A huge hyped up rally and Pute could only get it up to speak 3-4 minutes. What a rip-off!!!! I would feel gyped!
Posted on 02/22/2023 8:22:45 PM PST by dennisw
Russian extras were recruited on social media platforms and offered money and free merchandise to pack out a patriotic stadium rally helmed by President Vladimir Putin in Moscow Wednesday, according to reports.
Putin, 70, praised troops who he said were defending the fatherland during the celebration at the Luzhniki Stadium, which was festooned with oversized Russian flags.
Friday marks the one-year anniversary of the defiant leader’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, which he has continued to call a “special military operation” and repeatedly tried to blame the West for.
The festivities were attended by a crowd estimated to be around 200,000 people chanting “Russia, Russia” — however, it appears the horde of supporters was all smoke-and-mirrors.
According to the Russian-language news Telegram channel Sirena, ads seeking extras to attend the Defender of the Fatherland Day rally begun appearing on popular social media sites last week.
The recruiters were looking for “background actors, ideally under the age 35-40,” to show up at the stadium rally.
They were being offered 500 rubles, which is about $7, as well as free merchandise for their trouble.
A Sky News correspondent reporting from Moscow said state employees and students were also bussed in to the stadium to bolster attendance at the event.
“We came from university, we were told to come and we’re here,” a 23-year-old woman named Liuba told the outlet.
Putin, bundled up in a heavy winter jacket against the freezing temperatures, took the stage two hours into the concert and delivered a three-and-a-half minute speech, in which he hailed Moscow’s forces fighting in Ukraine.
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A huge hyped up rally and Pute could only get it up to speak 3-4 minutes. What a rip-off!!!! I would feel gyped!
Should he have gone with the “dozen participants in circles” rally that netted Biden 81m votes?
How is that any different than Biden or any other controversial leader?
Sorry for the triple post!
But you got paid and got free stuff
It wasn’t funny the first or second time. Now it’s just a turf
Can’t wait for my favorite Russian blogger’s review, this is his review of a previous rally.
Russian propaganda has gone full 1984
(Language)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-RyLzOastM
“Should he have gone with the “dozen participants in circles” rally that netted Biden 81m votes?”
Swish!
NYP. Paid for by the CIA. Only way they can keep open.
Western politicians have to stump to get elected, so it tends to advance those who are good speakers
but Putin came up thru the KGB as a desk bureaucrat, so he has very little experience speaking in front of crowds, and it shows -
no connection with the audience, no warmth, no timing, overly-long and monotonous, no humor ... the total opposite of a Ronald Reagan speech
you can see why they had to pay people to attend
Putin is still less evil than Biden. On every issue.
Flamboyant.
Sounds like a Democrat/Leftist rally in America.
Define “hired” - probably more like at gunpoint.
Lessons learned from the fraud, Obama
How does invading another country become fighting for the fatherland?
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