{"id":131,"date":"2008-05-11T20:19:14","date_gmt":"2008-05-12T00:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=131"},"modified":"2014-07-16T17:46:35","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T17:46:35","slug":"only-true-legends-myths-about-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/only-true-legends-myths-about-putin\/","title":{"rendered":"(Only True) Legends & Myths About Putin"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The day after Victory Day I went to a local grocery store in my neighborhood where I saw this magazine with a cover picture from which I could simply not tear my eyes. It must have been the combination of buff arms with a hat on a gorgeous horse and that carefree facial expression that did me in \u2013 I never buy tabloids in any country, let alone in Russia (did they defeat the dictatorship of the proletariat so as to read brainless gossip and look at paparazzi pictures of the rich and famous half-naked on the beach?), but this time I forked up the 20 rubles because I couldn\u2019t wait to gorge myself in useless information about the elite in Moscow, including everyone\u2019s favorite Vovochka<\/em>. I don\u2019t know how it was back at the beginning of his \u2018reign\u2019, but it must have seemed very unlikely in 2000 to imagine the then new president Vladimir Vladimirovich in eight years time turning into \u2013 like it or not, but that\u2019s what it looks like \u2013 a sex symbol. Back in November last year I did a review of magazines to read while in Russia, but for some reason I left out all of the tabloids, each and every one of them, though in Russia, like in any other country embracing Western cultural standards, tabloids outsell almost all other printed materials. This article was found in a magazine that proudly calls itself StarHit in English and translates that into Cyrillic on the main page as \u00ab\u0421\u0442\u0430\u0440\u0425\u0438\u0442\u00bb<\/strong>. Since it lacks an official website of any sort, I am forced to share the article with you here in pictures [one day I swear I\u2019ll get a scanner and go crazy, but until then\u2026], and with the first paragraph translated into English, so as to give you a general idea of the journalistic value to be found within it\u2019s plenty flattering pictures of the ex-leader.<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u041b\u0435\u0433\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0434\u044b \u043e \u041f\u0443<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u043d\u0435. \u041f\u043e\u043a\u0430<\/span> \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0430<\/span> \u0433\u043e\u0442\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u0438\u043b\u0430\u0441\u044c \u043a \u0438\u043d\u0430\u0443\u0433\u0443\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0446\u0438\u0438 \u043d\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0437\u0438\u0434\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0442\u0430, \u0421\u0442\u0430\u0440\u0425\u0438\u0442 \u0444\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0438<\/span>\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043b \u0432 \u043f\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u044f\u0442\u0438 \u043c\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u044b\u0435 \u0447\u0435\u0440\u0442\u044b<\/span> \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u044b\u0434\u0443<\/span>\u0449\u0435\u0433\u043e \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0432\u044b<\/span> \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438<\/span>\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [Legends about Putin. While the country was preparing for the inauguration of the new president, StarHit fixated in memory the sweet traits of the former head of Russia].<\/div>\n

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\u0420\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u0438 \u044d<\/span>\u0442\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0447\u0435\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0435<\/span>\u043a\u0430 \u0432 \u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0440\u0442\u0435 2002 \u0433\u043e\u0434\u0430 \u0432\u043a\u0440\u0443\u0442\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u0438 \u043b\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u043f\u043e\u0447\u043a\u0438 \u0432 \u0444\u043e\u043d\u0430\u0440\u0438<\/span> \u0433\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0430 \u0411\u0430\u0439\u043a\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u0441\u043a\u0430. <\/strong>[For the sake of this person in March 2002 they screwed in light bulbs in the street lights of the city of Baikalsk].<\/p>\n

\u041e\u043d \u0436\u0435 \u043e\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0441\u044f \u043f\u043e\u0431\u0443\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0447\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0442\u043e\u0433\u043e<\/span>, \u0447\u0442\u043e<\/span>\u0431\u044b \u0432 \u0422\u044e\u043c\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438 \u0443\u0431\u0438\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0438 \u0432\u0435\u0441\u044c \u0441\u043d\u0435\u0433. <\/strong>[He too turned out to be the motive so that in Tyumen they cleaned up all the snow].<\/p>\n

