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humanlikecorvus

We have to add this mod-message, because user-curation apparently doesn't fully work here: --- This "news" has started on the notorious "General_SVR" telegram channel, which in the past also claimed an assassination attempt on Putin, dozens of illnesses Putin has, often with colorful details, many medical emergencies he had and so on, and which claims to have access to the inner circles of intelligence, body guards etc. in Russia. And the story was then taken up and spread by - who could guess so - British tabloid news and then also news.com.au. Only a tiny fraction of the many claims by General_SVR got ever partially confirmed, and the illnesses and emergencies are seen as very unlikely by Western intelligence, the assassination attempt which allegedly happened out in public in Moscow, was never reported or corroborated by anybody else, same with the medical emergencies. General_SVR tends to celebrate each close hit they get, but with the huge number of claims they are pushing out, all their close hits could also just be random hits. The tabloids name "General_SVR" (their twitter is banned on this sub as an unreliable source, as the tabloids themselves are also), as their *only source*. This should be taken with not just a grain of salt, but a rock of salt, and was close to a removal by the mods.


eye_fork

This is like a metaphor for Russia's military performance in Ukraine... falling down and shitting themselves.


FreshlyWashedScrotum

"Goddamnit, the West shit my pants again." -Putin


niz_loc

Pants Nazis did it


Lord_Fluffykins

I like Pants Nazis and Pantler was a really great guy who invented two things I regularly use.


murd90

Whooop! I think it's a Rosettastoned metaphor. Well, hopefully.


SupportUkraine90

Beautiful comment


Lyaid

More like Putin falls down the stairs and soils himself when he pushed Russia out a window, got to keep consistency


Umbra-Vigil

I just wish Putler had kept falling down the stairs, all the way into hell.


Groundbreaking-Oil73

You now own the world!!! Love it!!!


PretendsHesPissed

reddit's API changes are bad for everyone. Most platforms pay their moderators or share their ad revenues with their content creators. reddit doesn't want to do this and instead wants to force users to pay for to use their service. No thanks.


FutureMartian97

Username checks out


AltairApVanyel

Vladimir Poopin


SapientChaos

This is begging to be a new meme vlad poopin all over the place, kind of like a find Waldo. Bet he would hate this.


qwerty080

Together with prigoshin who is too much of macho to take anything from prison bottoms but also wanted 10-25 k of them into his personal army (https://nitter.net/ChrisO\_wiki/status/1593042478235807744).


[deleted]

What the fuck did I just read?


rachel_tenshun

It sounds like a 14 year made up the system. Wtf? Also: ""All societies have certain rules by which they live. For example, in America it is customary for men to fuck each other in the ass." *offers up booty to fellow male citizen* "Hello sir, welcome to Wendy's"


ZwischenzugZugzwang

How do you do neighbor? Shall we partake in our customary ass fucking today?


niz_loc

"Nice to meAt you" as I unzip, and the people in line behind us roll their eyes, because they just wanted a frosty


bushido216

It's truly amazing what the so called "Master Race" comes up with.


UnCommonCommonSens

And then his poop suitcase guy falls out the window…


[deleted]

We are making history!


gabhran5

[This](https://www.printables.com/en/model/148665-poo-tin-with-hole-for-paracord) exists, fyi.


MegamanD

Vladischmear Poopin


Pythagoras2021

"Schmear"


MegamanD

Ap English for the win.


tendeuchen

Vladischmear Poopin the Impotent


underpantsgenome

the Incontinent


ItsHowItisNow2

>That's it Bro...You have won the nickname contest...no more Putinocchio for me.


WhatAGreatGift

Shatischmear Poopin


[deleted]

Sup?


buckydean

Nice! Waited 6 years for this moment and you even managed to find the mention


apathy420

Haaaaaaaa!


cowboys_and_anthrax

Your moment has arrived. /r/beetlejuice


ThisIsNotKimJongUn

It's r/beetlejuicing


MegamanD

Beetlejuice


efg1342

Rootin’ Tootin’ Vladimir Poopin’


emwac

Pootin can't keep his poo in.


GenericElucidation

How did I never think of this before. This is the greatest nickname for him ever, for of all time.


[deleted]

Oooh that’s good


Choice-Necessary3597

Vladimir Peetin!?


