Yesterday, #Russian President Vladimir #Putin, despite not feeling well, held a meeting via video call with representatives of the security and military leadership.
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Unlike in previous days, the president patiently listened to the reports and even took part in the discussion of urgent issues yesterday. Representatives of the military bloc leadership reported that they had "completely destroyed" one of the Patriot systems...
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in #Ukraine and intercepted "all" of the Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles. The military also assured the president that "all targets" had been destroyed in an overnight missile strike on Ukrainian territory. According to the leadership of the military bloc,...
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the #Russian military was holding all the positions on the front, despite constant pressure from the enemy in several directions and, in some places, even attacking effectively. This report cheered up the president, but he was not happy for long.
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After the speech of the military leadership, the Secretary of the Security Council of the #Russian Federation, Nikolay Patrushev, took the floor and practically rejected the previous report. In the opinion of the Secretary of the Security Council,...
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the conclusions about the complete destruction of the Patriot system are premature, given the absence of proof. An interception of only one missile, presumably Storm Shadow, can be conditionally confirmed. The front line is "cracking", and...
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one can only dream about effective attacks. At the same time, Patrushev told the president that there is verified information about the interception of at least one Killjoy missile, which until recently was considered "elusive" and capable of...
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penetrating all current anti-missile and anti-aircraft defence systems. The military began to object, but they were interrupted by the president. #Putin, despite the fact that he evidently felt ill, began to swear at the military leadership, starting with...
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the rhetorical question: "Why the fuck are you fucking with me?" and ending, after about ten minutes, by sending the entire military leadership in general, and each participant of the meeting from the military bloc, individually, in a well-known direction.
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Then a number of pressing issues were discussed, but the president, with a visibly tired look, took only an indirect part in moderating the meeting and soon wrapped it up. In the evening, #Putin traditionally called in the medics and...
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only fell asleep after taking his medication. The president's double was entrusted with communicating with the governors via videoconference, which he was quite good at.
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Yesterday, Russian President Vladimir #Putin, despite not feeling well, held a meeting on the progress of the spring fieldwork. The president did not dare to put up the double in his place because... 1/9
the main speaker was #Russian Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev, son of Security Council Secretary Nikolay #Patrushev, and making the son of such an important associate of #Putin participate in the circus with the double would have been... 2/9
an expression of extreme disrespect. The president grunted, breathed heavily and clenched his fists nervously, trying to suppress a tremor and make himself look interested. After sitting for an hour, he closed the meeting with relief. 3/9
One of the closed-door meetings with Putin was with representatives of the security bloc leadership. After the main reports on the situation in the country and at the front, they moved on to the discussion of urgent issues. 1/7
The president was reported that Patriarch Kirill, during his communication with people close to him, gave a negative assessment of the president's actions on a wide range of issues. Thus, in the opinion of Patriarch Kirill, #Putin wants to buy off God with icons. 2/7
Kirill said the president was not religious but "runs to God when the cock pecks him in the ass". The patriarch also asked rhetorical questions like "So no luck with shamans?" and "Has Yurka (Kovalchuk) really run out of satanists?" 3/7
Yesterday Putin received several reports by video call, but it was only Lukashenka's health report and his appearance before the audience that drew the president's keen interest. Putin was told about Lukashenka's... 1/5
ailing state and was shown photographs and video footage. The president, hearing that Alexander #Lukashenka had mentioned in his speech the shooting down of four objects over the Bryansk region, said: "Such a faggot, he is teasing while drowning". 2/5
On the whole, #Putin liked #Lukashenka's morbid view and let loose several frankly mocking remarks about it. As for the prospects of life of the Belarusian dictator, Putin expressed confidence that "the elk" was still able to stand on his hooves, and that was good. 3/5
It may seem that Putin has progressive sclerosis. Yesterday, he held an operational meeting with the permanent members of the Russian Security Council in videoconference mode. Did he simply forget that he had held a similar meeting three days ago? 1/5
No, the president has not had much trouble with memory so far. So why did #Putin hold two Security Council meetings in three days? Both meetings were routine, even boring. No hot-button issues were raised, and no decisions were taken. 2/5
During yesterday's meeting, only during the closed part, in small groups, they discussed the shooting down of military planes and helicopters in the Bryansk region, but it took no more than 15 minutes. In the end, not even a presidential order on the subject was given. 3/5
On Friday, in addition to congratulating Kabayeva and taking a rest for health reasons, #Putin held an operational meeting with the permanent members of the Security Council via videoconference. This meeting did not take much time for the president. 1/4
After a short formal part, he traditionally continued the dialogue in a small group, but here, too, the president only listened to a few short reports and closed the meeting. Over the weekend, #Putin, surprisingly calmly, accepted reports on downed military planes and... 2/4
helicopters in the Bryansk region via video call. At the conclusion of the military's report, he simply said: "Fuck! Fuck you!" And cut off communication. Somewhat more patiently and politely, he listened on the same subject to Patrushev, who lambasted... 3/4
#Putin: "You fucked it all up. Both Kherson and Artemovsk [#Bakhmut] are pissed away"
#Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to be off the news agenda. The only event since last Friday in which Putin took part in person was the Victory Parade, followed by... 1/8
something remotely resembling breakfast. The overall timing, literally, is a few hours. The scant information from official sources about the rare meetings between a man who looks like the president of #Russia and governors does not change the substance of what is going on. 2/8
#Putin is gravely ill. He tires quickly and often complains of deteriorating health. Doctors are unable, at least so far, to stabilize his condition. Treatment is not having the desired effect. While Putin used to hold several closed-door meetings and... 3/8