Putin is now Indiana Jones

Don Juan DeMagoo

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2011/0813/1224302378804.html

WHEN A scuba-diving Vladimir Putin found two ancient Greek urns on the floor of the Black Sea this week, it seemed a startling discovery.
In his latest spurt of televised heroics, the Russian prime minister raised a triumphant thumb as he circled the pair of amphorae in shallow waters off the Taman peninsula
.The find came to “everyone’s utter surprise”, claimed the devotional Russia Today . Once on dry land, Putin posed in his wetsuit with a jug in each hand.
But independent media are now ridiculing the incident, in a sign of increasing weariness of Putin’s macho photo ops – such as bare-chested fishing, piloting a “water bomber” over forest fires and diving in a minisubmarine.
Critics said Mt Putin’s pots were suspiciously unmossy and were probably planted specially for him to discover.
“Diving in the Taman gulf, the prime minister immediately found two amphorae that had been waiting for him since the 6th century AD at a depth of two metres,” wrote the Novaya Gazeta newspaper in an editorial dripping with sarcasm.
“He was lucky: in the same place, over the last two years archaeologists managed to find only a few pottery shards.”
Mr Putin’s visit was meant to highlight the work of Russian scientists exploring the remains of an ancient Greek city, Phanagoria, sometimes called “Russia’s Atlantis”.
Yet critics saw the dive as another stunt to boost Mr Putin’s image before elections in December and March.
“We have become witnesses of a remake of The Brilliant Hand and the fishing scene at the white cliff,” said radio host Anton Orekh, referring to a scene from a Soviet film in which a diver attaches fish to an angler’s hook in order to simulate a plentiful catch.
– (Guardian service)

I have been reading all the translated articles from russian media on line, they are just dripping with sarcasm

The King of Moo

Once on dry land, Putin posed in his wetsuit with a jug in each hand.

Sounds more like James Bond to me.

cosmicfart

Dry land is not a myth

The King of Moo

I wonder if his macho image ever actually worked in impressing Russian voters. Clearly from the article there's some backlash against him now at least.

It's so bizarre, such obvious posturing would never work here or the UK or US, or probably most parts of Europe.
Thank the gods Brian Cowen never did any topless woodcutting!

Sunnyisland

Vladimir Putin for the Irish presidency.

Guill

Putin is glorious leader, see how he find aritifacts, drive boat, fúck women.

He lead you to glory!

All hail Putin.

johngalway

“Diving in the Taman gulf, the prime minister immediately found two amphorae that had been waiting for him since the 6th century AD at a depth of two metres,” wrote the Novaya Gazeta newspaper in an editorial dripping with sarcasm.

Ahahahahahahaaa!

Quality indeed

citizen_p

Its just propaganda, its like mussolini used to do, he's trying to create a cult of personality around himself....

Coriolanus

The King of Moo wrote: »

I wonder if his macho image ever actually worked in impressing Russian voters. Clearly from the article there's some backlash against him now at least.

It works on some of them at least.

Jumpy

Putin is not bringing sexy back ... it was never authorised to leave.

RoyalMarine

in soviet russia, urns find you

joshrogan

That's Putin it to his critics!

discus

That's tsardly what a real prime minister should be doing!

TheZohanS

That's urnbelievable.

orourkeda

vlad the urnpaler

MarkR

His presidential campaign has gone to pot.

Riddle101

Mousey- wrote: »

Its just propaganda, its like mussolini used to do, he's trying to create a cult of personality around himself....

Since you said it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzdUy90vTuk

mconigol

Our guys open supermarkets...

dsmythy

Vlad would give Chuck Norris a run for his money.

RoyalMarine wrote: »

in soviet russia, urns find you

This shouldn't be funny anymore but damn it I laughed!

Koltashe

At least its an improvment on Boris Yeltsins pre election campaigns where he drove tractors, drank vodka and sang and danced! And believe it or not all this stuff does seem to get uneducated simple masses to vote for them!

http://youtu.be/xMThTEA4M0o

prinz

Putin is also trying to drive a new 'image' of the ideal Russian man, i.e. healthy, sporty, active, not into the heavy boozing etc. They are clearly staged propaganda, but not a mile away from the likes of Cameron cycling around London.

Average life expectancy in Russia these days is shockingly low, Putin is approaching that age right now. He has been on a huge drive in the last few months pledging modernisation and expanded health care, programmes to improve life expectancy and a return to population growth.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-13/russia-s-demographic-decline-is-starting-to-go-into-reverse-putin-says.html

conorhal

The King of Moo wrote: »

Sounds more like James Bond to me.

Don't you mean a Bond villain? With every passing day that man gets just a little bit closer to my mental image of him sitting in the Kremlin with a Persian cat on his lap and manically chortling to himself about his latest evil plan...

" Boris, now that the west and Japan have abandoned nuclear energy in the wake of all those 'accidents' ve have staged, it is time to initiate part two of the plan.
Trigger the faulty nukes we sold Iran, Israel will no doubt take the blame and the resulting war should cease fule production in the Middle East. Then we cut off the gas pipeline to the West, oh yes we shall see how long it take for them to see that a tripling of the price of oil is quite a reasonable demand! Muwahhahahahahah!!!"

Rented Mule

cosmicfart wrote: »

Dry land is not a myth

Don't tell Kevin Costner.

bnt

MarkR wrote: »

His presidential campaign has gone to pot.

Pots ... and Pans too. He tried to crush a frying pan last week, but didn't quite succeed:

LAKE SELIGER, Russia - Russia's prime minister who is known for his over the top style is back at it again. On Monday at a summer camp, Putin attempted to bend a frying pan. As you can see Putin had a hard time with the pan.
He then hands it over to a much more muscular man who not only bends one pan, but two. The man in the Russian track suit bends over and is able to bend the pans into a roll.
He then gives the bended pans back to Putin. A shocked Putin thanked the man.
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