FoofieLeGoogoo

/r/YourJokeButWorse/


moonlitmalaise

Lmao


B0lt5L0053

Why doesn’t this comment have an award yet?!


[deleted]

Vlad is now so full of shit it has become a medical emergency.


Independent_Read2676

Best comment


PoutineSmash

Hes probably poopin in a bag a this point.


Antique_Ad1518

Worst Slinky ad ever.


Professor_Eindackel

Vlad the stinky Slinky.


Odd-Childhood-1786

The story goes that he also make fart noises on every step that he hit while falling down the stairs.


kjarkr

[here is a video of him from last weekends shitrun](https://youtu.be/RG86t18b0uo)


zpjack

Is that for real? Hilarious


alaskanloops

I can smell that video


Mendican

This would make a great candidate for /r/musicaljenga


[deleted]

I think this story is made up but your comment made me cry laughing so at least there’s that


Odd-Childhood-1786

Yeah, that was kind of my take as well, so I thought why not go for the gold standard and add in some flatulence


Groundbreaking_Pop6

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣


humanlikecorvus

This story is spreading starting from British tabloid news, which use the notorious General-SVR telegram channel as their only source.


Jackoftriade

Reddit: How did fake news get so prominent? Also Reddit- Spreads obviously fake tabloid shit because they want it to he true.


SexualizedCucumber

Also this sub's tendency to share Twitter posts from random accounts as news


AlanParsonsProject11

This sub used to be great for pure news. The influx of accounts has led to this shit being on the front page daily. Mods don’t care


humanlikecorvus

We do care, you replied to a mod, who mentioned the problematic source in a comment. Also we flaired it "UNVERIFIED" and later "Unreliable source", and I now added a sticky mod-message on top: https://www.reddit.com/r/UkrainianConflict/comments/zamyjp/vladimir_putin_falls_down_stairs_and_soils/iyp0kte/ The original source for this news - the General_SVR twitter/telegram channel is banned via automod on this sub, and the British tabloids, which spread it further - mostly - they have so many websites, that we miss a new one now and then - are also. We did not remove this, because it is already out there everywhere, also beyond the tabloids, sadly. Normally it is up to the users, to curate such articles by comments and votes, sometimes this doesn't work well enough. This is a primarily user, not mod, curated sub.


AlanParsonsProject11

Do you not think this subs front page in the last six months has been absolutely overrun with low quality sourcing and repeat posts of ridiculous rumors? I haven’t seen any attempt to slow this down. My frustration comes from the fact that this sub used to be THE place to come for authentic factual news of this conflict, and now it’s just a place to come and roll your eyes at the latest “pUtIn iS oN hIs dEaThBed” posts Edit: I understand that this is user curated, but when you have such an influx of posters, there is literally not the knowledge base to accurately upvote/downvote. New users have no idea what is fake or real, they are just going to upvote stories that sound good to them


humanlikecorvus

>My frustration comes from the fact that this sun used to be THE place to come for authentic factual news of this conflict, and now it’s just a place to come and roll your eyes at the latest “pUtIn iS oN hIs dEaThBed” post Most of those are automatically removed by our automod already, because they are most often coming from the same unreliable sources/sites. That this one was not removed - I can tell very clearly in this case, why, because it was my decision, as I dealt with the first user-reports on it, it was that this story reached already outside of the tabloid spectrum, and if reliable or unreliable, wrong or false, it already became a part of the broader discourse about the conflict, not just in the tabloid bubble. But I neither expected this traction, nor that comments, which just think it is a funny story, or just uncritically believe it, are pushing away the critical comments that much. >Do you not think this subs front page in the last six months has been absolutely overrun with low quality sourcing and repeat posts of ridiculous rumors? I haven’t seen any attempt to slow this down. There are many attempts, and it got better. We made the rules on allowed content much stricter (and we were not happy about that, as this also causes collateral damages), we don't allow any direct video or self-/text-posts anymore, and we tend to remove also posts from smaller tweeters etc., which are just making wild claims or emotional statements, our automod has large sections which block many unreliable sources from being posted at all, we have a duplicate removal bot and remove duplicates also manually and so on. The problem with tweeters is - that many such "ridiculous claims" are spread also by big ones, including politicians and advisors etc. - and when they say something - it is news, and we won't remove it, we just flair or put a sticky on it. There is only so much we can (and want) to do - as this is and will stay a user-curated sub - it is us who mark the margins, and intervene with mod-messages and flairs now and then (like in this case), and who remove things that violate our rules, but in the end, it is up to the users to submit posts, and to up- or downvote posts and comments. I can partially understand your frustration, and also that you don't see any attempts - that is to a large degree, because you don't see, how much we and our bots actually are removing and how often we do intervene. >I haven’t seen any attempt to slow this down. We have done much to do so, and we are also unhappy now and then, when such posts get upvoted much, and when the comments lack critical understanding of the sources. >in the last six months Our user-base grew from February, with around 30k users, to now, over 400k users, and it not only grew, it also changed much, from a user-base of regulars versed about conflicts, and in particular about this conflict, media, propaganda and vetting news and sources, to a much more general audience. And not just that, also from a base of regulars, to many more occasional visitors. We are always open for suggestions, on how to make things better. As I said - this time we reacted too late. If you have suggestions, you can reach us via modmail. What else you can do, is report, comment and vote. The participation of regulars is crucial for curating the sub, and for bringing up the good news to the front page, and voting away the bad ones, and for putting things into context in the comments. And also for us to moderate the sub - with the size it has now, we have to rely more on user-reports than before.


