Putin has escaped to his secret palace in a forest amid anti-draft protests in Russian cities, repor

[diehardblue]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin-has-escaped-to-his-secret-palace-in-a-forest-amid-anti-draft-protests-in-russian-cities-report-says/ar-AA12dz38?ocid=mailsignout&pc=U591&cvid=9f28f2fb6159441d85fbd851806b05d6

Vladimir Putin has escaped to his secret palace amid anti-draft protests in Russia, per a report.

OVD-Info said 724 people were detained across 32 different cities on Saturday.
Putin intends to stay at the palace until at least Thursday, a journalist said, citing three sources.
Russian President Vladimir Putin escaped to his secret palace near Gelendzhik, close to the Black Sea coast, amid anti-draft protests in Russia, MailOnline was first to report.

According to independent journalist Farida Rusamova, who cited three sources familiar with Putin's schedule, the Russian president traveled to his vacation home on Wednesday.

He has been resting his "body and soul" there, Rusamova said in a Telegram post, enjoying the facilities of the palace, which Putin publicly denies belongs to him.

[niyad]

1. hmmm. lightning? earthquake? asteroid?

[lindysalsagal]

4. Tornado. Tsunami.

[niyad]

8. A tsunami in the forest would definitely be interesting!

[dameatball]

44. Treenamis are quite dangerous. They leaf a lot of damage.

[niyad]

45. Snicker.

[GreenWave]

49. How about another Tunguska event right over his secret palace?

[niyad]

58. From your keys to Goddess' ear! So mote it be!

[ChazInAz]

66. May Kali be Praised!

[Mr. Evil]

51. Ba Da Bing!

[Pachamama]

11. Sinkhole

An enormous sinkhole that collapses into itself and swallows Putin and his palace.

[wnylib]

16. Sarin in the HVAC ducts?

[Ohiya]

33. Eaten by a Bear

[AZLD4Candidate]

37. Spontaneous Combustion? There's enough horse and bullcrap there.

[catbyte]

2. It would be awesome if he happened to fall down some stairs or "accidentally"

fall out of a window. But there will probably be someone just as bad, or God forbid, even worse, to take his place.

[wnylib]

18. Almost guaranteed that someone powerful enough

to take out Putin would be just as bad.

Unless there is another full scale Russian Revolution, 21st century style, with hacking, gases and masks, etc.

[calimary]

68. What about space debris? A big chunk falling to earth

… at exactly the wrong time (at least for him)?

[lindysalsagal]

3. Long histories of russian czars hiding in the boondocks and never returning....

Sure hope this is one of those times....

[2naSalit]

6. +1

[yaesu]

59. If I remember right Stalin was hiding in his russia villa when Germany started their invasion

of russia & when a handful of government officials showed up he thought they were there to dispose of him. They just wanted his advise on what to do next

[GoCubsGo]

5. Of course he did.

He's a fucking coward, just like Trump and every other bully out there. They let their underlings do all the dirty work, while run away and hide.

[2naSalit]

7. +1

[Rebl2]

48. 👆👆👆👆

[Goodheart]

9. Compare that to Zelensky, who has been on the front lines of battle

Putin is a fucking coward, as one would expect of a former KGB head.

[LiberalArkie]

13. With a good wind, a Ukraine missile might hit him.

[wnylib]

19. I wonder if the rest of Russia would

retaliate if Ukrainians took out Putin.

Or, would they celebrate?

[Lonestarblue]

60. That was my thought also.

Give Ukraine the HIMARS to get this done! Or maybe they have a ship in the Black Sea that could do it.

[Delphinus]

27. That is a

Meme that should be spread around.

[TeamProg]

42. +1

[Arazi]

10. Good. Hope the people of Russia keep him on the run and afraid for his life

[pwb]

12. Just like our pukes he can't admit he was wrong.

So much death at his hand. Fuck you little man.

[Turbineguy]

14. The Republican party is without

a guiding spirit.

[Chainfire]

15. I hope that he hasn't gone to the mattresses to escape the effects of nuclear weapons.

He may be a rat escaping a sinking ship that he chewed the hole in. He is the kid that throws the rock and then runs and hides.

He should be questioning his future if he can not stand the heat in Moscow.

[Irish_Dem]

70. I wondered the same, is this where his underground bunker is located?

[Chainfire]

74. I think he calls it the Wolf's Lair.

Our maps call it target 37.

