A great deal has already been said and written about the utterly disgraceful pro-Putin rallies (dubbed “Putings”) held across the country over the weekend.
But this video from the Moscow “Puting” — held with great pomp at Vasilyevsky Spusk (a square next to Red Square in Moscow) — does add some context to the question, “What is happening, and where are we headed?”
It was supposedly about the anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad (or, according to another version, in support of the Olympic athletes). So we asked the participants: what is Stalingrad called now?
Take a look:
And here is another equally wonderful video about how the “Putings” went across the country:
If you are interested in the details of how the “Puting” went in your city, then:
Nizhny Novgorod https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEflM3rbt8w
Saransk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTtq0b7FUNA&feature=youtu.be
Perm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8APTOHG6fkw
St. Petersburg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G7hCn9HRbI
Krasnoyarsk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnFw-ZzpyvI
Sochi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opCC0EM0z0s
Vladimir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pbpj09nRZo
Chelyabinsk https://youtu.be/6kwRDTUz2NU
Astrakhan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OniwQNb5S6A
Kurgan https://youtu.be/GNtLXmDWMMQ
Tyumen https://youtu.be/bxQ3GIkeGUo
Yekaterinburg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUL2ujOhsRM
Tambov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7XQog0lSPw&t=21s
Stavropol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsWTR52xmKQ
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