Deputy Chairman of the Government of the aggressor country of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Patrushev, was unable to clearly pronounce an official address to him at a meeting with the illegitimate Russian President Vladimir Putin. The corresponding video was published by the Kremlin press service on May 27.
The incident occurred during Patrushev’s report on the situation in the agricultural sector. The official transcript on the Kremlin website records the standard form of address without any deviations. However, instead of the official “Vladimir Vladimirovich,” a distorted version is heard in the video, which was interpreted on social networks as “Pal Ivanovich.”
In particular, Threads users began to joke about the problem with diction of Russian politicians, remembering how recently Putin was unable to clearly pronounce the famous triple “hurray.”
Some users agreed that a “Putin double” to whom Patrushev was addressing could be sitting at the table.
User oleksandrbabak10 was horrified that “they already officially have doubles running the country.”
Some users remembered the “double Vasilich”.
The fact that Putin has “understudies” was stated by Russian political analyst, Doctor of Historical Sciences Valery Solovey, former Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Alexey Danilov, as well as ex-head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kirill Budanov, who now heads the Office of the President.
Patrushev himself is called Putin’s likely successor. His father, Nikolai Patrushev, is an assistant to the illegitimate president of the Russian Federation. He is called one of the figures associated with possible scenarios for the transit of power in the Russian Federation.
Separately, a version of the possible promotion of his son as a potential successor to Putin is being discussed in the public field. This point of view was expressed, in particular, in an interview with the founder of the online publication GORDON, Dmitry Gordon, by Ukrainian military expert, reserve colonel Oleg Zhdanov. Russian businessman Yevgeny Chichvarkin also described Patrushev as one of the most influential figures in the Kremlin, calling him “Putin's guru.”
