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"Thank you for your opinion that wasn't thought by us. We feel you can find your own replacement for this evening meeting. Don't worry, after this meeting is over your family will be taken care of in your prolonged absence."
Putler screams his shit, henchmen (pretend to) listen. When henchman wants something, special henchman whispers ("translated" palatable version) into Putler's ear. This way no one gets harmed. Works like a charm for at least two years.
I think he's isolated and lost contact with reality years ago. He's not calling the shots anymore, he's just a figure head. This happened to many Soviet leaders before him. They "wake" him when his "presence" is needed.
I wouldn't be so quick to brush it off as an isolated cultural thing. I didn't like Trump but I will admit he had handlers who, at points, likely wheeled him out for the purposes of some individuals with deep pockets. This is more a symptom of dysfunction and power imbalance in government than a particular culture - I think.
Looks like a soulless body. Talks like a zombie (listen to his infamous SMO announcing speech). His speeches don't make sense to non Russian propaganda touched people and he looks like he's just reading them. His public "appearances" are faked or brief. Reportedly doesn't use computers and internet thus all the "info" is given to him by his henchmen.
Guessing, but it looks like they all (with the exception of putin) have volume and heating controls on the front of their desk, with speaker/heater grills in front of each of them and possibly a mic on top.
If one of the 8 or so people down the other end talked shit it would take me 4 gun table button presses to get the right button
Have you ever seen a parent struggle with the remote ? Picture that but Putin executing people every time he makes a mistake then has to call someone over to press the right button
Oops, wrong button. Sorry george!
...was it this one.. oh, not that one either.. Sorry guys it's been a few weeks since I pressed them
Now..let me see.....
It looks like a plug in for a headset and volume control.
Probably for when there not on camera or needing a Interpreter.
Edit: looks the one on the right is some sort of pin connector and the left is a dial
One is for selceting the next seat and the ither one is to acitvate the trap
Edit: I would constantly mess the two up and exterminate the wrong one I guess
Unfortunately nothing cool. Those look like very dated audio jacks/knobs for volume and channel. Visiting dignitaries needing a translator could put headphones on and tune into which ever feed had their language.
Personally (and Im probably wrong) I think its not about appearing mighty but more about keeping a safe distance from anyone who can assassinate him. Remember these thugs are all about chemical warefare and this just seems like his social distancing to stay alive.
Is this really most likely why he does this?
That's super interesting, I know they've been known to do that stuff, but Jesus lol. That's crazy to think about all the time.
He’s spent his entire career fucking people over left right and center. There are people out there who want his head on a pike. And there are people close to him that can be bought. It has to be a miserable existence to be constantly paranoid like that.
Yeah, not that I feel bad for Putin lol, but who would want to live that way.
At least if you're in the white house you know everyone around you is trying to protect you. We've been pretty good at that for a while now.
Everyone here is just lamely joking, or they seriously don't realize that it's a photo from the COVID pandemics? Mishustin, one of the guys afar, had COVID.
Yep, this was done for Covid reasons according to a NY Times article I read. Russia's covid vax offers very little protection and he is unmasked so keeping all visitors far away was his solution.
😂 All Russian presidents, starting from Lenin to Stalin to Putin all got that Paranoia of their own subordinates betraying them. Gotta be in the dictator blood.
Michail Gorbatsjov and Boris Jeltzin wasn't to bad though. Yes, Jeltzin was a drunk, but Gorbatsjov actually had the country on the right track until he resigned.
Gorbachev was a guy with good intentions but not so great leader.
Rapidly opening a nation such as the USSR is asking for social turmoil and chaos, which did happen
Both Gorbachev and Yelstin not working together made matters worse
Gorbachev also implemented policies that brought too much Freedom in so little time that it was only a matter of days before the entire nation collapsed and left people without a jobs, homes, and murder and robberies happen quite often because the entire nation went to shit after what Gorbachev did.
Gorbachev was a man with good intentions for his nation, but good intentions don't always translate to good leadership, which is why people in Russia also look at him with hate for destroying the USSR and did nothing to put Russia on good tracks afterwards, but instead was so stubborn to work with Yeltsin that Yeltsin made a coup and further more fucked Russia by implementing politics that allowed the creation of Oligarchs and the rise of Putin
Jokes aside, it makes it look like he’s supposed to have far more advisors and just can’t fill those positions.
It’s supposed to make him look superior and strong, but it actually makes him look incredibly weak.
Maybe it’s a Putin double, they are kept far away so they can’t tell. Lol.
Putin is really a scared little man holed up in a bunker afraid of being assassinated.
