Vladimir Putin Thread

GarryB wrote:What you are ignoring is that such evaluations can only be made after the event.

My friendly recommendation would be to get closer to the definition of sarcasm.

Putin nominated to run as independent, 12.16.2023.

The Russian president has been put forward as a party nominee only once in his 20-year political career.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has won the backing of a group of voters who have declared their support for his bid to seek reelection next year as an independent candidate. Putin, who is aiming for his fifth term in office, has run only once as a party nominee, in 2012.

On Saturday, a large group of Putin’s supporters, including members of several Russian political parties, opinion leaders, artists and athletes, gathered in Zaryadye Hall in downtown Moscow to officially announce the creation of an action group to nominate the incumbent Russian leader. Putin himself was not present.

Russian law mandates that a person must gain the support of a group comprising at least 500 people in order to run as an independent.

After reaching the required quorum, the meeting then proceeded to unanimously support Putin’s candidacy. When asked whether they back his nomination, the entire audience stood up, waiving red leaflets and voicing their support, according to videos shared by local media outlets.

Meanwhile, Andrey Turchak, the secretary of the General Council of the ruling United Russia party, said that a campaign headquarters would be formed once all nomination procedures are over.

The Russian president announced his reelection bid last week at a ceremony where he awarded Hero of Russia medals to servicemen who had taken part in the military operation against Ukraine. At the time, he was asked to run by the chairman of the parliament of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Artyom Zhoga, who is also a decorated veteran of the conflict in Donbass. Zhoga praised the Russian president for his efforts to help the region to break free from Ukrainian rule. He also said that not only Donbass, but the entire country “needs” Putin as its leader.

The DPR, along with three other former Ukrainian territories, overwhelmingly voted in public referendums to join Russia last autumn.

Putin has run for president four times, with three of his campaigns being as an independent. The only exception was in 2012, when he was nominated by the United Russia party.

The presidential election in Russia will be held over March 15-17, 2024, while the inauguration will be in early May. Putin’s rivals are likely to include Gennady Zyuganov, the long-time leader of the Communist Party, while other parties, including the Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) and New People, have also signaled plans to put forward candidates.

https://www.rt.com/russia/589167-putin-run-independent-candidate/

You smoke some good shit lads.
Maybe you can share a pipe for two?

Happy New Year holidays to you all! May your best wishes come true!

Putin celebrates Christmas with families of fallen heroes[/b], 01.07.2024.

“We will always be by your side,” the Russian president told the relatives of slain soldiers.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has celebrated Orthodox Christmas with the wives and children of soldiers who have lost their lives in the Ukraine conflict, according to the Kremlin’s official website.

Putin had a lengthy meeting with the families at his Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on Saturday evening and had dinner with them. Afterwards, they attended the Christmas service at the local church.

Christmas is one of the “warmest” and “most beloved” holidays in Russia, the president told his guests.

On January 7, Russian Orthodox Christians, who constitute the majority of the country’s population, offer greetings to each other as well as representatives of other faiths, and receive greetings from them, he said. “One can safely say that this holiday is characterized by a strongly-pronounced fraternal unity of the peoples of Russia.” 

The president stressed that “many of our men, our courageous, heroic men, Russian warriors, even now, on this holiday, defend the interests of our country with arms in hand.”

He added that the meeting at Novo-Ogaryovo should serve as a “clear signal” to officials at all levels that the relatives of those who die fighting for the country should receive help whenever they need it.

“Now, on the eve of the holiday, I’m not going to talk about the very subtle, difficult issues concerning your families. But I want to assure you once again that we will always be by your side,” the president told the families.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the relatives of the fallen heroes spent the New Year’s holiday week in Moscow, where a special program, which included exhibitions, shows, and other events, was organized for them.

https://www.rt.com/russia/590219-putin-christmas-families-heroes/

Putin called Berdyaev one of his favorite philosophers and encouraged him to read Kant, by Denis Telmanov for VZGLYAD. 01.07.2024.

Vladimir Putin said that he loves the work of philosophers Nikolai Berdyaev and Immanuel Kant.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, at a meeting with the families of soldiers killed in the Northern Military District, said that he considers Nikolai Berdyaev one of his favorite philosophers, and also mentioned Immanuel Kant among those who need to read.

“One of my favorites,” Putin said, commenting on a statement by one of the meeting participants that the president’s favorite philosopher is Nikolai Berdyaev.

