Vladimir Putin gets mad props at a Russian hip-hop party… which I can only imagine means a couple of Bison farmers who learned to rhyme to the beat of snow falling on fat women in furry hats gathering in a mud-hut to smoke cigarette. Was that ignorantly stereotypical enough? I just did that on the fly; I think it came out pretty good. Anyway, from this story:

• Putin, wearing a turtleneck sweater and jacket, went on stage to present awards to participants in “Battle for Respect”, a hip-hop music contest run by Muz TV, a Russian rival to MTV.
• “It would have been cool to record a joint track with Vladimir Putin because he is a legendary man and our idol,” sang rapper Zhigan who won the contest.

I couldn’t find any video of Zhigan, or Muz TV, and I didn’t look that hard. And of course I stopped the search when I found this video of a couple of hot Russian chicks doing a Putin techno song.

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