Putin is a doll!

On March 23, 2004, Izvestia published an article about the St. Petersburg artist Varvara Skripkina, who makes figurines of Vladimir Putin out of plastic (a photograph is attached in the paper version of the newspaper). "Putin on skis. Putin with a fishing rod. Putin with a basket of pickled mushrooms... - Oh, how pretty! Can you take off his shirt?" - the correspondent describes the delight of the public. Particularly touching in this reportage is the story of a disinterested artist: "Once a very persistent man came. And I said:" Not for sale! "And he:" I'll give you five thousand dollars! was at some Vasya Pedalkin's!"

Sources

• Rotkevich Elena. Putin with a fishing rod and a worm // News. 2004. March 23.