In a video published by propagandists, “residents of Mariupol” meet Putin in the courtyard of a house built by the occupiers. At the same time, one woman thanks him “for the victory,” and the pensioner admits that because of the actions of the RF Armed Forces, he was left without anything.
Russian propaganda continues to cover the arrival of Russian President Vladimir Putin in occupied Mariupol, and after videos of him visiting the Philharmonic and driving around the city at night, footage of a meeting with “local” residents appeared. According to pro-Kremlin media, the head of the Russian Federation visited the Nevsky microdistrict, where the invaders built several apartment buildings for Mariupol residents, and listened to the words of gratitude from the new settlers.
On the recording, Putin stands in a courtyard with new apartment buildings. Among those present, one woman thanks him “for the victory” and says: “We are praying for you. We have waited.” When asked by Putin whether they like their new housing, he emotionally replies that it is “a piece of paradise here now.”
Another person in the video, a pensioner, says he was left with nothing but is glad he got an apartment.
Later, Putin enters the new apartment, where a table is set in the kitchen, inspecting it.
“How many rooms do you have here?” he asks.
“Three. There were three and they gave three,” the same pensioner answers him.
Putin flew to Mariupol at night by helicopter after visiting Crimea. He drove through the streets of the city and even missed the tractor at a traffic light, which caused great suspicion that it was really the President of the Russian Federation.
According to the Kremlin propaganda, this was the first visit of the head of the Russian Federation to Mariupol since the beginning of the war. He visited the Philharmonic and a number of other facilities, after listening to how actively the city is being rebuilt.
During the fighting in Mariupol, up to 90% of the buildings were destroyed. Now the occupiers are demolishing the destroyed houses, as well as removing the ruins of the drama theater, under the rubble of which hundreds of civilians who were hiding in the basement died.
Earlier, Focus wrote that Putin will not be able to escape punishment for the crimes of which he is accused by the International Criminal Court. According to former ICC judge Vladimir Vasilenko, the warrant issued by the court obliges Vladimir Putin to appear in the Hague court to testify, but if the president does not do this, Interpol will put him on the international wanted list.
