Vladimir Putin's election push kicked off by high-heeled 'soldiers'

guardian.co.uk ^ | 22 July 2011 | Miriam Elder

[klpt]

They tottered nervously on high heels and wore pink shirts emblazoned with the likeness of their hero: Vladimir Putin. Meet Putin's Army, a new group aiming to get their man back into the Kremlin.

About 20 of Putin's teenage "soldiers" gathered in Pushkin Square in central Moscow at rush hour on Friday, shouting his name and singing the 2006 hit A Man Like Putin.

The gathering came less than a week after the group, organised via a Russian social network, released a racy video calling on "young, smart and beautiful girls" to join their ranks and support Putin for president – by tearing their shirts – in a provocative move renewing the debate on Putin's potential return to the Kremlin.

With parliamentary elections less than five months away, and a presidential vote set for next March, Russia's version of electioneering has entered full swing. In addition to social media-originated movements – another, called I Really Do Like Putin, held a carwash only for Russian-made vehicles on Thursday – full attention has been put on the All-Russia People's Front, an amorphous group created by Putin in May.

[rmlew]

Honeypot car wash for a KBG agent.

[exit82]

Omigosh.

That car has a dent in its fender.

Already I am Putin too much time on this thread.

[cunning_fish]

In fact Germans were a numerous minority in Russia since about mid-17th century long before WW2.
Some 40 years ago they were still had German villages and small towns in Kazakhstan and Bashkiria and up to half of population couldn’t ever speak Russian.
A lot of them repatriated to Germany for economic reasons since 1991 but also a number of them migrated to Russia from former Soviet muslim republics.

[philman_36]

That car has a dent in its fender.
Car? What car? Oh, that car. {;^)

[philman_36]

In fact Germans were a numerous minority in Russia...
Well they've been..ahem...busy_bees.