12 years of Putin in 2 minutes

[Alina Israeli]

It could also mean кооператив Озеро. This would be not the first time  
a euphemism is used with the same first letters when everyone knows  
the real thing.


On Mar 15, 2012, at 7:07 AM, Natalia Tsumakova wrote:

> The author of this video states in his blog, that K.O. means 'Капитан
> Очевидность' (Kapitan Ochevidnost') from English 'Captain Obvious'.  
> That's
> what they call Medvedev.
> Check out this article encyclopedia of subculture:
> http://lurkmore.to/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9E%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 6:06 AM, Josh Wilson <jwilson at sras.org> wrote:
>
>> Actually, at about 1:20, you see Putin's face inflate and it stays  
>> puffy
>> (th
>> bulges under the eyes) for the rest of the piece.
>>
>> http://www.rferl.org/content/viral_video_parses_putin_era/24502526.html
>>
>> The folks at RFERL did a run down of several of the references  
>> awhile back,
>> but it's not a full list.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Josh Wilson
>> Assistant Director
>> The School of Russian and Asian Studies
>> Editor in Chief
>> Vestnik, The Journal of Russian and Asian Studies
>> SRAS.org
>> jwilson at sras.org
>>
>> Deadlines for summer study abroad are coming up - study the Russian
>> elections, Russian mass movements, acting, ecology, history, the  
>> Russian
>> Far
>> East, Eurasian culinary traditions - the possibilities are endless!
>>
>> http://www.sras.org/program_summer
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
>> [mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Alina Israeli
>> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 6:41 AM
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>> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] 12 years of Putin in 2 minutes
>>
>> I think they forgot Putin's new botox face.
>>
>>
>> On Mar 14, 2012, at 9:55 PM, 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&feature=share
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Alina Israeli
>> Associate Professor of Russian
>> LFS, American University
>> 4400 Massachusetts Ave.
>> Washington DC 20016
>> (202) 885-2387        fax (202) 885-1076
>> aisrael at american.edu
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Washington DC 20016
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