In 1991 a shy young man called Vladimir Putin was a servant ...

[TomWilm]

In 1991 a young man called Vladimir was the servant for a Danish mayor visiting Russia:

- Vladimir was a quiet and very helpful man. He carried my bags, made sure I got the best seats in the theaters and that sort of thing. We did not talk much together, because he was best at German, and I am not very good at languages, says the Danish mayor Thorkild Simonsen. He was mayor of the town Aarhus, which had Skt. Petersburg as a twin citiy - a friendly arrangement which stopped in March 2022.

[hlthe2b]

1. So we are now seeking to humanize this monster?

What next? Retell stories of Hitler with his dog?

[TomWilm]

3. 😶

[brush]

2. Pootie has come a long way since then. Ukraine won't...

end well for him though.

[Solly Mack]

4. Yes. A polite, unassuming, but ever so helpful

intelligence gatherer.

He worked for the KGB in 1991, supposedly resigning midway through that year.

[Donkees]

5. That's Putin posing as Illya Kuryakin in the Danish Decoy Affair

[TomWilm]

7. 😊

[C_U_L8R]

6. A mass murderer in the making.

Not shy. Just scheming.