Details of the #China Peace Plan and #Putin's Reaction
#Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday held a meeting via video call with several trusted people from the country's leadership. Putin holds meetings in this format and composition very rarely and only to... 1/9
discuss issues that require immediate decisions and on which the fate of the country's leadership depends. Thus, yesterday they discussed a proposal from the #Chinese comrades that had arrived the day before. The gist of the proposal is as follows: 2/9
#Russia withdraws its troops to the borders as of February 23, 2022. The "Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics" remain within the borders as of February 23, 2022, for a transitional period of up to five years, after which they return to... 3/9
#Ukraine on terms of limited autonomy. The #Crimea issue is a topic for negotiations, which will start in five years. Until then, Crimea is effectively under Russian control. According to the #Chinese comrades, if the #Russian leadership is prepared to... 4/9
end the conflict on such terms, this package would include the removal of most of the sanctions imposed after February 24, 2022. The #Chinese comrades practically explicitly promise in such a case to help restore and increase #Russia's military capacity within... 5/9
two to three years and "create better conditions for further negotiations". The proposal was not presented to #Ukraine. The #Russian leadership has to make a decision first. However, the plan was ALLEGEDLY presented to a number of politicians from... 6/9
#European countries actively supporting #Ukraine and was met with a cautiously positive response. If #Putin agrees, the #Chinese comrades are ready to start active negotiations to put these plans into practice, but they demand an immediate response from... 7/9
the #Russian president. Participants in the meeting praised such "peace initiatives" and asked the president what he thought of them. #Putin irritatedly replied that he "does not have two or three fucking years" and just "gets fucked" with such proposals. 8/9
Those taking part in the meeting tried to persuade the president to think about it and perhaps discuss better terms but without much success. The president said he was not yet ready for such solutions and, promising to think about it further, closed the meeting. 9/9
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Yesterday, a man who looked like Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Zotov Centre constructive space, where he was introduced to the exhibition "Development of Creative Economy in #Russia" and interacted with... 1/6
unacquainted but quite prepared for the meeting people. It is worth understanding that #Putin, in recent times, does not personally participate in events where he has to communicate in person and be near unacquainted but prepared people. 2/6
He is replaced by the double. If one looks closely at the video from yesterday's event, it is clear that this is not #Putin. Firstly, the differences are not only visible on the outside but also in the behavior and the manner of holding and speaking. 3/6
#Putin took reports yesterday and held several meetings via video call with the security and military leadership. The military leadership reported the destruction and interception of 30 of the 32 (two allegedly fell on their own) drones that... 1/7
were used to attack Moscow and the Moscow region, as well as no casualties or significant damage. According to the military leadership, the target of the attack was military, civilian and energy infrastructure, as well as administrative and residential facilities. 2/7
Security Council Secretary Nikolay #Patrushev made a presentation during an evening meeting with representatives of the military and security bloc leadership. According to the Security Council Secretary, at least 40 drones were used in the raid on the capital and... 3/7
On Sunday night at 1:17 Moscow time, Russian President Vladimir Putin summoned the medics on duty. Despite the late hour, the doctors were with the president within minutes. Putin complained of a strong tremor in his right hand, a "twitch" in... 1/9
the upper eyelid of his right eye and severe dizziness. He was lucid at the time of the doctors' arrival and could clearly describe the symptoms, but, a few minutes later, during the doctor's examination, #Putin stared at one point and started making clucking sounds... 2/9
with his tongue and tapping with the heel of his right foot on the floor. He also continued to tremble his right hand and blink his right eye with a squint. The doctors tried to put the president down, but the president resisted, and the attempt was abandoned. 3/9
#Putin's double gets used to the role of the president
On Friday, 26 May, a man resembling Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with members of the all-Russian public organisation "Business #Russia". Many hours of meetings with people he does not know well,... 1/4
numerous handshakes and close contacts are entrusted to the presidential double. #Putin himself, as before, tries to keep an imposing distance from most people, even those he does know well. A meeting with members of the public organisation "Business #Russia" is... 2/4
an absolutely passable event, and the president's double, who has perfectly gotten used to the role, confidently and convincingly plays his part in the "spectacle". 3/4
The president talked to the security forces. They discussed options after the second round of the Turkish presidential elections. #Putin expressed the view, which was supported by almost all participants in the meeting, that #Erdogan... 1/4
would win the election and remain in office for another term. In light of the discussion of this scenario, #Putin said that "now it is time to ask #Erdogan for all his concessions and assistance in getting re-elected". How exactly the #Russian president will "ask" Erdogan... 2/4
and what he will demand he did not specify, but it was clear from the conversation that the #Turkish president now owed him an eternal debt. There was also a discussion of measures to be taken in case #Erdogan loses in the second round. For example, Putin was told that... 3/4
On Friday, Putin held a meeting with the permanent members of the Russian Security Council via video call. During the main part, additional measures of social guarantees for participants in the "special military operation"... 1/6
and their family members and current issues were discussed briefly. The discussion of the main topics was held in a closed-door format. Remaining in touch with his confidants, and after several more representatives of the military and security services leadership... 2/6
were on the air, #Putin raised the issue of the situation on the border with #Ukraine in the Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod regions. Having listened to the reports, the president suggested discussing possible options to combat the infiltration of sabotage groups into... 3/6