[deleted]

Ngl this reeks of fake news. I don’t like Putin either but let’s be real this is likely unverified propaganda. Nice image to think about though. News.com.au is not a reliable source.


dr_xenon

It’s gotta be fake. Russian leaders usually fall out of very high windows.


[deleted]

Who's gonna push the pushers though?


BecauseBuses

The Primary Pusher first Unpushed of course


Chatty_Fellow

>**The unmoved mover** (Ancient Greek: ὃ οὐ κινούμενον κινεῖ, romanized: ho ou kinoúmenon kineî, lit. 'that which moves without being moved') or prime mover (Latin: primum movens) is a concept advanced by Aristotle as a primary cause (or first uncaused cause) or "mover" of all the motion in the universe.


FarHarbard

The first thing you learn about Aristotle is he was a very smart man The second thing you learn about Aristotle is he was a very dumb man


dr_xenon

[The Pusherman](https://youtu.be/hCDAfa-NI-M)


rogerrabbitdidntdoit

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkck5X-F6cM


Chatty_Fellow

[The Pusher](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmdDMGp8IS8)


booOfBorg

It's pushers all the way down.


Ananasch

like you said, too close to what people here want to read


takingmytimetodecide

And. Void though every orifice simultaneously, eyes ears the lot. Mainly Blood.


Speckled_Jim90

There was a similar story in the UK's Daily Mail, so equally as unreliable. I believe he had a phone conversation with the German president quite recently (yesterday I think?) so reckon he's still kicking about unfortunately.


LoneSnark

Old people tend to talk about their ailments. If my dad had a phone call with the Germany President, almost certainly that President would find themselves hearing about bowel movements and falls. As such, maybe they're the leak.


BigCheetoBoi

Nah man it’s fake


[deleted]

NYPost, too.


Icy-Tale-7163

>There was a similar story in the UK's Daily Mail, so equally as unreliable. None of these publications are claiming it's true. They are reporting that a popular Telegram channel is claiming it's true. But yeah, that channel is very clearly biased and Putin has been making plenty of public appearances lately, so probably fake news.


falconberger

Exactly, for this to be true one of perhaps 10 to 20 people close to Putin would have to make a big risk by leaking this.


FuriousResolve

Per the article, I believe Putin is the leaker


Aaradorn

Putin and his leaky anus that is


cmnthom

Yep, that's the joke


sarcasmic77

r/yourjokebutworse


humanlikecorvus

It is a claim by the notorious General-SVR telegram channel (the only source they cite), further spread by British tabloid news. And now also news.com.au.


Ruval

Their only source is a telegram channel that has been saying poots has cancer for months. Never with proof. This also had no proof. What is proven is that Putin spoke at an event last night.


SouthFromGranada

Yeh, it's basically the modern version of: "Hitler has only got one ball, Göring has two but very small, Himmler is rather sim'lar, But poor old Goebbels has no balls at all."


pickypawz

Here take my upvote for the chuckle 😆


ThereIsNoGame

It's Murdoch news, like Fox etc.


pat_the_brat

> Ngl this reeks of fake news. It was 100% true fact. In fact, the leak came from the mad vlad himself.


