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Denis Zakharov Profile picture
@betelgeuse1922
Sep 25 • 7 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
So there is a book Vladimir Putin REALLY doesn't like. It's his official biography. You can hardly find it online. It was not published for more than 20 years.
There are reasons. Putin was inexperienced and was not expecting to rule for 20 years so he provided some fun details.
Secondly, he was not an avid reader, so he didn't take books into account.
Well, he does now and my rule of thumb is to do anything that can hurt Volodya. This book can be useful, as we see from multiple journalist investigations in Russian.
Sadly there was never a translation for the international community to dig into, because you can't get a copy or get a PDF on the internet. Well, bad news... Image
I will post a chapter a day on my Patreon. It's free to read for anyone and please DM me with any stupid mistakes I make on my way.
I will post the full book when the translation is complete. But for now...
patreon.com/posts/112755104
For the rest of you, enjoy and retweet. I think posting this can be infuriating for some of my... Er... Followers, so let's make this count.
The fun part is that your interest in Putin's biography can result in direct ZSU donations. How? It's Patreon, stupid!
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Sep 11
Most of these people don't even know what a cinematic experience it was, because if they did, there would be way more burning cars. The movie begins with a Santa...
It's New year in Moscow and a Ukrainian from Donetsk arrives to work as a Santa Klaus to make kids happy. Oh, by the way he came for a vacation to see his family. He came from Ukraine, where he fought on the side of a Russian army.
I am not tripping, that's the beginning.
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Due to recent Durov-related events, I had way more communication with fellow Russians online than usual. It was not pleasant and I've noticed a mindset shift, that was pretty much expected. It can be described as:
- I am tired of acting like I care.
Only the most disgusting "patriots" used slurs and wished death to Ukrainians during the first year of the war. It wasn't acceptable. Until now.
The new mindset of the liberal-ish Russian emigration opinion leaders looks pretty much like Trump's "America first".
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Aug 25
Durov's arrest:
Elon's crowd - Attack against free speech.
Ru Opposition - Biggest gift given to Putin
Weirdos - Europe falling into socialistic authoritarian delusion.

None of these takes look even remotely true or make sense.
Durov made an extremely ergonomic and cozy platform for all sorts of criminals. Drugs, children pornography, people trafficking - everybody enjoys the privacy and versatility of Telegram. Choice to leave it that way, and ignore authorities is neither heroism nor principles.
"Tech entrepreneurs fighting for us" tale is only good for white, easily impressed men, who vocally call for freedom but really don't like abortion rights. Their anti-establishment shtick is not a position, it's a power fantasy. "Look how he shows a finger to shady governments."
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Aug 23
The comment by @BeRuzzia is a bit inaccurate and the truth is way more infuriating. The video is from 91-92 when Sobchak was a major, while Putin was his International Affairs deputy. Sobchak truly needed a special IA guy at the time...
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International trade was controlled by Moscow but in the extreme situation of famine, they chose to cut corners and gave "export quotas" - local SPB officials could arrange trade deals on their terms WHICH WORKED FUCKING AMAZING.
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Aug 12
Sometimes it seems there was so much cruelty, that we begin to forget how much.
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February 24 - Russia attacks Ukraine but if it's not enough from the very first day they raise radioactive clouds above Chernobyl.
February 25 - Russia shells a kindergarten
March 1 - at least 40 civilians die after 8 blocks are shelled in Borodianka
March 4 - Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is being attacked
March 6 - Vinnytsia airport is destroyed completely
March 9 - Mariupol hospital airstrike - it's a children's hospital and maternity ward
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March 13 - First foreign journalist dies
March 16 - Mariupol Theater is bombed with up to 600 civilians hiding inside.
March 18 - About the quarter of the entire population had to leave homes
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Aug 6
OK, judging by likes, it appears you don't know about that movie. So... It's the "Wedding in Malinovka" thread. I promise you will shit bricks.
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1967. Ukrainian filmmakers create amazing movies. Dubravka - a kind and gentle coming-of-age story by Radomir Vasilevsky. Kira Muratova's "Brief Encounters" is completed and banned by censors. But that's not how we will remember Ukraine's representation that year. And I am sorry. Image
"Wedding in Malinovka" drops and takes the Soviet Union by storm. It instantly becomes a classic and the fifth highest-grossing movie in USSR history. Everybody (in Russia) loves it, people quote it even these days. And it's disgusting outrageous propaganda garbage. Image
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