Putin 2. 0. The Spiral Of History

Shcheglova Olga (Boris Bidyaga)

WARD №666: ORTHODOX MILITARY PUTINISM
 Album of satirical miniatures

MINIATURE №50
PUTIN 2.0: THE SPIRAL OF HISTORY
 
Exhibit at the Museum of Historical Parallels. On the wall — three official portraits:
• Tsar Nicholas II — “Nicholas II”
• Grigori Rasputin — “Ras-Putin”
• Vladimir Putin — “V. Putin”

Ras-Putin = Putin I (Proto-Putin)

V. Putin = Putin II (The Sequel)

*Curator’s Note

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce. Now it’s looping as a psycho-absurdist horror remake. Two different men, one ominous namesake — a recurring curse on the Russian state. The finale, as always, is written in poison, polonium, and palace intrigues.

Putin I (Version 1.0 — Grigori Rasputin) Finale: Cyanide, bullet to the head. (1916) Status: DISCONTINUED

Putin II (Version 2.0 — Vladimir Putin) Finale (Under Development — Beta Preview):
• 30% — Snuffbox Special (Historical Edition)
• 30% — Silken Scarf (Classic Strangulation)
• 30% — “Novichok™” (Modern & Lethal)
• 10% — “Spontaneous” Heart Attack (Plausible Deniability Package) Scheduled Release: 202X

*Historical Note

Snuffbox — Emperor Paul I of Russia was killed in 1801: strangled, but the first blow was delivered with a snuffbox.

Scarf — Stalin allegedly used a scarf in the killing of his security chief Nikolai Yezhov; “death by scarf” became a symbol of Kremlin strangulations.

“Novichok” — a military-grade nerve agent developed in the USSR, used in notorious poisonings such as those of Sergei Skripal and Alexei Navalny.

Heart attack — “sudden cardiac arrest” is the most common euphemism in Russian official reports on suspicious political deaths.