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		int_19h 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Old Soviet Venus descent craft nearing Earth reent... It doesn't actually achieve that, it just makes you look like an ignorant Westerner. Similar to all the "-ski" stuff that Americans, for some reason, seem to believe is indicative of Russian. If you want to troll Putin, call him Vovochka.

margalabargala 10 months ago [–]

Putin is not in fact the intended audience, so the diminutive should be tailored to the audience, not to Putin.

Kind of like calling him "Putain", or "Poo-tin", which are also not his name.

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