sept. 3, 2016: Putin confesses that from the G20 agenda, he's most interested in the financial architecture
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April 7, 2016: Putin confesses that he loves patriotic films and the classics, and he appreciates "a good start and love"
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July 21, 2017: Putin confesses that most of all he loves listening to Mozart and Schubert in the treatments of Liszt
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May 21, 2012: Putin confesses he admired the performance of Russia's national team in the hockey world championships
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June 18, 2017: Putin confesses he didn't learn "anything revolutionary" during his "Direct Line" call-in show

May 30, 2017: Putin confesses that he didn't expect anything major from Trump's win the U.S. election
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April 14, 2016: Putin confesses that he sometimes swears using [SR: ultra vulgar] mat: "It's this sin we have in Russia, we'll pray for forgiveness"

Bonus subhead: The president noted that he "maybe shouldn't have said that"

Oct. 16, 2016: Putin confesses that he didn't pick his blue bandi for the BRICS photo tass.ru/politika/37088…

June 21, 2017: Putin confesses that he's been getting pay raises for teachers by using a truncheon with governors
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July 21, 2017: Putin confesses that it didn't occur to him to hide from the pouring rain during the wreath-laying ceremony

Bonus photo: the ceremony, by Sergei Karpukhin of Reuters
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March 15, 2018: Putin confesses that in his youth, he drove recklessly in a Zaporozhets that his mother won in a lottery

Bonus photo: Putin and, if Wikipedia is to be believed, that very Zaporozhets
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June 26, 2012: Putin confesses that he's "a little bewildered" by Bethlehem authorities' decision to name a street after him
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June 26, 2012: Putin confesses that he learned about the searches from the media
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Oct. 7, 2013: Putin confesses he was surprised when APEC leaders congratulated him on his birthday before the summit
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Sept. 1, 2018: Putin confesses he is inspired in life by Russia's successes
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April 7, 2016: Putin confesses he's proud of his friendship with musician Sergei Roldugin
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Sept. 7, 2015: Putin confesses that he tries not to see doctors but instead to do sports
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June 14, 2017: Putin confesses that he hasn't stopped doing judo since he was 13 years old
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March 11, 2018: Putin confesses that he himself was always captivated by "the romanticism of serving the Fatherland"
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June 15, 2017: Putin confesses that he never forgets a deception tass.ru/obschestvo/433…

June 6, 2015: Putin confesses that he doesn't regret a single thing he's ever done and can call himself happy
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June 18, 2016: Putin confesses that he doesn't know how to get through to colleagues from other countries
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April 16, 2015: Putin confesses that he doesn't want to get involved in the debate between the Pope and Turkey
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Dec. 6, 2013: [interregnum confession] Medvedev confesses sometimes rusty water drips from his faucet, just like from Putin's faucet
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Jan. 25, 2017: Putin confesses that he's glad Moscow State University and other places of higher education are holding martial arts tournaments
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June 7, 2018: Putin confesses that he often laughs at himself
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Jan. 19, 2014: Putin confesses that he's glad he can now play hockey after not even being able to stand on skates two and a half years ago
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March 2, 2012: Putin confesses that his spouse Lyudmila isn't a public person and asks media not to draw his family into politics
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June 8, 2017: Putin confesses that he actually kind of admires @SenJohnMcCain for his patriotism and his consistent defense of his country's interests
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Dec. 15, 2011: Putin confesses that Kudrin is not only his long-time close colleague, but also his friend
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July 14, 2017: Putin confesses he hasn't seen all of Oliver Stone's movie about him because he fell asleep while watching it
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March 16, 2017: Putin confesses he values Russia's relationship with Qatar
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Sept. 28, 2015: Putin confesses that he likes America's openness and disinhibition most of all
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Dec. 26, 2017: Putin confesses he has a "positive" opinion of "healthy opposition," that his favorite city is St. Petersburg and that he celebrates his birthday with colleagues and friends
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Dec. 20, 2012: Putin confesses that he doesn't even have time to dictate a book about himself, but it would be interesting if he did
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Oct. 12, 2016: Putin confesses that he has a very friendly relationship with Francois Hollande even after France let him know that now would be a bad time for a visit tass.ru/politika/36992…

April 17, 2014: Putin says Obama is a respectable guy but confesses that he doesn't have any particular personal relationship with him
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June 21, 2017: Putin confesses that Russia could be giving Sevastopol two or three times as much federal aid if they were able to spend it
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July 17, 2014: Putin confesses he was very happy with his BRICS colleagues' mood
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Sept. 6, 2013: Putin confesses that he caught a slight cold from the air conditioners that were working too well during his week of travel in the regions
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June 5, 2017: Putin confesses he was surprised by all the noise about some meetings between the Russian ambassador and members of Trump's team
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I confess I am terrible at threads. Continues here:

https://twitter.com/rprose/status/1036213461779447808

Sept. 19, 2013: Putin confesses he's not ashamed of his friendship with Berlusconi
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Bonus picture: friendship

March 15, 2018: Putin confesses that in 1996 he was forced to move to Moscow from his hometown of St. Petersburg because there was "nowhere to work" other than driving a taxi
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July 16, 2018: Putin confesses that his talks with Trump in Helsinki were more substantive than had initially been planned
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March 15, 2018: Putin confesses that Radeberger is his favorite brand of beer
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Jan. 11, 2018: Putin confesses he's not yet satisfied with the pace of economic growth
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Sept. 1, 2018: Putin confesses that he still laughs every time he re-reads Gogol
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