Soup 55, December 27, 2022
Dmitry Medvedev
In today’s #vatnik soup, I’ll discuss a man who’s small in every sense. He’s the ex-president of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev.He’s currently working as the deputy chairman of the Security Council, but he’s best known for his aggressive social media behavior and sucking up to Putin. 1/12 

For the 2008 presidential election, everyone expected Putin to support a silovik candidate such as Viktor Zubkov or Sergei Ivanov, but to everyone’s surprise he introduced Medvedev as his preferred successor. Putin’s endorsement caused Dmitry’s popularity to skyrocket.
Putin’s endorsement could’ve been due to two reasons: 1) He was just as short as Putin, and 2) he was a weak candidate who wouldn’t try to do a power grab later when Putin signed up for re-election.
After he became the president, Medvedev appointed Putin as the Prime Minister.4/12
After he became the president, Medvedev appointed Putin as the Prime Minister.4/12
His 80-hectare dacha consisted of several houses, a ski run, a swimming pool with a waterfall, three helipads, communication towers and a house for ducks. These ducks became the target of public ridicule and a symbol of protests in Russia.
Even the Ducks Live Like King…
Like all good Russians, Medvedev allegedly loves alcohol. There were wild speculations about his sobriety at G-8 meeting back in 2009.These days Medvedev is doing angry rants on social media, calling for genocide in Ukraine on almost daily basis, threatening the West with …9/12
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