Yesterday, #Russian President Vladimir #Putin, in addition to the routine event dedicated to Cosmonautics Day, held several really important meetings. During an operational meeting on economic issues via video call, the president was informed that... 1/7
inflation had been curbed, and even egg prices had dropped by a fraction of a per cent for the first time in many months. #Putin is an absolute layman in economics and categorically does not want to gain knowledge in this area. For him, since the nineties of... 2/7
the last century, there was a stereotype that the main indicator of the economy is inflation: the lower the inflation, the better things are in the economy. The entire leadership of the economic bloc knows this very well and always uses the inflation argument... 3/7
when explaining to the president that everything is fine in #Russia's economy because inflation is within "reasonable" limits. Also, the economic bloc does not forget to blame high inflation in other countries. #Putin is always pleased with such reports, and... 4/7
yesterday the topic of cheaper eggs surfaced, and the president completely blossomed, making a few vulgar jokes about this. The egg theme was also pumped over to a meeting with representatives of the leadership of the security and military blocs. 5/7
Here #Putin flashed his "wit" by joking at #Medvedev, to the general laughter, literally: "I was informed today that eggs have fallen in price. Tell Dmitry Anatolyevich to hurry up, prostheses will not buy themselves." 6/7
After that, the president remembered the old Soviet joke about the poster "Let's flash eggs on the world market." Having finished this joke, he moved on to a discussion of pressing problems. 7/7
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The main topic of the meeting was the discussion of the forecast and intelligence reports on the start dates of the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of #Ukraine. It is worth noting that the meeting was held via video call and, in addition to #Putin,... 1/8
five more people took part, all trusted persons who can be attributed to the president’s inner circle in power. After discussing vague intelligence data, they moved on to discussing data from "alternative" sources. #Putin was told that the "shamans" predicted a big... 2/8
counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of #Ukraine for the first half of the summer and predicted the preservation of almost all the occupied territories. Through the Security Council of the #Russian Federation, the president was reminded of Andrey Kosmach's forecast on... 3/8
Yesterday, at the closed part of the meeting on economic issues, which #Putin held via videoconference, the chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, Elvira Nabiullina, said that everything is ready for... 1/6
the implementation of blocking of the bank accounts of possible draft evaders for a long time. This is the only thing that Elvira Nabiullina was able to please the president with yesterday. On all other issues, the financial bloc expects a deep and protracted crisis, which... 2/6
the head of the Central Bank calls "Fucking hell". Nabiullina once again warned the president that martial law and the transition of the economy to a military footing would not save it from the "Fucking hell" but only aggravate the situation. 3/6
Yesterday, Russian President #Putin was informed about the almost unanimous vote in the State Duma on amendments to the conscription register and "electronic" conscription notices. The president was satisfied. He even spoke about this, saying:... 1/4
"I never doubted these hashers." The adoption of the amendments gives rise to a general mobilization. #Putin hesitated with this decision, but the announcement of a large counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of #Ukraine and constant reports on the state of affairs at... 2/4
the front and intelligence data prompted the rapid implementation of long overdue plans. Although the amendments do not say anything about blocking the accounts of conscription evaders, the president is verbally assured that... 3/4
Yesterday, #Russian President Vladimir #Putin, for the most part, listened to the recommendations of the attending physicians and rested almost the entire day. In the evening, Putin held a meeting with representatives of the leadership of...
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the security and military blocs via video call. If the video camera of the meeting participants was on, the president's was off. One could only hear his voice. This format of communication happens in cases of the poor health of the president.
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During the meeting, the president was informed about the state of affairs at the front. There were no special changes. #Putin was also reported on the measures that are being taken in preparation for the general mobilization.
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We already reported that #Russian President Vladimir Putin asked for medical help yesterday morning complaining of a sharp deterioration in his health. Putin complained of severe pain in his head, blurred vision, numbness of the tongue, and...
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partial loss of sensation in his right arm and leg. After first aid, the president underwent an examination, after which a council of doctors who are involved in the treatment of the president and specialists who treated #Putin yesterday prescribed medication and...
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recommended complete rest for at least a couple of days. By noon Moscow time, the president felt much better. By evening, the condition had completely stabilized and did not cause concern among doctors. The president's relatives were more worried.
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On Friday, March 31, #Russian President Vladimir #Putin held an operational meeting with the permanent members of the Security Council of the Russian Federation via video call. After the main part of the meeting, the president continued to consider issues in a narrow format. 1/7
Among other things, #Putin, once again, noted the excellent work in identifying the "American spy", who, under the "roof" of one of the most famous publications in the world, the #WallStreetJournal, allegedly collected secret information about... 2/7
the work of the military-industrial complex and passed it on to «intelligence center». We have already said that, lately, #Putin has often complained that there is a war going on, there are clearly a lot of spies in the country, but no one has been caught yet. 3/7