Good News Comrades, Daddymir Putin Is Back With Another Macho Calendar

Sure, Russian President Vladimir Putin crushes dissenters and political opponents, has fanned the oxymoronic flames of the Second Cold War, and has cozied right the hell up to none other than Donald Trump – but good Lord, the man knows his angles. 

As is tradition, the man, the myth, and the megalomaniac has appeared in another official calendar so the nation’s populace can reflect upon his stern visage throughout 2017.

In the past 24 hours. a few copies have found their way into the hands of people who can critique them with absolute impunity; a quick flip-through by the BBC’s Moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg reveals there’s less bareback machismo than expected, but there’s still just as much rampant nationalism:

If you’ll allow us to wildly speculate, it is somewhat worrying he saw it fit to frontload the year with bulk cuteness. Images of Putin palling it up with a young m8 on the slopes and a shot of him snugglin’ a kitten quickly give way to boasts of rah-rah military might in November and December. 

The preface for 2018 is downright ominous, too – after blatantly ignoring the whole Crimea thing, the calendar insists Russia is willing and able to defend itself. 

We’ll just have to wait and see, and gawk at him cuddling patriotic bork borks until that time arrives. 

Source and photo: Steve Rosenberg / Twitter.

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