Whenever I see one of these pictures, I'm never entirely sure if it's Putin or one of his alleged body doubles.
What if Vlad never actually existed? Has Russia been ruled by a series of body doubles this entire time?
Who knows.
One thing is certain: Russia is the most democratic country on Earth.
In America your choice is limited to Trump and Biden.
In Russia you get to choose between the communists and liberals if you don't want your vote to count. If you do want your vote to count, you get to choose between eight different versions of Putin.
"Fetch me the papers on that dissident, Vladimir. And some fresh bussy."
"But Comrade-Colonel, I am the only other one in this listening station?"
Are we sure it's not just that everyone from the steppes has sadness leaking from their eyes? I imagine Tolstoy, Dostoevsky and Turgenev have the same sad eyes.
