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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPutin has escaped to his secret palace in a forest amid anti-draft protests in Russian cities, repor
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin-has-escaped-to-his-secret-palace-in-a-forest-amid-anti-draft-protests-in-russian-cities-report-says/ar-AA12dz38?ocid=mailsignout&pc=U591&cvid=9f28f2fb6159441d85fbd851806b05d6Vladimir Putin has escaped to his secret palace amid anti-draft protests in Russia, per a report.
OVD-Info said 724 people were detained across 32 different cities on Saturday.
Putin intends to stay at the palace until at least Thursday, a journalist said, citing three sources.
Russian President Vladimir Putin escaped to his secret palace near Gelendzhik, close to the Black Sea coast, amid anti-draft protests in Russia, MailOnline was first to report.
According to independent journalist Farida Rusamova, who cited three sources familiar with Putin's schedule, the Russian president traveled to his vacation home on Wednesday.
He has been resting his "body and soul" there, Rusamova said in a Telegram post, enjoying the facilities of the palace, which Putin publicly denies belongs to him.
niyad
(113,229 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,648 posts)niyad
(113,229 posts)dameatball
(7,396 posts)niyad
(113,229 posts)GreenWave
(6,707 posts)niyad
(113,229 posts)ChazInAz
(2,564 posts)Mr. Evil
(2,836 posts)An enormous sinkhole that collapses into itself and swallows Putin and his palace.
wnylib
(21,420 posts)Ohiya
(2,228 posts)AZLD4Candidate
(5,666 posts)catbyte
(34,365 posts)fall out of a window. But there will probably be someone just as bad, or God forbid, even worse, to take his place.
wnylib
(21,420 posts)to take out Putin would be just as bad.
Unless there is another full scale Russian Revolution, 21st century style, with hacking, gases and masks, etc.
calimary
(81,192 posts)at exactly the wrong time (at least for him)?
lindysalsagal
(20,648 posts)Sure hope this is one of those times....
yaesu
(8,020 posts)of russia & when a handful of government officials showed up he thought they were there to dispose of him. They just wanted his advise on what to do next
GoCubsGo
(32,078 posts)He's a fucking coward, just like Trump and every other bully out there. They let their underlings do all the dirty work, while run away and hide.
Goodheart
(5,318 posts)Putin is a fucking coward, as one would expect of a former KGB head.
LiberalArkie
(15,708 posts)wnylib
(21,420 posts)retaliate if Ukrainians took out Putin.
Or, would they celebrate?
Lonestarblue
(9,963 posts)Give Ukraine the HIMARS to get this done! Or maybe they have a ship in the Black Sea that could do it.
Delphinus
(11,830 posts)Meme that should be spread around.
Arazi
(6,829 posts)pwb
(11,258 posts)So much death at his hand. Fuck you little man.
Turbineguy
(37,312 posts)a guiding spirit.
Chainfire
(17,526 posts)He may be a rat escaping a sinking ship that he chewed the hole in. He is the kid that throws the rock and then runs and hides.
He should be questioning his future if he can not stand the heat in Moscow.
Irish_Dem
(46,876 posts)Chainfire
(17,526 posts)Our maps call it target 37.
Irish_Dem
(46,876 posts)Zambero
(8,964 posts)Oh, almost forgot. The "good and kindly" one that GWB noticed while gazing into his eyes!
wnylib
(21,420 posts)to have a bromance with Putie.
Irish_Dem
(46,876 posts)Putin was sure able to play US presidents wasn't he?
Farmer-Rick
(10,151 posts)If he sold off just one side of his golden eagle gate, he could maybe pay the soldiers. Or maybe sell off that bowling alley he has in the basement or the mini strip club. He's probably hiding in the tunnel to the cliffs that cost 100,000s to dig out.
"Russia fails to pay military reservists, civilian laborers brought into Ukraine."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.upi.com/amp/Top_News/World-News/2022/08/14/fails-pay-military-reservists-civilian-laborers-ukraine/5201660500132/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putin%27s_Palace
yardwork
(61,588 posts)Farmer-Rick
(10,151 posts)Who would be more than happy to pay big bucks for a piece of Putin's palace. A lot of the filthy rich GOPers really admire Putin. Trump comes to mind.
But, I agree he's running out of options fast.
yardwork
(61,588 posts)I know the filthy rich find ways around laws and such, but still.
Farmer-Rick
(10,151 posts)There is a way.
I'm sure if the Koch Bros want to buy something, they get it.
tanyev
(42,541 posts)Great movie.
yardwork
(61,588 posts)If he thinks this will just die down, he's wrong. The Russian state will probably use ever more violent responses to the protests, which will in turn increase the levels of protest.
Brutal suppression might work, except that conscriptions will continue, so the conflict will continue. And winter is coming.
Baitball Blogger
(46,698 posts)It's turning out that his strength was always spreading misinformation, managing Manchurian candidates and murder.
