Heres putin sitting in a gaming chair to uh demonstrate strength – Breaking News & Latest Updates 2026
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Here’s Putin sitting in a gaming chair to, uh, demonstrate strength.

Incredible payoff to this paragraph in the NYT:

Days after an aborted rebellion in Russia by a mercenary group presented a dramatic challenge to his leadership, President Vladimir V. Putin made highly choreographed public appearances in an effort to project power and control, even as U.S. officials said early intelligence reports suggested that a top general had been detained in connection with the failed uprising.

Nothing projects power and control after a coup like that expression in that headrest. Put it in the history books.

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Well, here he is.
Photo by GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images
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