Putin: The meeting with Russian students and the joke about the… “rubber butt” – “God forbid! Is that what he has to say?’

The importance of teaching history in a way approved by Kremlin he pointed out to Russians yesterday students o Vladimir Putin, at an event held in Kaliningrad. The Russian leader had asked children aged 9-12 attending the event to spend two weeks in quarantine beforehand to limit the risk of transmission Covid-19.

THE Daily Mailhe even links these excessive precautions by Putin against the risk of getting stuck coronavirus with the rumors that are widely circulating about his aggravated state of health, but also the upward trend recorded by the cases in recent times. The title of the British newspaper characteristically reads: “O Covid-paranoid Putin orders children to be quarantined for two weeks before seeing them face-to-face, “confuses” them with a joke he made about “rubber butt“while brainwashing them about Ukraine.”

In his speech to the students, the Russian president referred extensively to war with Ukraine, saying he intends to reclaim what he considers “traditionally Russian” areas. In particular, it referred to the Donbass as its “historic lands”. of Russia. “They had started to create an anti-Russian enclave on the territory of today’s Ukraine that threatens our homeland. So our people who are fighting there are defending the people of Donbas as well as Russia itself.”

During his question-and-answer conversation, which lasted about an hour, Putin said he was shocked to discover that children in eastern Ukraine they did not know that their homeland was once part of the Soviet Union along with Russia, and that it was vital that this situation be rectified. He also called the wave of protests that forced Ukraine’s pro-Russian president to resign in 2014 a “coup”. “After the 2014 coup, the people of Donetsk, a large part of Luhansk and Crimea did not want to recognize the coup. A war began against them and lasted eight years.” In his meeting with the students, however, Putin admitted that he himself… lags somewhat in the field of discipline, saying it needs work to improve.

The Russian President did not fail to preach to the students about the value of hard work and discipline. One of his placements, which was also discussed on social media, was one “funny” which he did using the phrase…”rubber butt».

“You have to be motivated to achieve them your goals. And of course, work hard. This combination is very important. Hard work is a talent in itself. It’s not just, excuse the expression, a “rubber butt”. It’s a talent to force oneself to work, and to do it productively” he said to students.

Can the joke with him “rubber butt” to make Putin laugh but the students didn’t take it the same way. In addition, the catchphrase he used raised many questions among Russian netizens, who were watching, commenting negatively on the Russian President for his placement.

“God save us! Is this what he has to say to the students at the discussion “about the important things” in Kaliningrad? What’s going on in his head? Someone heal the president!”, the journalist wrote Yelena Rykovtseva, about the words of the Russian leader. “Mr. Rubber Butt” was the political analyst’s “scorching” comment Fyodor Krashenikov. “What did he mean by that? What do rubber butts have to do with it? with the topic under discussion? Someone please explain,” wrote another commenter.

As reported by the Daily Mail, there is a chance that the Russian president somewhat confused the details of the story and his phrase was referring to its foreign minister Soviet Union Vyacheslav Molotov. It is recalled that during the period when Stalin was in power, Molotov was known with the nickname “stone butt” for his ability to sit at his desk and work without a break for more than 20 hours. However, Molotov corrected his comrades at the time, saying that the nickname given to him by Lenin was actually “iron butt”.