12 years of Putin in 2 minutes

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Benjamin Rifkin wrote:

> Dear Colleagues:
>
> There's a great 2-minute clip (a la Simpsons) summarizing 12 years of
> Putin at this link:
>
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzGo4c6U8os>
>
> The text is dense with cultural references, not all of which I
> recognize. I wonder if anyone knows the meaning of the initials KO on
> Medvedev's "Superman" shirt?

There seem to be an awful lot of news articles with the phrase "Медведев 
и Ко," as if "Ко" were a person's name (perhaps an Asian?), but of 
course it stands for "компания," right? Could that be it?

E.g.,
<http://www.66.ru/auto/news/111294/>
Медведев и Ко будут ездить на «Мерседесе»: ЗиЛ ничего не придумал

<http://uainfo.censor.net.ua/news/8444-medvedev-i-ko-sbezhit-iz-aeroporta-ostafevo-shema.html>
Медведев и Ко сбежат из аэропорта «Остафьево».

<http://www.rupor.info/news-v-mire/2011/12/19/medvedev-i-ko-zapuskajut-ejep/>
Медведев и Ко запускают ЕЭП

<http://za-kaddafi.ru/node/6680>
«Медведев и Ко» ничего общего с Россией больше не имеют

There's even a company by that name:
<http://www.urist96.ru>

> If anyone knows of a blow-by-blow explication of the references, I
> would love to see it.

Me, too.

-- 
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
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