prussianblue 792 Posted February 21, 2023 Well enough to stand and deliver one of his bonkers rambling speeches for the best part of two hours. He also seems to be moving absolutely fine, you can see him walk across the podium, albeit in a long shot, at 4:48 on this stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKf0ZxQCLu0 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prussianblue 792 Posted February 23, 2023 Also well enough to wander around in the cold and rouse the crowd at a creepy concert/rally in the Zeppelinfeld Luzhniki Stadium (appears 1:26:26): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNbBrUh-g-Q Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,180 Posted February 27, 2023 Former Kremlin spin doctor Gleb Pavlovsky has died at the age of 71. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prussianblue 792 Posted February 27, 2023 16 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: Former Kremlin spin doctor Gleb Pavlovsky has died at the age of 71. The Kremlin doesn't so much spin, it creates alternate realities. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,017 Posted February 27, 2023 So, Putin's projected push to mark the first anniversary of the invasion. They're fighting and trying to regain a bit of ground but...not exactly shock and awe, is it? Or am I missing summat? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 3,477 Posted February 27, 2023 32 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said: So, Putin's projected push to mark the first anniversary of the invasion. They're fighting and trying to regain a bit of ground but...not exactly shock and awe, is it? Or am I missing summat? Haven't even managed to capture all of Bakhmut by the anniversary. So, in a word, no. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,234 Posted April 13, 2023 The US secret service leaks say that Putin undergoes chemotherapy: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/22012696/cancer-putin-chemo-plots-against-leaked-pentagon-docs/ I kind of do wonder though if those leaks are intentional, or even misleading on purpose. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lilham 650 Posted April 13, 2023 1 hour ago, gcreptile said: The US secret service leaks say that Putin undergoes chemotherapy: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/22012696/cancer-putin-chemo-plots-against-leaked-pentagon-docs/ I kind of do wonder though if those leaks are intentional, or even misleading on purpose. I was kinda wondering if Murdoch was involved with the leaks, or at least reports on Putin's cancer. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Comped 366 Posted April 13, 2023 1 hour ago, gcreptile said: The US secret service leaks say that Putin undergoes chemotherapy: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/22012696/cancer-putin-chemo-plots-against-leaked-pentagon-docs/ I kind of do wonder though if those leaks are intentional, or even misleading on purpose. Pentagon leaks, not Secret Service. I was very confused wondering why they would have any idea about that... Assuming it isn't completely made up. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,124 Posted May 11, 2023 Putin at the "victory day parade": There was something somewhere about the two men next to him who were originally simply called "WWII veterans". There's NKVD agent and sniper Yuri Dvoikin, 98 who supressed anti-Soviet underground in Ukraine during WWII (and did whatever else NKVD agents did in the 1940s) The other is Major General Gennady Zaitsev, 88, commander of the 7th directorate of the KGB during the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia and later commander of KGB's Alpha Group twice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prussianblue 792 Posted May 11, 2023 46 minutes ago, arghton said: Putin at the "victory day parade": There was something somewhere about the two men next to him who were originally simply called "WWII veterans". There's NKVD agent and sniper Yuri Dvoikin, 98 who supressed anti-Soviet underground in Ukraine during WWII (and did whatever else NKVD agents did in the 1940s) The other is Major General Gennady Zaitsev, 88, commander of the 7th directorate of the KGB during the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia and later commander of KGB's Alpha Group twice. NKVD agents in the 1940s would have mostly occupied themselves with ethnic cleansing, mass murder and show trials, and maybe occasionally helping their boss Beria rape and murder young women. Lovely people. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 8,662 Posted May 11, 2023 1 hour ago, arghton said: Putin at the "victory day parade": There was something somewhere about the two men next to him who were originally simply called "WWII veterans". There's NKVD agent and sniper Yuri Dvoikin, 98 who supressed anti-Soviet underground in Ukraine during WWII (and did whatever else NKVD agents did in the 1940s) The other is Major General Gennady Zaitsev, 88, commander of the 7th directorate of the KGB during the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia and later commander of KGB's Alpha Group twice. Surely anyone who is 88 will not be old enough to be a WWII veteran. He would have been 11 in 1945. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 11,085 Posted May 31, 2023 Vera Putina (wiki), the Georgian woman who claims to be Vladimir Putin's real mother, dead at 96 according to Georgian news reports. Hadn't been covered by the media in years so I assumed she had died off radar. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,234 Posted May 31, 2023 Yeah, I also thought I'd never hear of that person again. Hadn't yet deleted her from my longlist though. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Imelda 606 Posted June 23, 2023 Screw turns tighter tonight https://news.sky.com/story/wagner-boss-accuses-russian-military-leaders-of-targeting-his-troops-12908654 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brad252 447 Posted June 23, 2023 Looks like the beginning of a coup: 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dead Wait 1,096 Posted June 23, 2023 Hard to believe that the guy from X Factor could be responsible for bringing down Putin! 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prussianblue 792 Posted June 24, 2023 7 hours ago, Dead Wait said: Hard to believe that the guy from X Factor could be responsible for bringing down Putin! It's VAHgner, Louis. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,234 Posted June 24, 2023 I wonder if Steven Seagal ever met Yevgeni Prigozhin and said, "You know, I used to be a cook, too." 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,124 Posted June 24, 2023 Reports he left to St. Petersburg. Paranoid coward. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mollyafox 446 Posted June 24, 2023 Prigozhin has ordered his mercenaries to halt their march on Moscow to avoid shedding Russian blood. https://apnews.com/article/9acbdf1eda849692ca0423a4116058d1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,017 Posted June 24, 2023 1 hour ago, mollyafox said: Prigozhin has ordered his mercenaries to halt their march on Moscow to avoid shedding Russian blood. https://apnews.com/article/9acbdf1eda849692ca0423a4116058d1 Aye, that'll save a little on the dry cleaning of Putin's underwear! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
