(photos) The bizarre, literal isolation of Vladimir Putin

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Putin chairs a Security Council meeting at the Kremlin on Feb. 21.
(Sputnik/Kremlin Pool/AP)


Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with French President Emmanuel Macron in Moscow on Feb. 7.
(Sputnik/AFP/Getty Images)


Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Putin in Moscow on Feb. 1.
(Yuri Kochetkov/Pool/AP)


Orban and Putin on Feb. 1.
(Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool Photo/AP)


Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Putin in Moscow on Feb. 14.
(Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool/AP)


Putin chairs a meeting on economic issues on Feb. 28.
(Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik/Kremlin/Reuters)


https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/28/putin-bizarre-isolation/

[Doodley]

1. Social distancing?

[LisaL]

2. Taken very seriously.

Apparently he is doing it to prevent catching covid.

[iemanja]

16. That's how it seems to me

I guess the only way to know for sure would be to see pictures from before COVID.
Like TFG, he only cares about his own potential for infection. He's fine letting the rest of us advisors sit clustered at the other end of the table.

[Rebl2]

19. Afraid of being

poisoned more likely

[dchill]

4. That looks like anti-social distancing to me.

[shelshaw]

18. How far does polonium travel???

[L. Coyote]

24. Julius Ceasar.

[Carlitos Brigante]

3. Totally normal. Nothing to see here..... He just likes to do things

"Bruce Wayne" Style. He's got the money, just lacks the charm, humanity, ethics, self awareness, morality.......

[Gore1FL]

13. Not to mention the cool cave and utility belt. nt

[I_UndergroundPanther]

5. Where does he get those

Ridiculously long tables lol. Reminds me of cartoons that make fun of ogliarches.

[AkFemDem]

6. He probably has severely lowered immune system due to chemo

He has that bloated chemo look in his face these days. He can’t afford to get sick with anything if that’s the case.

[LisaL]

7. While we have no concrete evidence to support that,

his fear of covid seems to be rather extreme for a healthy person.

[Lonestarblue]

14. I noticed how puffy his face looked in recent photos. I didn't know a possible cause.

[Rebl2]

21. His face

reminds me of a person on high dose of prednisone. I have seen it before.

[orwell]

8. Why does everything around this dude...

...look like it came out of a bad 60's Bond film.

Old phones, big weird switch boxes, cables running over the floor, cheesy furniture...

Where's the long haired white cat...

[C_U_L8R]

9. He needs a monocle.

And a tank of piranhas. Maybe that's what those buttons are for.

[orwell]

12. Perfect...

...the tank of piranhas under a big metal sliding hatch on the floor.

And don't forget the laser beams...gotta have frickin' laser beams...

[AllaN01Bear]

20. trapdoor and tank filled with sharks , alligators and crocodiles .

[Solly Mack]

10. Well, if polonium-210 was your poison of choice, you'd steer clear of people too.

Just in case the tables got turned.

[fierywoman]

11. The flowers at the halfway point of the table with Macron were a nice touch.

[BigmanPigman]

15. I'm sure tRump would do the same thing

if he were still POTUS. He'd probably make his even longer since he can't be out done by anyone. The bigger the better according to him. He did have all his cabinet secretaries go around a big table and tell him how he was the smartest, bravest most wonderful person on the planet in 2017. Kissing the ring of their crime boss.

[Gore1FL]

17. If he is that isolated outside of meetings, it seems someone with the resources could end him. nt

[DallasNE]

22. Social Distancing

60 feet.

Or, Putin could be scared shitless of an assassination attempt - and who can blame him.

[Maeve]

23. At that point, I'd call it anti-social distancing