\u0413\u0434\u0435<\/span>-\u0442\u043e \u0441\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0447\u043d\u043e \u043a\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u0437\u0430\u0431\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u044b, \u0433\u0434\u0435<\/span>-\u0442\u043e \u043f\u0435\u043d\u0441\u0438\u043e\u043d\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0430\u043c \u0443\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u043b\u0438\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0442\u0435\u043b\u0435\u0444\u043e<\/span>\u043d, \u0430 \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0432\u043e\u043c \u043f\u043b\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0435 \u0432\u0441\u0435\u0433\u0434\u0430<\/span> \u043e\u043a\u0430<\/span>\u0437\u044b\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0441\u044f \u043e\u043d \u2013 \u0412\u043b\u0430\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u043c\u0438\u0440 \u0412\u043b\u0430\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u043c\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0447 \u041f\u0443<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u043d.<\/strong> [Somewhere urgently they painted fences, somewhere for pensioners they installed a phone, but in the first aspect was always he \u2013 Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin].<\/p>\n

\u0427\u0442\u043e \u043c\u044b \u0437\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u0435\u043c \u043e \u043d\u0451\u043c \u0441\u0435\u0433\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u043d\u044f?<\/strong> [What do we know about him today?]<\/p>\n

\u0414\u0430, \u044d<\/span>\u0442\u043e\u0442 \u0447\u0435\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0435<\/span>\u043a \u0443\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043b\u044f<\/span>\u043b \u043e\u0433\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u043c\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u043e<\/span>\u0439. <\/strong>[Yes, this person ruled an enormous country].<\/p>\n

\u041e\u043d \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0431\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u043d\u043e \u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438<\/span>\u0442 \u043f\u043e-\u043d\u0435\u043c\u0435<\/span>\u0446\u043a\u0438 \u0438 \u0443\u0436\u0435<\/span> \u043e\u0431\u044a\u044f\u0441\u043d\u044f<\/span>\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u043f\u043e-\u0430\u043d\u0433\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u0439\u0441\u043a\u0438 \u0441 \u043c\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u044b<\/span>\u043c\u0438 \u043b\u0438<\/span>\u0434\u0435\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0438. <\/strong>[He fluently speaks in German and already makes himself understood in English with world leaders].<\/p>\n

\u0417\u0430\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0434\u0437\u044e\u0434\u043e<\/span>, \u043b\u044e<\/span>\u0431\u0438\u0442 \u043f\u043b\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0438 \u0433\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u043b\u044b<\/span>\u0436\u0438.<\/strong> [He does judo, loves swimming and mountain skiing].<\/p>\n

\u041f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043f\u043e\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u0435\u0442 \u0430\u043b\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044e \u0437\u0435\u043b\u0451<\/span>\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0447\u0430\u0439. <\/strong>[Prefers green tea to alcohol].<\/p>\n

\u0416\u0435\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u0442, \u0434\u0432\u043e<\/span>\u0435 \u0434\u0435\u0442\u0435<\/span>\u0439.<\/strong> [Married, two kids].<\/p>\n

\u0415\u0449\u0451<\/span> \u043f\u044f\u0442\u044c \u043b\u0435\u0442 \u043d\u0430\u0437\u0430<\/span>\u0434 \u043c\u0435<\/span>\u0434\u0438\u043a\u0438 \u0412\u043b\u0430\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u043c\u0438\u0440\u0430 \u0412\u043b\u0430\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u043c\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0447\u0430 \u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u0438, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0437\u0438\u0434\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0442\u0430 \u043d\u0435\u0432\u043e\u0437\u043c\u043e<\/span>\u0436\u043d\u043e \u0437\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0432\u044b<\/span>\u043f\u0438\u0442\u044c \u044d\u043b\u0435\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u0440\u043d\u0443\u044e \u043c\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0442\u0443<\/span>\u0440\u0443 \u043e\u0442 \u043a\u0430<\/span>\u0448\u043b\u044f \u2013 \u041f\u0443<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u043d \u043d\u0435 \u043b\u044e<\/span>\u0431\u0438\u0442 \u043c\u0435\u0434\u0438\u043a\u0430\u043c\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0442\u044b. <\/strong>[Already five years ago the physicians of Vladimir Vladimirovich said that it is impossible to make the president drink elemetary cough medicine \u2013 Putin doesn\u2019t love medicines].<\/p>\n

