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2024-04-29 18:53:46 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: DB2BC799E1CD7A9E942365E625668C76C3D54C1C8791EA9EFFCD44EA33F5E497
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Putin is well known for using body doubles to avoid public appearances, consistently avoids close contact with people, and uses staged employees to act as stand ins for veterans. This was a staged propaganda video which uses Kremlin employees as "veterans" https://twitter.com/igorsushko/status/1529800130206978048 https://www.businessinsider.com/putin-has-new-massive-table-to-keep-distance-from-officials-2023-10 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/25/putin-talks-to-mothers-of-soldiers-fighting-in-ukraine-in-staged-meeting https://www.newsweek.com/vladimir-putin-body-double-dagestan-visit-russia-wagner-group-armed-rebellion-1809922
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