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Putin is given rock star welcome and even poses for kissing selfies with adoring fans in rare interaction with the public
Mail on line ^ | 29 June 2023 | DAVID AVERRE and WILL STEWART

Posted on 06/29/2023 2:22:36 AM PDT by dennisw

Prompting claims it's a body double

Russian president lapped up praise from a fervent crowd in Dagestan last night It is the first time since before the pandemic he has attended such an event His uncharacteristic behaviour has fuelled speculation it was a body double

Vladimir Putin is consolidating support in Russia following last week's short-lived rebellion by Wagner group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in a rare meet-and-greet that saw him mobbed by a crowd as he posed for selfies with young girls.

Stunning footage from the event - a presidential appearance during a trip to the city of Derbent in the Dagestan region of southern Russia - showed how he dove into a nighttime crowd like a Hollywood actor at a red carpet show.

Seemingly imbued with fresh energy after averting a small scale civil war last week, the normally stoic and isolated Putin was uncharacteristically personable, shaking hands and planting kisses on the head of a young teenage girl who gushed over him and pleaded with her mother to snap a photo of her with the president.

In another bizarre moment he shakes hands with - and appears to adjust something on the uniform of - an officer carrying what may be his nuclear briefcase.

He has not greeted his security apparatchiks in such a way previously.

The scene was in marked variance to the extreme measures of the last few years which have enforced strict quarantines for anyone outside of Putin's close circle before meeting with him.

His transformative behaviour has led many, including senior Russian figures, to fuel speculation that Putin greeting adoring fans in Dagestan was in fact a body double.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
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1 posted on 06/29/2023 2:22:36 AM PDT by dennisw
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To: dennisw

Check out the PHOTOS within! Looks like a Putin body double to me. Poot has two body doubles. He got this trick from Saddam Hussein.


2 posted on 06/29/2023 2:24:31 AM PDT by dennisw (Never attribute to incompetence-stupidity, that which is adequately explained by malice)
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To: dennisw
Russian president Vladimir Putin is seen snapping a selfie with an adoring teen from Dagestan

The fake Vlad body double.

3 posted on 06/29/2023 2:26:07 AM PDT by dennisw (Never attribute to incompetence-stupidity, that which is adequately explained by malice)
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Doesn’t seem too bad, but to be safe he should use the Keanu Reaves method of photos with women in future

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/people-have-noticed-that-keanu-reeves-respectfully-does-not-touch-women-in-photos/


4 posted on 06/29/2023 2:42:28 AM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: dennisw

Aside from Putin’s likely worsenng health than what we’ve seen, the real Putin has a wider mouth than this guy. So, I think it’s a double.


5 posted on 06/29/2023 2:46:13 AM PDT by Jonty30 (If liberals were truth tellers, they'd call themselves literals. )
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To: dennisw

Does Biden have body doubles?


6 posted on 06/29/2023 3:48:20 AM PDT by oblomov
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To: dennisw

Same person in every selfie.


7 posted on 06/29/2023 3:57:39 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: dennisw
It's a different dude. Younger and more energetic, who doesn't emulate Putin's reserved style or mannerisms. Must be a new guy.

And in Daghestan, in the Caucasus, of all places? They hate Putin there!

8 posted on 06/29/2023 4:24:23 AM PDT by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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To: marcusmaximus; gleeaikin

Check this out!


9 posted on 06/29/2023 4:25:46 AM PDT by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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To: dennisw

Contrary to recent authoritative reports that he has fled, right?


10 posted on 06/29/2023 4:34:11 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Timber Rattler
Seek help.


11 posted on 06/29/2023 4:38:52 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: dennisw
I trust his adoring fans weren't too expensive...
12 posted on 06/29/2023 4:39:49 AM PDT by LIConFem (This Space For Rent)
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To: Timber Rattler

Hand gripping the back of the Dagestani girl’s neck.


13 posted on 06/29/2023 4:42:57 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: dennisw

another “not Putin”.


14 posted on 06/29/2023 5:06:11 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: dennisw

Actually doesn’t matter if it’s a double...it’s the reaction of the people there that counts. And also note the lack of ANY protests, and yes, protests do happen, even in countries which we claim are dictatorships - such as Syria, Libya, Egypt, Romania, etc. Plus, if there were protests in Russia, there’s plenty of cell phones to record it.


15 posted on 06/29/2023 5:20:17 AM PDT by BobL (Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
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To: dennisw

Proof it was all Kabuki Theater.


16 posted on 06/29/2023 5:20:47 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dennisw

Did you hear him talking? Okay, you can find a double that looks like him, but who do you give him the same voice?


17 posted on 06/29/2023 5:56:58 AM PDT by NorseViking
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To: Timber Rattler

Putin is most popular in the Caucasus compared to every other place.


18 posted on 06/29/2023 5:57:44 AM PDT by NorseViking
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To: dennisw

First thought halfway through the headline was doubles. Hellary has them, too. All the evil ones do.


19 posted on 06/29/2023 6:46:35 AM PDT by bgill
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To: marcusmaximus
Hand gripping the back of the Dagestani girl’s neck

Looks like he may have gotten a hair sniff, too.

20 posted on 06/29/2023 9:59:21 AM PDT by FreeReign
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