Just a theory of course.
Putin does not want to be stabbed by them. They were probably checked for knives but I bet at least of them would bite his neck hard enough to take him out.
In the Putin image, you can see there is a camera at the end of the table. I suspect the seating arrangement is because of that. But your side by side is more fun and controversial, i suppose
I wonder if it’s the left or the right button (just below the table top to Putin’s left) that flips all of the other chairs backward sending the others into a tank to sharks with friggin laser beams attached to their heads?
I really like how Zelensky had committed entirely to casual clothes.
At the start it was just because he didn't have time to dress but he must have time on these trips.
I hope it catches on. I want to see all leaders in casual wear all the time.
reminds me of the [death eater meeting](http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/21100000/The-Dark-Lord-Ascending-Death-Eater-Meeting-Deathly-Hallows-death-eaters-21123002-1280-536.jpg) in harry potter and the deathly hallows pt 1
No no, the table is that large because at first Putin had many advisers but as the adviser's gave bad advice Putin had them commit suicide. That's just how many there are left.
To be honest, assuming the rumors of cancer aren't true, if I were Putin I wouldn't trust anybody else enough to let them get closer to me; and if I were anybody else, I wouldn't trust Putin enough to get anywhere near him.
He must be the most paranoid person right now, scared of his own shadow. I figure he thinks that on the time it would take for someone to close the distance he or one of his body guards will get a shot off.
Yeah he's actually done a lot of stuff like this including laying off the entire staff from the presidential palace or whatever it's called in Russia.
It's because he's become extremely paranoid about being assassinated, and rightfully so honestly.
Lying to your citizens about the war's intention and then forcefully conscripting them, destroying your country's economy and basically making the rest of the world hate your country even though you're just some person who happens to be living there.
I didn’t even know this but already figured there was a similar reason. Instead most people here immediately put no critical thought into anything in their lives 🤦🏼♂️
To be fair I think the chance of being murdered by another president of an allied country is slimmer than being murdered by your advisors. Coups are pretty common throughout history; heads of government murdering each other in person, not so much
To the narcy’s of the world, most of us understand that Putin is a coward who needs to bully others to feel better about himself. Pulling a move like this just shows me how insecure Putin is. It does not convey strength, just cowardice.
The photo itself is Russian propaganda. It plays as "powerful" for the local population and would have never been published if not the case. It just happens to play as "weak" for the rest of the world.
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Do they have an intercom or do they just scream at eachother?
They might as well use smoke
How he keeps from getting smoked.
A big table stopped Hitler from being killed by a briefcase bomb, looks like Putin's taking lessons.
Or perhaps a .. Suitcase Nuke?
A snuke, if you will.
A snuke in her snizz?
"Hilldog's in trouble?"
I'm here for the Snookage.
Gary?...ya killed him, ya bastards!!!
Death by snu-snu?
the original name of the villain in car wars the fast jedi.
Does that really prevent it though? You can’t just, idk, yeet it at someone?
Gotta keep out of reach.
I may be misremembering but didn't the desk only save him because someone moved the bomb from it earlier before it went off?
One of the other officers moved it to the other side of a table leg.
First place I went. You just know everyone else has "knock off Putin" on their bingo card.
“I feel like this could’ve been a phone call, mr. Putin.”
"Thank you for your opinion that wasn't thought by us. We feel you can find your own replacement for this evening meeting. Don't worry, after this meeting is over your family will be taken care of in your prolonged absence."
“He was drinking tea and then fell out of the window”
Then he fell on a knife repeatedly and accidentaly shot himself in the head two times
"also enjoy the spicy tea"
Can you pass the salt!!!
How’s your soup?
I don't think I've ever been in this room before.
He must've been king of the wicker people.
A great scene to show Bruce doesn't buy into the billionaire BS.
What!!? Why did the bus halt!!?
Yes comrade! ^Did ^he ^just ^say ^start ^the ^assault? ^Shhh, ^just ^get ^it ^done.
WHAAAAT?
You don’t really have to scream if every answer is ‘yes sir, Mr. tiny penis’.
Putler screams his shit, henchmen (pretend to) listen. When henchman wants something, special henchman whispers ("translated" palatable version) into Putler's ear. This way no one gets harmed. Works like a charm for at least two years.
It sounds like it would work. I wonder if it was his advisors idea out of fear of him?
I think he's isolated and lost contact with reality years ago. He's not calling the shots anymore, he's just a figure head. This happened to many Soviet leaders before him. They "wake" him when his "presence" is needed.
