The man who resembles #Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in several official events on Friday 9 June. This was probably the most responsible and difficult day for him as a presidential double. 1/5
#Putin was not in Sochi and could not replace the double in case of an emergency. The double coped with the task, and even Alexander Lukashenko, who knows Putin very well, for some time thought that he was really talking to the president of #Russia. 2/5
It was a kind of exam for the double, and now he will be involved in important events a lot more. Direct line with the President of #Russia was postponed from the beginning of June to December this year because of the president's poor state of health, while... 3/5
the double was not used because it was considered too risky and not ready for such a format. After the communication of the double with Alexander Lukashenko and Nikol Pashinyan, as well as after a short meeting with the heads of CIS and EEU states, many doubts... 4/5
disappeared in #Putin's close entourage. The president himself has not been to Sochi, even on holiday, since the strike on the Crimean bridge. Putin does not believe #Russian air defences are 100% effective against enemy strikes and prefers to be in safer places. 5/5
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#Putin Ordered to Prepare a Provocation on #Russian Nuclear Power Plant
Yesterday Putin received reports and held a meeting via video call with representatives of the leadership of the military and the security bloc. After the reports and interaction with... 1/8
the military, the president went on to have a private meeting with representatives of the security bloc leadership, ordering to disconnect the military from the meeting. In such a format, the president raised the issue of the provocation of a man-made disaster at... 2/8
one of the #Russian nuclear power plants. Things on the front are not going well, and neither the military nor the president is confident that the Ukrainian counter-offensive will fail and that all the "new territories" will be retained. 3/8
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... 1/9
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... 2/9
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... 3/9
Gerasimov is Removed From the Command. Is Prigozhin Done?
#Putin held several meetings with military and security block leaders via video call over the weekend. On Saturday, during the meeting, after hearing the reports, the president announced that he was once again... 1/6
removing Valery Gerasimov from the helm of the "special military operation"-related processes! Officially, there will be no instructions and orders in this regard, but in reality, Gerasimov is suspended as of Sunday 11 June. #Putin explained that he did not want to see... 2/6
as commander of the united group of forces a man who did not believe in victory and had a decadent attitude. The president added that he was disappointed with the results of the #Russian troops' winter-spring offensive. Formally, Gerasimov remains... 3/6
#Russian President Vladimir Putin himself took several reports yesterday, trying not to overload himself with business. In the evening, the president again had an examination by the attending doctors and consultations... 1/4
by video call with the doctors involved in #Putin's treatment from another state. The results of the examination that the president underwent last weekend were discussed. Nothing was encouraging for Putin in the results of the examination. His condition is worsening. 2/4
The disease is progressing, and while some of the best specialists in the world in this field are unable to do anything, the treatment is not yielding the desired results. There is no hiding information from the president about... 3/4
Yesterday, #Russian President Vladimir Putin had several telephone conversations, including with #Turkish President Recep Erdogan. During his conversation with Erdogan, Putin lamented the West's misunderstanding of his (Putin's) position. 1/5
The #Russian president tried to convey to the #Turkish president that freezing the conflict in #Ukraine on current positions is the best thing that can happen today. #Erdogan explained to #Putin that the current Ukrainian leadership did not find this "scenario" acceptable... 2/5
and would not do so under any circumstances. #Putin told his counterpart that he did not consider Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky an independent figure and was not interested in the position of the #Ukrainian side. He believed it was necessary to negotiate with... 3/5
#Russian President Vladimir #Putin is losing leverage over the system. A prime example of this is the state of affairs on the front. Yesterday morning, after reports to Putin about the destruction of...
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the #KakhovkaHPP, a real detective story, which can be named "Who did it?" played out during a meeting with representatives of the security and military leadership. First, the incident was reported to the president five hours later without daring to wake him up.
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Secondly, the leaders of the military bloc were unable to form a unified position by that time and gave the president contradictory information, ranging from a strike by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to technical problems at the dam.
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