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The latest round of publicity photos show the Russian president and the country’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev pumping iron together, before having some tea and breakfast while discussing “a number of current issues”.
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Very butch, macho and manly, men enjoying working out together in strenuous physical effort without any women present. Men just enjoying each other as blokes, towel flicking and affectionate wrestling, displaying their manly attributes. Nothing at all to prove!! Chuckling.
My gaydar has nearly always been right and he’s ticking all the boxes to be one Supreme Queen !! Methinks he doth protest too much on gay issues not to hiding something about himself.
Perhaps ask his ex wife and current girlfriend, both have children from him but then again, he could be bisexual as he seems to appeal to everyone both at home and it seems abroad too. Horny lil devil I bet.
Previous marital history is a poor indicator and the man may feel the need to proclaim his heterosexuality in a country which has highly reactionary views.
It is terribly sad that some gay people, who have absolutely nothing to be ashamed of, such Francis Bacon and Gore Vidal, are so affected by homophobic tendencies, that they resent being gay or perceived as gay. A hostile society can make it very hard for gay people fully to accept themselves. Ms Panti (Rory O’Neill) made that point very eloquently in her noble call speech on the stage of the Abbey.
Pussy riot would beg to differ! I’m not condoning the treatment they receive but I doubt a gay president would treat his fellow gay citizens like that.
Love how his gym is right in the middle of the woods. I imagine after a workout he jumps onto the back of a horse to gallop into the forest and get pics of himself roundhouse kicking a wild deer or getting a grizzly bear in an arm bar.
He just prefers to be buff and macho in the presence of other buff and macho men, admiring each others pecs and manly manliness without the presence of women.
No siree, this man is not gay and he will prove it by fighting any man who suggests that he may have homoerotic fixations.
Or as I heard an ex colleague once asked his recently out brother, Is Putin the Train or the Tunnel ??? My bet is definitely The Train …I’d say he has control issues.
It has always amass me why so many “straight people” are curious about who is the giver and taker. My mind is on over. time here Eamonn lol. Assuming you are straight As a gay man with a pity good gaydar Putin is the bottom.
He is in charge. He is not a corporate puppet (hint Mr O). The country was on the brink of death when he took it over and it’s grown like crazy. There are problems in Russia and lots of them. But one step at a time is better than nothing. grateful to Mr. Putin for standing strong .One of few world leaders who has his country in his heart. Strong, uncompromising, intelligent, hard working and fighter for equality and working class. Not controlled by anyone and not afraid to stand up to rich elite. Brought Russian economy from brink of collapse to very strong position and reinstated pride among ordinary Russians. Every country should have one Putin at the top.
Russia right now is an economic hellhole. Currency seriously devalued, foreign currency almost gone, the SME market devastated and oil/gas revenue cut in half.
The only reason why Putin is still in power is because his control over the entirety of the media ensures that he can blame the West rather than his own economic mismanagement for the Russian economy faltering.
Besides I find it incredulous that you thing that Obama is owned by corporations but Putin isn’t. Must be why Putin spends all of his time with prominent Russian oligarchs then, to prove he doesn’t need them.
Putin is making Russia stronger is a simple way of putting it. He is making the Russian economy stronger and he is also upgrade industries, and modernizing the Russian military. He pulled Russia out of the chaos that it had been in during the times of the Soviet Union and after their collapse.
One of few world leaders who has his country in his heart. Strong, uncompromising, intelligent, hard working and fighter for equality and working class. Not controlled by anyone and not afraid to stand up to rich elite. Brought Russian economy from brink of collapse to very strong position and reinstated pride among ordinary Russians. Every country should have one Putin at the top.
Obvious Kremlin bot is obvious. We haven’t forgotten that the Russian government pays students to post pro-Putin propaganda on both foreign and domestic websites you know.
OK, to be fair, Putin has guided the economy to a better place. However, it’s not all his doing. He was definitely helped by high prices for certain resources, particularly oil-related. As for not being controlled by corporates? Well, he is. In fairness, those corporates are not Western. But his policies are dictated by those at the wheel at the likes of Gazprom. He’s also not a champion of equality. He certainly favours equality if you are Slavic in general, and Russian in particular, profess either atheism or orthodox Christianity, and are white, preferably male. But if you are Tatar, Kalmyk, Chechen, LGBT, black, Korean, Chinese, etc then good luck trying to find that equality. Oh, and if you believe in the right to decide your own politicians, best to move elsewhere.
I am very grateful to Mr. Putin for standing strong against Obama and his illegal administration. People need a strong leaders with a great vision !! He is in charge. He is not a corporate puppet. The country was on the brink of death when he took it over and it’s grown like crazy. There are problems in Russia and lots of them, but one step at a time is better than nothing.
Mad Vlad at it again. I’m sure all the equipment they’re using is made with pride Mother Russia…or as McCain calls it, ‘a petrol station with a country’
Can we all just go back there to picture no.2 where he’s pulling on the thingys and zoom in and see that the great warrior Putin is lifting an unbelievably heavy two bricks per arm
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