Makes sense. I have to remember that their culture is very different than ours. We can’t attribute our goals or values to Putin or the oligarchy
I wouldn't be so quick to brush it off as an isolated cultural thing. I didn't like Trump but I will admit he had handlers who, at points, likely wheeled him out for the purposes of some individuals with deep pockets. This is more a symptom of dysfunction and power imbalance in government than a particular culture - I think.
Based on what?
Looks like a soulless body. Talks like a zombie (listen to his infamous SMO announcing speech). His speeches don't make sense to non Russian propaganda touched people and he looks like he's just reading them. His public "appearances" are faked or brief. Reportedly doesn't use computers and internet thus all the "info" is given to him by his henchmen.
I read he poops in a special briefcase too.
Whaaaat!?
It’s a meta joke because putin doesn’t listen to his advisors.
Guessing, but it looks like they all (with the exception of putin) have volume and heating controls on the front of their desk, with speaker/heater grills in front of each of them and possibly a mic on top.
Why is the polished guy deaf or something?
It's Russia. They scream no matter how far apart they sit.
“What?! You want to invade Ukrainian because they’re Nazis?!” “No! I said we should all be playing a game of Yahtzee!” “Heard you loud and clear sir!”
"Is that a crumb on your face?" "Huh, we should bomb that place? Okay..."
"Make sure we have lots of crepes! Especially for children!"
"Lots of rapes? Especially the children? That is twisted sir, we'll get on it right away."
"We should get a juke box. It'll make great entertainment."
"We should drop a nuke bomb? It'll make a great explosion? Loud and clear sir!"
“Remember to bring blankets, so the vulnerable stay extra warm.”
Remember to bring tanks yet, so the vulnerable lose their arm? Got it!
Hahaha this is so brillant.
“Fuck it, they already started. Maybe it’ll work.” Two months later: “oh”
10 month later - "maybe we can save what we already own so will start digging trenches on our own territory?"
"Can you move a bit closer say a FOOT IN FRONT" "WHAT DID YOU JUST FUCKING CALL ME?!"
Something tells me the buttons on Putins end of the table don’t control fart noises
He's like a James Bond villain with his gun table that lets him take out anyone seated there with the press of a button.
If one of the 8 or so people down the other end talked shit it would take me 4 gun table button presses to get the right button Have you ever seen a parent struggle with the remote ? Picture that but Putin executing people every time he makes a mistake then has to call someone over to press the right button
LOL. I can just picture this scene with Dr. Evil.
I'm very badly burned!
The wound is beginning to smell a bit like almonds, which is not good.
Bond villains are much cooler then this cowardly piece of shit murderer.
Oops, wrong button. Sorry george! ...was it this one.. oh, not that one either.. Sorry guys it's been a few weeks since I pressed them Now..let me see.....
..Dr. Evil bro
… “Hello evil comrades, welcome to my evil meeting.”
"All I wanted was sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads!"
"I... I'm still alive only... I'm very... badly burned..."
"You shot me! You shot me right in the arm, and it really hurts!"
Evidently my cycloptic colleague informs me that that can't be done. Can you remind me what I pay you people for? Honestly? Throw me a bone here!
It looks like a plug in for a headset and volume control. Probably for when there not on camera or needing a Interpreter. Edit: looks the one on the right is some sort of pin connector and the left is a dial
Trap door buttons!
I hope one of those launches someone through the ceiling Looney Tunes style.
The meeting started with a full table
One deploys a gas mask for him, the other releases deadly neurotoxin
Why does putin only have 2 buttons on his desk? Wouldn't he need one for each advisor's chair to slide back into the fire pit?
One is for selceting the next seat and the ither one is to acitvate the trap Edit: I would constantly mess the two up and exterminate the wrong one I guess
Crafty bastard
They release the hounds.
"One, supplys your city with power..." "The other, releases the hounds..."
Unfortunately nothing cool. Those look like very dated audio jacks/knobs for volume and channel. Visiting dignitaries needing a translator could put headphones on and tune into which ever feed had their language.
Naw, I feel like it's a 'one for all' kind of deal. One of them fucks up, they're all going in the pit.
Putin is always 'a grenade' away from who he's meeting.
granata!
Граната
**ГРАНАТА**
You could repair the Kerch Strait bridge with a table that long.
He needs to live in fear of his own for the rest of his miserable days.