[Irish_Dem]

75. I prefer to call it Target No 1.

[Zambero]

17. What soul???

Oh, almost forgot. The "good and kindly" one that GWB noticed while gazing into his eyes!

[wnylib]

21. Yeah, Agent Orange was not the first American president

to have a bromance with Putie.

[Irish_Dem]

76. Psychopaths don't have souls.

Putin was sure able to play US presidents wasn't he?

[Farmer-Rick]

20. He can't pay Russian soldiers but he can hide in his golden palace

If he sold off just one side of his golden eagle gate, he could maybe pay the soldiers. Or maybe sell off that bowling alley he has in the basement or the mini strip club. He's probably hiding in the tunnel to the cliffs that cost 100,000s to dig out.

"Russia fails to pay military reservists, civilian laborers brought into Ukraine."

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.upi.com/amp/Top_News/World-News/2022/08/14/fails-pay-military-reservists-civilian-laborers-ukraine/5201660500132/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putin%27s_Palace

[yardwork]

24. Sell to whom? Putin is running out of options.

[Farmer-Rick]

29. I'm sure there are some filthy rich Anericans and Europeans

Who would be more than happy to pay big bucks for a piece of Putin's palace. A lot of the filthy rich GOPers really admire Putin. Trump comes to mind.

But, I agree he's running out of options fast.

[yardwork]

32. But I think there's an embargo on buying from Russia?

I know the filthy rich find ways around laws and such, but still.

[Farmer-Rick]

41. Where there's a will, and a lot of money,

There is a way.

I'm sure if the Koch Bros want to buy something, they get it.

[tanyev]

22. Oh, that reminds me I should watch The Death of Stalin again.

Great movie.

[yardwork]

23. The situation is not going to improve for him.

If he thinks this will just die down, he's wrong. The Russian state will probably use ever more violent responses to the protests, which will in turn increase the levels of protest.

Brutal suppression might work, except that conscriptions will continue, so the conflict will continue. And winter is coming.

[Baitball Blogger]

25. President Putin has a Panic Palace. Oh, please.

It's turning out that his strength was always spreading misinformation, managing Manchurian candidates and murder.

[Botany]

26. The Russian People need to see pictures of Putin's Black Sea Palace which cost $1 billion as ...

25% of them do not have indoor plumbing, as their sons, brothers, fathers, neighbors, and friends are dying
in Putin's war, and that Putin got all his money by stealing from them.


May the Russian people and the military overwhelm Putin's homes as he pisses his pants in fear.





Spread the truth to the Russian people and Putin's days are #ed.

[Delphinus]

28. Yes!

The Russian people need to know.

[Botany]

34. I'm sick of fucking around with Putin's Russia which declared war on us by installing Trump in 2016

You in Siberia have to go outside to shit in -15 F, you have no running hot water water, and Putin got
all his "stuff" by making you live like shit.

[Irish_Dem]

71. Yes Putin is responsible for US destruction. And there are no consequences.

He is destroying western democracies, lives like a king, and his people have no indoor plumbing.

And he goes to one of his palaces for rest and relaxation while his troops rape, murder and torture innocent people.

[Botany]

77. What Russia/Putin did to America and the UK w/Brexit in 2016 were "acts of war."

And lots of the same players were busy in both attacks. Hell on election night 2016 a former
producer for Sean Hannity and Fox News Exec was in Moscow having a party and some of the
same Russians who @ the June 2016 "get dirt on Hillary" meet up in Trump Towers were @
that party in Moscow to celebrate Trump's "win" in 2016.

[Irish_Dem]

78. Exactly, Putin wages war on the US with GOP help.

Same in the UK.

Installing Trump, engineering Brexit.

It has been like taking candy from a baby.

No wonder Putin was emboldened to invade Ukraine.

[Botany]

79. If we had stopped Putin in 2016 from installing Trump we would not have had the C-19 Pandemic or ...

.... Russia' 2022 attack on Ukraine.

[Irish_Dem]

80. I wonder if we will ever be able to list all the devastation and cost associated w/ Trump as POTUS?

Just the amount of time and energy it is taking to perhaps hold him accountable for his crime spree?

Yes the cost of the pandemic, the Ukraine War, in terms of dollars and lives.
That is just the beginning cost.

Cost to national security, damage to US institutions, to democracy, etc.

[Botany]

81. And don't forget that Putin installed Trump to cause social and political divisions into America ...

... and in that Vlad was very successful.

