{"id":937,"date":"2025-03-14T14:48:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T15:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/?p=937"},"modified":"2025-03-18T23:07:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T23:07:54","slug":"russians-think-putin-sent-a-body-double-dressed-in-military-gear-to-frontline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/14\/russians-think-putin-sent-a-body-double-dressed-in-military-gear-to-frontline\/","title":{"rendered":"Russians think Putin sent a body double dressed in military gear to frontline"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eagle-eyed Russians on social media questioned if it was really him (Picture: EPA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Russians have mocked President Vladimir Putin<\/a> and claimed he sent his \u2018body double\u2019 to the frontline.<\/p>\n

Some online are convinced that the Putin who appeared in the Kursk region war zone is not the same dictator regularly seen in the Kremlin.<\/p>\n

The Russian ruler was dressed in military fatigues, but some pointed out he looked slimmer compared to his normal looks when he\u2019s in the Kremlin.<\/p>\n

Others noticed that while at the frontline, he read from normal-sized handwritten notes, compared to his usual large, printed scripts.<\/p>\n

\u2018Of all the doppelg\u00e4ngers, they picked the most pathetic one,\u2019 Russian Vadim said. \u2018One that you don\u2019t even feel sorry for.\u2019<\/p>\n

Natalia added: He\u2019s the same [double]\u00a0 who went to hug the residents of the \u2018liberated\u2019 cities in Ukraine.\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

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Putin visited the frontline in Kursk in military gear (Picture: AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another social media user added: \u2018Everyone had a laugh over the \u2018camouflage show\u2019 of the Kremlin ghoul. No one believed in the reality of the ghoulish body being transported to Kursk.\u2019<\/p>\n

Others claimed the clips of Putin at the command centre may have been filmed in Moscow to avoid the danger of Putin venturing near the war zone.<\/p>\n

Another sceptic blasted: \u2018Now we know why they grabbed Ukraine by the throat and demanded a ceasefire for a month. <\/p>\n

\u2018So that Putin, without fear, without his [nuclear] briefcase, in camouflage, could crawl out of his bunker and for the first time arrive at the front line in Kursk.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Previous rumours circulated online in 2023 (Picture: AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 2023, a video circulating on social media attempted to question the reality of Putin\u2019s surprise visit to Russian-occupied territories in\u00a0Ukraine<\/a>, asking \u2018Who visited Mariupol?\u2019<\/p>\n

It is unclear who created the video but it appears to be aimed at Russian nationals who rely on the country\u2019s state TV for their news.<\/p>\n

The footage states: \u2018Specialists long ago noticed the differences between the Russian president\u2019s body doubles.<\/p>\n

\u2018A ledge on Putin\u2019s earlobe constantly changes as does a small mole on his face. One of the Putins has straight wrinkles on his face, the other has small and interrupted [wrinkles]. This is impossible even if he had botox injections.\u2019<\/p>\n

Anton Gerashchenko, an official based in Kyiv, posted three images of Putin\u2019s chin and questioned how they could all be his.<\/p>\n

Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

For more stories like this, <\/strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eagle-eyed Russians on social media questioned if it was really him (Picture: EPA) Russians have mocked President Vladimir Putin and claimed he sent his \u2018body double\u2019 to the frontline. Some online are convinced that the Putin who appeared in the Kursk region war zone is not the same dictator regularly seen in the Kremlin. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-russia-ukraine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=937"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":942,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937\/revisions\/942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}