
When East-Germany collapsed and Putin was forced to return home to Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) in 1990, one of the few items he brought from East-Germany was a washing machine tied on top of his car.

When East-Germany collapsed and Putin was forced to return home to Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) in 1990, one of the few items he brought from East-Germany was a washing machine tied on top of his car.
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From Daniel Yergin’s book ‘The New Map’.
Whaa, can’t believe it!! Thanks for finding this nugget of information!!!
LMAO so the vatniks are just taking after their President?!
Shocker
Aka. a Russian take-away
He took the washing machine to de-nazi-fy it.
Which book is this?
And a list of names from Operation Luch for cooperative future influential figures in Western Europe.
Old habits die hard.