“There are also people like Kant, for example, who are worth reading and trying to penetrate into what they thought and how,” Putin added, reports TASS .

The author of the remark said that he was studying at the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University and noted that philosophy is neither a science nor an art, but speaks “about what people have not yet been able to discover with the help of scientific theorems, about things that are still beyond the usual scientific , understandable knowledge."

"Very interesting. “Very diverse, a complex that covers everything,” Putin replied.

https://vz.ru/news/2024/1/7/1247520.html

"There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt in your philosophy (science)". 
Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Kant was born and buried in Kaliningrad.

In this cathedral.



I've been there

I just wonder if that's some kind of trolling from VVP

"Humiliating." The West made a shocking statement about Putin, 01.27.2024.

Il Fatto Quotidiano: The West has failed in the fight against Putin.

MOSCOW, January 27 – RIA Novosti. The West has failed in its fight against Russian President Vladimir Putin, writes Alessandro Orsini for Il Fatto Quotidiano.

“It is humiliating to discover that Russia’s economy is stronger than that of the EU, and its military industry exceeds that of NATO,” the publication says.

Orsini believes that Putin is laughing and the Italians are crying because there is a recession in Germany, and the collapse of the German economy will seriously affect the position of Italy.

The article notes that in the field of military technology, the Russians are also ahead of the West in many areas. In particular, he recalled the existence of the Sarmat hypersonic intercontinental ballistic missile, which can change its trajectory and flight altitude, heading towards a target located at a distance of up to 18 thousand kilometers, at a speed 20 times the speed of sound. At the same time, the Pentagon admitted that the United States is not able to intercept it, the author writes.

Russia has repeatedly stated that the country will cope with the sanctions pressure that the West began to exert on Russia several years ago and continues to increase. Moscow noted that the West lacks the courage to admit the failure of sanctions. In Western countries, opinions have been voiced more than once that anti-Russian sanctions are ineffective. Vladimir Putin previously stated that the policy of containing and weakening Russia is a long-term strategy of the West, and sanctions have dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy. According to him, the main goal of the West is to worsen the lives of millions of people.

https://ria.ru/20240127/putin-1923851383.html

Putin wants new ‘elite’ in Russia 01.27.2024.

The president said that military veterans should have a higher status than major showbiz stars.

Military veterans returning from the Ukraine conflict should become Russia’s new elite, President Vladimir Putin has proposed. Addressing ministers and top St Petersburg city officials on Friday, Putin also called on Russian ministers to provide decommissioned military personnel with all the support necessary to facilitate their transition back to civilian life.

The Russian head of state previously revealed that some 617,000 service members had been deployed in Ukraine.

“I met today with students, who put their studies on hold, many of them, [and] went to the warzone,” Putin remarked.

“It’s out of these people that we should be forming the country’s elite in the future,” he added. The Russian head of state described returning troops as those who can be entrusted with the country’s development.

“Hence, they should be supported [and] assisted,” President Putin concluded.

He also contrasted veterans with “people who, pardon me, expose their genitals or show their bottom” – an apparent reference to a private party featuring an ‘almost naked’ dress code organized by prominent Russian blogger Anastasia Ivleeva in Moscow last month.

Photos and videos from the event, which was attended by Russian celebrities, mostly pop artists, ended up on the internet, scandalizing conservative activists and authorities alike.

One attendee in particular, 25-year-old rapper Nikolai Vasilyev, aka Vacio, drew special attention as he sported nothing but a Balenciaga sock on his penis in the way of clothing. Some have since suggested that he was emulating Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis’ look from the 1990s.

Several days later, a court in Moscow found Vacio guilty of promoting LGBT values and sentenced him to fifteen days of administrative detention on top of a 200,000-ruble fine (just over $2,000). The rapper insisted that he merely wanted to “surprise the public,” adding that he is not an LGBT supporter.

In the wake of the party, organizer Ivleeva posted videos on her social media, expressing regret that footage of the private event had been made public. She also vowed to direct all the proceeds from the sale of tickets to charitable organizations.

In late December a court deemed the ‘almost naked’ event to be LGBT propaganda under a law banning such activities that had been signed by President Putin in December 2022.

Last November, the Russian Supreme Court under the law recognized the “international LGBT movement” as an extremist organization and banned its activities in the country.

https://www.rt.com/russia/591371-putin-ukraine-veteran-russia-new-elite/