[Kyesha]

38. we can hope

Unfortunately, it may take more than that to bring the whole country out to the streets. The strikes and riots in Petrograd back in 1917 didn't reach a fever pitch until returning war veterans joined in. And the police aren't turning against the current czar yet.
Let's not forget the government that replaced Nicholas was a thousand times worse.

[Botany]

55. The Russian military in both Russia and Ukraine needs to take part in another Russian Revolution 2.0

And it might mean that a bunch of senior officers, FSB, and corrupt oligarchs will die too.

When the Communists fell in eastern Europe much of the rebellion was pushed by the
military and the police. They had had enough.

[Farmer-Rick]

39. The Russian people have paid a lot to keep Putin

In the style he has become accustomed to.

His golden eagle gate would have fund a Russian family of 4 for a decade. He's probably hiding in one of the tunnels that were dug to the cliffs.

[Irish_Dem]

73. He is the richest man in the world, by stealing all Russian assets.

He is said to be worth $300-400 Billion.

I agree, he is now hiding in an underground bunker.

[2naSalit]

53. Found this in my archives...

[moondust]

65. Nice little outhouse you have there.

It would be a shame if something happened to it.

[Dopers_Greed]

30. Bunker Boy

[ancianita]

31. Can't run a war from a mansion. To rest body and soul you first have to have a soul.

The soul of Russia is in the streets.

[Heather MC]

35. He could just Stay at Rest🤷🏾‍♀️

[Kyesha]

36. Gelendzhik?

This is the multimillion-dollar palace and compound that Alexei Navalny uncovered a year or so ago. Speaking of which, has anyone heard from him lately? His last Facebook post was several weeks ago.

[chowder66]

63. His twitter account is still posting as of the 23rd and has retweeted today.

This was his last retweet 6 hours ago.

Link to tweet

[randr]

40. vaporize him

[Me.]

43. Relapse?

[GreenEyedLefty]

46. 'resting his "body and soul" there'

Permanently? I hope

[Takket]

47. "He has been resting his "body and soul" there"

oh well i'm glad he's getting some much needed rest. Sending 300,000 people to die for absolutely nothing in a country they know nothing about with zero training and no functioning equipment is tiring work.

[Emile]

50. A real Russian leader would visit troops in the war zone!

Just sayn. . . He is almost as brave as Trump!

[2naSalit]

52. This the place?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017635093

[greatauntoftriplets]

54. If a Putin falls in a forest, has everyone stuck their fingers in their ears so they don't hear?

[frogmarch]

56. Enjoy the mold, Vlad

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56007943

The mysterious "Putin's Palace" that featured in a viral video by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny appeared to be full of luxuries gifted to President Vladimir Putin by wealthy friends. But then Russian TV broadcast a completely different report.

Gone was the sprawling palace's voluptuous decor, replaced instead by bare, concrete walls. The property looked as if it was being thoroughly rebuilt - raising questions about what exactly is happening at the estate.

The Navalny investigation video has racked up more than 110m views since its release. The Kremlin vehemently denies the palace claims, and President Putin has labelled it "boring" and a "compilation and montage". Since then Navalny has been jailed for failing to report to the prison service while he was recovering from a nerve agent attack in a Berlin hospital.

But BBC Russian has spoken to several builders who say they worked at the site of the palace between 2005 and 2020, building and then refurbishing it. They confirmed many of the allegations in the Navalny video - including that the palace was being rebuilt in part due to a mould infestation.

[Icanthinkformyself]

57. He took his Mom

with him so he could hide behind her skirt. Cowards are bullies are cowards.

[dlk]

61. With any luck, Putin will soon be resting in peace

Not just resting his “body and soul.”

[nowforever]

62. The actions of this one mentally ill man effects the entire globe

This sick man with his fragile ego has to retreat to contemplate his next atrocity. Can Trump please go visit him to give him solace and the both of them while on a contemplative stroll can step off a cliff...now that's an ending that would bring on a Global celebration and revival..."The likes of which we have never seen"...to quote the Orange Blob.

[cilla4progress]

64. Hope

someone can find him!

[Sky Jewels]

67. May he be eaten by wolves.

That would be a very Russian ending for him.

[Uncle Joe]

69. Putin is in his bunker, probably directing armies that he doesn't have,

although it might become a failed wolf's lair.

Thanks for the thread diehardblue

[Ilsa]

72. Novichok. Just enough for a slow, painful, certain death that he knows is coming. nt