Botany
(70,483 posts)25% of them do not have indoor plumbing, as their sons, brothers, fathers, neighbors, and friends are dying
in Putin's war, and that Putin got all his money by stealing from them.
May the Russian people and the military overwhelm Putin's homes as he pisses his pants in fear.
Spread the truth to the Russian people and Putin's days are #ed.
The Russian people need to know.
Botany
(70,483 posts)You in Siberia have to go outside to shit in -15 F, you have no running hot water water, and Putin got
all his "stuff" by making you live like shit.
Irish_Dem
(46,876 posts)He is destroying western democracies, lives like a king, and his people have no indoor plumbing.
And he goes to one of his palaces for rest and relaxation while his troops rape, murder and torture innocent people.
Botany
(70,483 posts)And lots of the same players were busy in both attacks. Hell on election night 2016 a former
producer for Sean Hannity and Fox News Exec was in Moscow having a party and some of the
same Russians who @ the June 2016 "get dirt on Hillary" meet up in Trump Towers were @
that party in Moscow to celebrate Trump's "win" in 2016.
Irish_Dem
(46,876 posts)Same in the UK.
Installing Trump, engineering Brexit.
It has been like taking candy from a baby.
No wonder Putin was emboldened to invade Ukraine.
Botany
(70,483 posts).... Russia' 2022 attack on Ukraine.
Irish_Dem
(46,876 posts)Just the amount of time and energy it is taking to perhaps hold him accountable for his crime spree?
Yes the cost of the pandemic, the Ukraine War, in terms of dollars and lives.
That is just the beginning cost.
Cost to national security, damage to US institutions, to democracy, etc.
Botany
(70,483 posts)... and in that Vlad was very successful.
Unfortunately, it may take more than that to bring the whole country out to the streets. The strikes and riots in Petrograd back in 1917 didn't reach a fever pitch until returning war veterans joined in. And the police aren't turning against the current czar yet.
Let's not forget the government that replaced Nicholas was a thousand times worse.
Botany
(70,483 posts)And it might mean that a bunch of senior officers, FSB, and corrupt oligarchs will die too.
When the Communists fell in eastern Europe much of the rebellion was pushed by the
military and the police. They had had enough.
Farmer-Rick
(10,151 posts)In the style he has become accustomed to.
His golden eagle gate would have fund a Russian family of 4 for a decade. He's probably hiding in one of the tunnels that were dug to the cliffs.
Irish_Dem
(46,876 posts)He is said to be worth $300-400 Billion.
I agree, he is now hiding in an underground bunker.
2naSalit
(86,509 posts)moondust
(19,972 posts)It would be a shame if something happened to it.
Dopers_Greed
(2,640 posts)ancianita
(36,017 posts)The soul of Russia is in the streets.
Heather MC
(8,084 posts)Kyesha
(30 posts)This is the multimillion-dollar palace and compound that Alexei Navalny uncovered a year or so ago. Speaking of which, has anyone heard from him lately? His last Facebook post was several weeks ago.
chowder66
(9,066 posts)randr
(12,409 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)GreenEyedLefty
(2,073 posts)Permanently? I hope
Takket
(21,552 posts)oh well i'm glad he's getting some much needed rest. Sending 300,000 people to die for absolutely nothing in a country they know nothing about with zero training and no functioning equipment is tiring work.
Emile
(22,639 posts)Just sayn. . . He is almost as brave as Trump!
2naSalit
(86,509 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,731 posts)frogmarch
(12,153 posts)Gone was the sprawling palace's voluptuous decor, replaced instead by bare, concrete walls. The property looked as if it was being thoroughly rebuilt - raising questions about what exactly is happening at the estate.
The Navalny investigation video has racked up more than 110m views since its release. The Kremlin vehemently denies the palace claims, and President Putin has labelled it "boring" and a "compilation and montage". Since then Navalny has been jailed for failing to report to the prison service while he was recovering from a nerve agent attack in a Berlin hospital.
But BBC Russian has spoken to several builders who say they worked at the site of the palace between 2005 and 2020, building and then refurbishing it. They confirmed many of the allegations in the Navalny video - including that the palace was being rebuilt in part due to a mould infestation.
Icanthinkformyself
(218 posts)with him so he could hide behind her skirt. Cowards are bullies are cowards.
dlk
(11,540 posts)Not just resting his body and soul.
nowforever
(302 posts)This sick man with his fragile ego has to retreat to contemplate his next atrocity. Can Trump please go visit him to give him solace and the both of them while on a contemplative stroll can step off a cliff...now that's an ending that would bring on a Global celebration and revival..."The likes of which we have never seen"...to quote the Orange Blob.
cilla4progress
(24,724 posts)someone can find him!
Sky Jewels
(7,055 posts)That would be a very Russian ending for him.
Uncle Joe
(58,342 posts)although it might become a failed wolf's lair.
Thanks for the thread diehardblue