Posted on 05/20/2022 7:28:15 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
Vladimir Putin's enemies are keeping a close eye on a bird in pointe shoes, because a broadcast of "Swan Lake" may reveal his demise.
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First, a bit of history about why so many historians and Eastern Europeans took to Twitter to pray for Swan Lake's swift appearance. To see dancing swans is, to use @asiktspolitruk's words, "the equivalent of white smoke from the Sistine Chapel's chimney in Rome announcing a new Pope." The broadcast would indicate that the end of Vladimir Putin was near.
When Leonid Brezhnev died in 1982, state-run television broadcast a full-length Swan Lake in lieu of a death announcement. The same footage was aired after the deaths of Yuri Andropov in 1984 and Konstantin Chernenko in 1985. In her book Like a Bomb Going Off: Leonid Yakobson and Ballet as Resistance in Soviet Russia, Janice Ross suggests that these screenings of the Russian ballet were used as a stalling tactic, allowing Soviet leadership time to plan while "soothing the masses." Ballerinas would dance and the public would wait, calmly, applauding the screen.
The same technique was used in 1991 when communists attempted to overthrow Mikhail Gorbachev. Swan Lake aired for three days straight while the public waited it out. In 2011, the Russian national television channel Kultura aired a rebroadcast of Swan Lake to commemorate the attempted coups' 20th anniversary.
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Didn’t they pickle Stalin too? I thought he was displayed like Lenin, but now he’s interred someplace.
Do you think the May 16th video meeting with Tajistan leader was also a hoax or prerecorded?
Wife from Moscow . She’ll check-may have sources. If I find out anything , will post here
You so full of sh$t, it's ridiculous. You're a clown, Maxy.
Putin held meeting in Moscow with several regional leaders on May 16th that included Aleksandr Lukashenko. Yes, video is available of the meeting at RT.com.
https://president.gov.by/en/events/vstrecha-s-prezidentom-rossii-vladimirom-putinym-1652789229
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko and President of Russia Vladimir Putin had a meeting on the sidelines of the Collective Security Treaty Organization summit in Moscow on 16 May. The meeting lasted for 40 minutes.
Do you ever ceased beclowning yourself? You're a moron.
True but they were all in bad shape by the time they get in power. Especially all the old guys in the 1980s.
Brandon’s song 888
who let the dogs out?
The deepfake video? LOL!
Closing time. Brandon song.
Deep fake. Putin’s floating head is hilarious.
That Smell
Song by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Newsweak.
Good one!
Weird...
But what would Bill have to play if Hillary passes before him then?
I am part Russian
I get the inflexibility/tradition
Its why I’m still discussing this with you
Well, don’t stop.
(But I doubt the Russians are going to play the Nutcracker when Putin kicks the bucket, despite your part-Russian-ness :-)
“...what would Bill have to play if Hillary passes before him then?”
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Ding Dong the Witch is Dead.
Did the doctor say “oops?”
But what would Bill have to play if Hillary passes before him then?
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