WHow does a man who has everything party? After what emerged from Russia on Friday about President Vladimir Putin’s 70th birthday, with work. Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, had already made it clear on Wednesday that the president would attend “work events” on his birthday. The fact that things just keep going is an important message for Putin, for whom maintaining his own health and fitness is probably his greatest concern, especially as he enters his eighth decade.
It should not be discussed excessively, probably because of the problem of impermanence; Eight years ago, one of Putin’s followers put forward the formula that Russia “is” with Putin but “is not” without him. The exiled Russian news portal “Medusa” now reported that the Kremlin had not given the regions any specifications for the birthday. “Medusa” even heard from a regional tour: “Why emphasize that our president has been retired for a long time?”
