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.
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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.
The fake Vlad body double.
Doesn’t seem too bad, but to be safe he should use the Keanu Reaves method of photos with women in future
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.
Does Biden have body doubles?
Same person in every selfie.
And in Daghestan, in the Caucasus, of all places? They hate Putin there!
Check this out!
Contrary to recent authoritative reports that he has fled, right?
Hand gripping the back of the Dagestani girl’s neck.
another “not Putin”.
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.
Proof it was all Kabuki Theater.
Did you hear him talking? Okay, you can find a double that looks like him, but who do you give him the same voice?
Putin is most popular in the Caucasus compared to every other place.
First thought halfway through the headline was doubles. Hellary has them, too. All the evil ones do.
Looks like he may have gotten a hair sniff, too.
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