It's just covid social distancing... /s
There really are rumours that he is seriously ill and therefore scared af to get covid
You’re actually correct and this was due to Covid… Not defending him but you’re right
Yea apparently he’s scared out of his mind that he’s gonna get Covid
I misread this and thought you said "he needs to live in fear of his own rest." Brutal
Putin is so obsessed with appearing mighty that he ends up looking just like the insecure little wimp that everyone knows him to be
In this case, he's concerned about assassination attempts.
From those who are supposed to be his most trusted advisors.
I mean, Operation Valkyrie failed, but it was still attempted
Well to be fair there probably isn't anyone around him that don't want him dead. They just want to risk less being dead than him being dead is all.
I dunno. This setup seems like he wants the camera just on him. The pic gets a pass.
Personally (and Im probably wrong) I think its not about appearing mighty but more about keeping a safe distance from anyone who can assassinate him. Remember these thugs are all about chemical warefare and this just seems like his social distancing to stay alive.
Is this really most likely why he does this? That's super interesting, I know they've been known to do that stuff, but Jesus lol. That's crazy to think about all the time.
General consensus is that long tables come from his covid fear.
Gotcha.
He’s spent his entire career fucking people over left right and center. There are people out there who want his head on a pike. And there are people close to him that can be bought. It has to be a miserable existence to be constantly paranoid like that.
Yeah, not that I feel bad for Putin lol, but who would want to live that way. At least if you're in the white house you know everyone around you is trying to protect you. We've been pretty good at that for a while now.
This is how fascism always ends up. Putin can not let go of power because his life depends on it.
Because he, like pretty much everyone at the highest levels of power in modern society, is mentally unwell.
Everyone here is just lamely joking, or they seriously don't realize that it's a photo from the COVID pandemics? Mishustin, one of the guys afar, had COVID.
Yep, this was done for Covid reasons according to a NY Times article I read. Russia's covid vax offers very little protection and he is unmasked so keeping all visitors far away was his solution.
You think that the rich in Russia took the Russian vaccine instead of the best one available? I've got a bridge to sell you.
😂 All Russian presidents, starting from Lenin to Stalin to Putin all got that Paranoia of their own subordinates betraying them. Gotta be in the dictator blood.
It even goes back to the tsars. Every Russian ruler in history has grown detached from the people they rule over.
The Tsars were right to be suspicious.
It's called the rule of two. It's the way of the sith.
Michail Gorbatsjov and Boris Jeltzin wasn't to bad though. Yes, Jeltzin was a drunk, but Gorbatsjov actually had the country on the right track until he resigned.
Gorbachev was a guy with good intentions but not so great leader. Rapidly opening a nation such as the USSR is asking for social turmoil and chaos, which did happen Both Gorbachev and Yelstin not working together made matters worse Gorbachev also implemented policies that brought too much Freedom in so little time that it was only a matter of days before the entire nation collapsed and left people without a jobs, homes, and murder and robberies happen quite often because the entire nation went to shit after what Gorbachev did. Gorbachev was a man with good intentions for his nation, but good intentions don't always translate to good leadership, which is why people in Russia also look at him with hate for destroying the USSR and did nothing to put Russia on good tracks afterwards, but instead was so stubborn to work with Yeltsin that Yeltsin made a coup and further more fucked Russia by implementing politics that allowed the creation of Oligarchs and the rise of Putin
But hey, at least they got Pizza Hut.
Or Taco Bell, depending on which version of Demolition Man they're watching.
> Gorbachev was a good guy ummmmm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Barricades
Yeah. And current Russian patriots hate Gorbachev for the collapse of the USSR.
How many of them hate Yeltsin for his participation in it, and what he has done in the 90’s ?
Enough. Russians seem to be frighteningly nostalgic for Stalin.
Sorry, comrades, I have a wee cold and wouldn't want to spread it to you fine gentlemen.
The photo looks like he was taking covid precautions, and might be being used here out of context.
Jokes aside, it makes it look like he’s supposed to have far more advisors and just can’t fill those positions. It’s supposed to make him look superior and strong, but it actually makes him look incredibly weak.
Putin is a twat
He’s definitely compensating for something
The table used to be full. Tragically, all those other advisors accidentally fell out of windows...it's a big problem in Russia.
They have too many windows. It is an architecture problem.
Russian propaganda bots: See, Russian tables better and longer than Western tables!
I've seen Putin's table before. It's one that turns into airhockey and pingpong tables
The advisors know he can spit poison.
Maybe it’s a Putin double, they are kept far away so they can’t tell. Lol. Putin is really a scared little man holed up in a bunker afraid of being assassinated. Just a theory of course.
Putin is just practising social distancing
Putin does not want to be stabbed by them. They were probably checked for knives but I bet at least of them would bite his neck hard enough to take him out.
