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Vladimir Putin's use of language, characterized by a straightforward style abundant in colloquialisms, greatly contribute to the president's popularity in Russia.The most notable feature of it are "putinisms", quotes and excerpts from Putin's speeches, many of which are catchphrases and aphorisms well known in Russia, but which often baffled interpreters.
For example, writing for Slate in 2014, Joshua Keating noted the use of "whataboutism" in a statement on Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea, where Putin "listed a litany of complaints about Western intervention." [76] In 2017, Ben Zimmer noted that Putin also used the tactic in an interview with NBC News journalist Megyn Kelly. [77]
The word "Putler" became common among the opposition in Russia and in Ukraine. [11] The use of the German-sounding slogan Putler Kaputt by Russians represents a change of language as a special play position, thus creating the effect that these words are being used by a foreign observer, while still using words that are understandable for Russians.
For months, Prigozhin had been openly insulting Putin's most senior military men, using a variety of crude expletives and prison slang that shocked top Russian officials but were left unanswered ...
Putin’s style of leadership differs from his recent predecessors. That difference helps explain his war against Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in June 2023. Grandpa in his bunker [1] [2] [3] (Russian: Бункерный дед, romanized: Bunkernyy ded; Ukrainian: Бункерний дід, romanized: Bunkernyi did), also translated as grandpa in a bunker, [4] [5] or bunker grandpa, [6] [7] is an insulting nickname for Russian president Vladimir Putin, which has become an Internet meme in Russia and ...
The West casts Putin as a dictator and a killer, and Putin's Russia as an enemy. But never has a serving U.S. president previously used such insulting words in public to describe a serving Kremlin ...
Putin's system is remarkable for its ubiquitous and open merging of the civil service and business, as well as its use of relatives, friends, and acquaintances to benefit from budgetary expenditures and take over state property. Corporate, property, and land raiding is commonplace. [35] The result has been one of a normalization of corruption.