Power Control Freak

No really. The most googled/yandexed word in Russia right now is Zubkov. As is in who the fuck is Zubkov.

You really get the impression that this is a bunch of guys with very small penises playing at running a country.

Vladimir Putin has nominated Viktor Zubkov, a little-known ally from St Petersburg currently serving as head of Russia’s anti-money laundering watchdog, as the country’s next prime minister, deputy Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. [From FT.com / World - Putin nominates ally as new Russian PM]


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