\u0417\u0430\u0442\u043e<\/span> \u0431\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u044f, \u043c\u0451\u0434 \u0438 \u043c\u0430\u0441\u0441\u0430<\/span>\u0436 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0432\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0443\u044e\u0442\u0441\u044f.<\/strong> [But on the other hand steam baths, honey and massage are welcome].<\/p>\n

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\u00ab\u041a\u0440\u0435\u043c\u043b\u0451<\/span>\u0432\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0430\u043d\u0435\u043a\u0434\u043e<\/span>\u0442 \u043f\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u043b\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0445\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u0430 \u0412\u0412\u041f: \u201c\u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f<\/span>\u044e \u0434\u0432\u0435 \u0440\u0430\u043a\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u043a\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u043e\u0434\u043d\u043e<\/span> \u043a\u0438\u043c\u043e<\/span>\u043d\u043e<\/span>\u201d\u00bb<\/strong> [A Kremlin joke after the arrival of VVP: \u201c[I] change two tennis rackets for one kimono\u201d].<\/div>\n

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\u0412\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u0447\u0430 \u0441 \u0434\u0435\u0442\u044c\u043c\u0438<\/span> \u0431\u043b\u0438\u0437 \u0440\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0447\u043e \u0414\u0436\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u0434\u0436\u0430 \u0411\u0443<\/span>\u0448\u0430
\n\u0411\u0443\u0448: \u00ab\u0422\u0435\u043f\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u044c \u0437\u0430\u0434\u0430\u0432\u0430<\/span>\u0439\u0442\u0435 \u0432\u043e\u043f\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u044b\u00bb.
\n\u041f\u0443<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u043d: \u00ab\u0422\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u043d\u0435 \u043f\u043e \u043c\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0435\u00bb. <\/strong>
\n[Meeting with children near George Bush\u2019s ranch.
\nBush: \u201cNow ask questions\u201d.
\nPutin: \u201cJust not about mathematics\u201d.]<\/em><\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u0421\u043e<\/span>\u0447\u0438-2008, \u041f\u0443<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u043d \u0438 \u0411\u0443\u0448: \u0434\u0432\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0437\u0438\u0434\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0442\u0430 \u0441 \u0437\u0430\u043a\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0447\u0438\u0432\u0430\u044e\u0449\u0438\u043c\u0441\u044f \u0441\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u043a\u043e\u043c\u00bb<\/strong> [Sochi-2008, Putin and Bush: two presidents with ending terms].<\/em><\/div>\n

Lately it\u2019s been a little too much Putin on this blog, as I think few readers have been able to miss. I know that opinions differ when it comes to Vladimir Vladimirovich, and that is one of the reasons why focusing on him never gets boring (or I might just be overstepping my boundaries with such a statement \u2013 maybe that\u2019s just what it\u2019s becoming, boring). I suppose I could blame the intensification of Putin presence here on the fact that last week was a very political week in Russia, and that it is a little too easy to fall into a \u2018cult of personality\u2019 under such heavy exposure to the two Russian leaders. Actually, a while back one of the readers commented on my post about the rumor that Putin was marrying Alina Kabaeva with posing a question about the difference between being a woman in Russia and in the states. The comment was so interesting that I have not let it go, but for reasons due to lack of time I have not yet been able to write about it, but I plan on doing an entry on this topic soon, especially since I\u2019ve given it a lot of thought and come to unexpected conclusions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The day after Victory Day I went to a local grocery store in my neighborhood where I saw this magazine with a cover picture from which I could simply not tear my eyes. It must have been the combination of buff arms with a hat on a gorgeous horse and that carefree facial expression…<\/p>\n

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