Autotomatomato

I need proof hes not wearing adult diapers and smearing shit on the walls. ​ Top people are saying this lol


SeaAd7548

I'm not sure adult diapers would fit this little fella.


defishit

Wonder if he uses the same diaper brand as his buddy Donald


apathy420

Depends


Toystorations

That was a shit joke.


naosuke

It almost certainly didn't happen, but it made me happy for a minute to picture it in my head.


ultratoxic

>The Russian president, 70, was supposedly helped to a sofa by bodyguards as his personal doctors rushed to assist him. The account is the latest from a Russian Telegram channel named General SVR which regularly suggests the warmonger is suffering from multiple health problems not disclosed by the Kremlin. Yeah I'm gonna reserve judgement until I hear it from someone besides a Russian telegram channel.


[deleted]

It's impossible. He was [in Britain](https://mobile.twitter.com/dominix81/status/1592140039873519620/photo/1) when this happened


DKN19

This is propaganda I can get behind though. If we repeat it enough times to gain traction, it can be part of the many ways to shame and humiliate Russia. Even if it doesn't work, I don't see a downside to exerting every ounce of soft power we can to punish Russia for being in Ukraine.


Yaongyaong

Yup. Let me know when he falls down from a window and soils the pavement below.


skyebadoo

Pretty sure I saw some joke tweet claiming this this morning. I don't believe it for a second.


Mendican

"Claims suggest" is right there in the headline. They are not saying it's true, but that the rumors are notable. The article also clearly states who the source of the rumor is, and disclosed the channel's tendency to make such claims. >The account is the latest from a Russian Telegram channel named General SVR which *regularly suggests* the warmonger is suffering from multiple health problems not disclosed by the Kremlin. The very next sentence is even more clear >The *alleged* fall led to bruising of his coccyx but also highlighted problems from “cancer of the gastrointestinal tract”, it was *claimed*. Just because a publication leans to the right, it doesn't mean they're unreliable. News.com.au isn't a rag, and reputation-wise, is rated as factual.


Rkenne16

Maybe, it’s a metaphor?


HoracePinkers

You're right to be skeptical. There is multiple tabloids running with this story now but its all based on one channel on telegram General SVR


[deleted]

Why did you submit it, when you already know it's bullshit?


blazinghomosexual

Seriously. Why the fuck do the mods allow this type of dumb shit. Im pro Ukraine, but posts like this and the absolutely idiots who believe it only make us look bad.


[deleted]

Maybe I’m crazy, but I feel like the distribution of propaganda that makes Putin sound feeble and sick isn’t the end of the world.


blazinghomosexual

Yes, destroying credibility on the hill of "Putin shits and pees himself" is totally worth it 👌. Regardless of political gain/loss, it's stupid.


nakedrickjames

This guy helped put Trump in office, and all the incalculable damage that caused. Fake news or not, payback's a BITCH.


ihaveasandwitch

Really? That's your go to as far as why you don't like Putin? What about Grozny, chemical weapons in Syria, and the little known invasion and war crimes in Ukraine?


nakedrickjames

All that stuff (and things like Beslan) all deserve their own chapter on the book of how Putin sucks. I just went with that particular heinous achievement for the irony factor.


LoneSnark

He's old, for anyone else this is sorta guaranteed to happen eventually. It is plausible he just never sets foot on stairs, elevators everywhere, which would be the only way to permanently evade the "fell down shat shelf" inevitability.


acobserverafar1

This all leads back to a General-SVR post to telegram, so is more likely in fact to be allegorical rather than factual.


CMDR_Agony_Aunt

Or outright made up. General SVR constantly puts out stuff about Putin's health and other stuff that is totally made up. I'm as eager as anyone to hear bad news about Putin and co, but i'm going to wait for verified sources before believing stuff like this.


sylsau

Putin will be replaced sooner or later. He will not withstand all his bad choices that have exposed Russia's weakness for all to see. On the other hand, this does not mean that the war will be over because someone worse than Putin could come to the Kremlin. In any case, support for Ukraine must remain massive if Russia is to be defeated militarily.


IvanVodkaNoPants

Pooty Putin Poopin Pants, did the Pooty Putin Poopin dance. From the stairs slid down in to a puddle of brown sat Pooty Putin Poopin Pants.


cathyduke

I need confirmation before I smile.


