Traditionally, on the Epiphany, instead of the dictator Putin, his double dived into the pit.

A doppelgänger also attended this year's Christmas service.

This was stated by Russian political scientist Valery Solovei on the Live Nail YouTube channel.

"How did you get the idea that it was him? It was a person who calls himself the president of the Russian Federation. It is unlikely that it was Putin. It is physically difficult for him. He cannot stand for a long time due to medical reasons. He cannot stand the service. But for security reasons he now developed paranoia. This is well understood and noticeable. So it is very doubtful that this was the current president of the Russian Federation," the expert noted.

Solovei explained why then the dictator's publicists made such a mistake, showing a service at which there was only one Putin and a priest.

"Carlson's famous canvas "Little Lonely Rooster". Well, the little lonely quasi-president of the Russian Federation. There are two reasons. The publicists did not care about everything and are beginning to openly mock the Russian president. And the second: there is the experience of New Year's greetings, and exhibiting the same mass for the second time in a row in the person of parishioners, agree, it would look extremely dubious. These should be people from the security service who have been checked a hundred times. Only they are taken for mass, others are not," the political scientist concluded.

Putin's doubles: what is known

Earlier, a former employee of the KGB and intelligence of the Russian Federation Serhiy Zhirnov said that Putin sent a double to meet with Lukashenka instead of himself.

The head of the main intelligence department, Kyrylo Budanov, said that Putin can be replaced by doppelgangers.

According to him, the dictator has at least three doubles.

On the other hand, the ex-deputy head of the SBU, Viktor Yagun, does not support this opinion and believes that there is a maximum of one doppelgänger.

After all, it is very difficult to prepare doppelgangers.

Russian human rights activist and blogger Mark Feigin says that Putin has operational doubles in case of an assassination attempt.

But the president of the Russian Federation does not release doppelgangers for international events.

Military expert Roman Svitan suggested that at the tribunal, it is not Putin, but his double who may be responsible for crimes against Ukraine.

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