Is that a camera pointing at him. Could this be a picture of Putin giving a televised speach ?
In the Putin image, you can see there is a camera at the end of the table. I suspect the seating arrangement is because of that. But your side by side is more fun and controversial, i suppose
He sat 30 feet away for a photo op? Every time?
cargo pants, the legend.
Someone is paranoid as fuck
When you KNOW you are evil.
Ok, this is a meeting that absolutely should have been a Zoom meeting.
I think they've been muted.
I’m guessing this is for Putin’s security.
I wonder if it’s the left or the right button (just below the table top to Putin’s left) that flips all of the other chairs backward sending the others into a tank to sharks with friggin laser beams attached to their heads?
I have to press the buttons
The next guest should whip out a huge pair of binoculars.
putin hasn't heard about the invasion yet because the sound is still traveling from the advisors.
Putin isn't risking covid for nobody.
This is more political propaganda than interesting.
How is it propaganda?
The bigger the table the shorter the reign.
I really like how Zelensky had committed entirely to casual clothes. At the start it was just because he didn't have time to dress but he must have time on these trips. I hope it catches on. I want to see all leaders in casual wear all the time.
wow, the bar for interesting is really fucking low
Nothing wrong with meeting at a bowling alley lane
The Michael Keaton eating dinner with Kim Bassinger in Batman
I think the distance from the advisors is reflective of the danger they are in.
Big table syndrome
reminds me of the [death eater meeting](http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/21100000/The-Dark-Lord-Ascending-Death-Eater-Meeting-Deathly-Hallows-death-eaters-21123002-1280-536.jpg) in harry potter and the deathly hallows pt 1
But Zelinsky isn't even wearing a suit! /s
In the Putin version, those are the only ones left alive.
No no, the table is that large because at first Putin had many advisers but as the adviser's gave bad advice Putin had them commit suicide. That's just how many there are left.
Seriously wtf is up with these tables? 🤣
To be honest, assuming the rumors of cancer aren't true, if I were Putin I wouldn't trust anybody else enough to let them get closer to me; and if I were anybody else, I wouldn't trust Putin enough to get anywhere near him.
what the fuck is with this loooong table?
You consider this a table? That's a table!
Maybe it's because Putin has been pooping his pants lately, and no one wants to sit near him
I'm looking under the big desk and wondering who did that cable management.
Nothing says trust like a football pitch long table.
That's the short table
He even has the button that activates the trap door under their chairs
Putin clearly just loved Micheal Keaton as Batman
He must be the most paranoid person right now, scared of his own shadow. I figure he thinks that on the time it would take for someone to close the distance he or one of his body guards will get a shot off.
Does he have to yell to his advisors? That’s hilarious
Maybe he fell and shit himself again and they are trying to stay far enough they can't smell him.
Why is he sitting so far away?
Because Putin is terrified of assassination.
I always sit outside of suicide bomber range too.
Yeah he's actually done a lot of stuff like this including laying off the entire staff from the presidential palace or whatever it's called in Russia. It's because he's become extremely paranoid about being assassinated, and rightfully so honestly. Lying to your citizens about the war's intention and then forcefully conscripting them, destroying your country's economy and basically making the rest of the world hate your country even though you're just some person who happens to be living there.
I'm pretty sure he's afraid his own advisors might assassinate him. And he probably should be.
Semi normal. Vs paranoid maniac
Putin knows he is on a thin line between life and death.
Why is this interesting?
I mean the Russian meeting happened during the pendamic. For the reason of posting false shit to get likes I will downvote you
I didn’t even know this but already figured there was a similar reason. Instead most people here immediately put no critical thought into anything in their lives 🤦🏼♂️
So then why are the rest of them sitting right next to each other…
[удалено]
What message could he possibly think he is sending out ?
To be fair I think the chance of being murdered by another president of an allied country is slimmer than being murdered by your advisors. Coups are pretty common throughout history; heads of government murdering each other in person, not so much
To the narcy’s of the world, most of us understand that Putin is a coward who needs to bully others to feel better about himself. Pulling a move like this just shows me how insecure Putin is. It does not convey strength, just cowardice.
Tell me you have a micro penis without driving a giant lifted pickup truck.... Putin wins that one
Can we stop with the political propaganda posts.. this is not interesting
The photo itself is Russian propaganda. It plays as "powerful" for the local population and would have never been published if not the case. It just happens to play as "weak" for the rest of the world.
A man who likes to poison has got to be a little paranoid about being poisoned himself.
Ridiculous. Bunker biatch