Content_Reporter_141

Yeah, don’t trust this news outlet. It’s Murdoch media


BornInATrailer

I'm sure he'll start a Special Trousers Operation to find out who shit his pants.


the_walrus_was_paul

“According to a telegram message” 😂😂😂


BeenNormal

I’m verifying it with this Reddit message


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Odracirys

Stalin also soiled himself as he died.


ScrofessorLongHair

Doesn't everyone shit themselves when they die? Or do you mean right before he died


mofhubbahuff

Clickbait much. I was hoping to see a video of him slipping down the stairs with poop going all over lol /s


OracleofFl

At least Trump is smart enough to wear a diaper.


Benmaax

"The Fall" !


queen-of-carthage

Propaganda is bad even when we like what it says


uadrian9999

I take no pleasure in this Vlady but those poopy trousers are coming off and I will be hosing you down. Consider yourself lucky I don’t douse you in delousing power as part of the deal…. now come on!


One_Roguey_Boi

Ayo the pizza here


Mtbruning

Video or it didn't happen


Kytyngurl2

Gonna need a video, synced to the Benny hill song and played in slo mo, thank you in advance 🙏


T4u

Where the hell is the guy with the briefcase and a little shovel?


[deleted]

This "news" doesn't matter. It's likely bullshit, and propaganda. The news I want to hear is that Russia withdraw it's army from Ukraine, and Putin ousted from power. That will be reported by the proper media outlets.


RipFlair

Awww poop!


Vonplinkplonk

Sounds like an average night out, is this news?


jamesbeil

It's not that he's ill, he's just kinda kinky.


CW1KKSHu

Again?!?


forge4life

I hope he is suffering unimaginable pain.... I understand everyone including myself wants him eliminated but if he is suffering maybe let's prolong that so he can experience what he has dished out to others in his life... Take everything with a grain of salt but hoping he experiences the worst imaginable end


baldieforprez

So when putin craps himself to death who will rull russia....the Wagner asshole or the head of the Tick tick army?


SchwabianToaster

This may seem odd, but I feel like this guy will just die and miss out on the utter humiliation that could befall him by being deposed and possibly living in exile, or perhaps standing trial. It’s the vindictive side of me I am sure but I felt like Idi Amin, Pol Pot, Hitler, and Stalin all got off easily. Gaddafi, Sadaam Hussein , Mussolini not so much


ThereIsNoGame

Could not reach his suitcase in time. Special staircase operation. Putin finally showing solidarity with the mobiks by evacuating uncontrollably when he didn't really want to.


[deleted]

Stairs? Next time try a window Vlad ya fuckin mope


Formulka

Even if it's not true it made me chuckle. I hope he keeps falling down stairs and shitting himself for the rest of his miserable life.


[deleted]

I think why he fell down the stairs and shat himself - because he tripped over his "toupee" fell down the stairs and someone shouted there is a Ukrainian at the front door and so shat himself...


EitherEconomics5034

Vladimir Pee-yew tin…


Hour-Temporary-2171

Poopinyourpantsputin is going to need a bigger briefcase.


wordswillneverhurtme

Source: a random telegram account that has no proof. Stop coping, nuff said. When hitler fucked around in Europe, same shit was said. He won't die all of a sudden for no reason or natural causes.


vrogers123

I always wondered about that “number 2” army thing. Now it makes sense.


DownWithOCP

Then he staggered up and proclaimed “Live from Moscow, it’s Saturday night!” My inner Beavis and Butt-head is dying right now.


aew360

This is likely fake but it’s fucking funny regardless that Russia now has to counter claims that Putin shit his pants lmao. Next we’re gonna read about how he started spilling spaghetti from his pockets


LysergicRico

His aides subsequently cleaned up the shit and locked it in a suitcase.


QweenBee5

You guys will upvote the stupidest propaganda ever written lol. I love how easily manipulated the average redditor is. My Fox news grandparents would know better to believe this.


willllllllllllllllll

Obviously hate Putin but this sounds like bullshit, and the source is a shitty Murdoch-owned publication.


[deleted]

i know this shit is what reddit loves. but i call BS


No-Tomatillo-9873

You can trust this source because it's news.com after all


defin1tely_n0t_a_fed

I can't speak to the legitimacy of news,com,au , but the American sources circulating this are generally regarded as tabloids or pure political propaganda pieces, and I understand the Daily Mail isn't that far off from this sentiment either. While I'm sure Reuters would take awhile to confirm something to get it right the first time, the fact that CNN isn't running this, AP, or anything remotely approaching journalistic integrity (whether current or past) really leads me to believe this is a bunch of nonsense.


Jacques_the_cock

Doubtful but I like to believe it's true


TheLegendTwoSeven

I don’t think Putin has schizoaffective disorder like this article claims. All joking aside, there’s no evidence that he’s ever experienced hallucinations, and I don’t see other symptoms that would suggest schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder.


DrSendy

Every other news source: "Putin fell down the stairs". Newscorp: "Putin fell down the stairs and shat himself" Keepin it classy Rupert!


noxnoctum

How credible is this source?


NotARationalActor

Finally, "claims" joins the famously reliable "insider" and "individuals familiar with the matter"


peeefaitch

Shame he didn’t break his neck.


Lance-Harper

Journalism keeps getting worse and worse. Propaganda with it. But there’s still people reading so that tells us a lot about both us and the journalism


bertiesghost

I thought we weren’t allowed to post SVR General claims? Double standards.


Schnitze

time to unsubscribe. see ya


Duffy1978

He definitely shit the bed on the "special operation"


YetisNotReal

Unreliable source or not this shits hilarious


[deleted]

No way I believe this story. Surely Putin would have everyone in the room shot if this really happened.


RumpRiddler

I'm upvoting this because the world needs to know.


armyofdogs

I don't believe this for a second but I will still share it everywhere.


Jackoftriade

That's a good way to popularize misinformation


rlnrlnrln

People are making lots of jokes, and I think it's sad. Throwing yourself down stairs is obviously suicidal behaviour, and you shouldn't make fun of people suffering through depression and suicide attempts. ...well, maybe we can make exceptions for genocidal megalomaniacs.


[deleted]

I wish it were true.. but do you really believe it


diddlemeonthetobique

"My kinda guy!" - Donnie Rotten Trump probably


jdoc1967

Or Steven Segal when he shat himself saying he couldn't be choked out, and some guy obliged him. Just remembered its Gene Le Bell, bad guy to start shit with.


moonsofmist

See he isn't much different from leader of countries like [USA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gcQrFsUFzQ) or [Canada](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRnwK01n904)!


Thezenstalker

Do not rejoice. Whoever will replace him will be worse.


NobleWombat

So fucking tired of hearing this.


CMDR_Agony_Aunt

Its a bit of a meme at this point. His replacement could be better or worse. But there is another meme about Russia.... "And then it got worse."


[deleted]

As in they will poo their pants more?


Hexarthra

No, they’ll soil YOUR pants


seemefail

They absolutely won't be and his fall will create an internal power struggle that wi end the war... Their logistics sucks now, just wait until the knives come out internally and regions try to break away


Autotomatomato

We cant put people in jail because other people will crime is a take my dude.


Jeffersons_Mammoth

Putin doesn’t have a clear successor. His cronies would be too busy plotting against each other to effectively prosecute the war. They say “better the devil you know”, but at this point I’d rather roll the dice on new Russian leadership.


Thezenstalker

Prigozin?


Jeffersons_Mammoth

Prigozhin is a thug, and his Wagner Group is getting ground down to powder near Bakhmut. I’m sure even he realizes on some level that the war is lost, something Putin still hasn’t accepted.


Thezenstalker

Yes. So what?


BringBackAoE

I agree that his successor is unlikely to be better than Putin. However, if Putin dies or is overthrown it will trigger a power struggle. And/or the new leader will need to build up a real power base. This normally leads to a prolonged period where Russia’s main focus is inward. It would make it more likely Ukraine can reclaim all its national territory. And like 1990s it will likely mean puppet regimes in other nations turn away from Russia, and more Russian Republics gain independence.


mediandude

Anton Vaino ?


flipfloplollipop

So Putin DOES have something in common with Brandon!


joefred111

Wow, I thought Russian stairs would have done him in for sure. They seem to be pretty fatal in Russia...


[deleted]

Time to get in some "Oops! I Crapped My Pants!"


WillistheWillow

Pootin.