Putin 30 years ago

morphum on February 22nd, 2023 at 14:08 UTC »

Looks like one of the McPoyle brothers from Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Spartan2470 on February 22nd, 2023 at 14:49 UTC »

In an effort to see if the title is true, I was able to find the uncropped version of this image. According to this source:

@mjluxmoore

A shot of Putin in his St Pete days making the rounds on Russian Twitter. Definitely rocking the “wild 90s” look.

1:17 AM · Jan 19, 2020

Matthew Luxmoore is a reporter at The Wall Street Journal.

In one of the replies, Gennady Rudkevich (an Assistant Professor in International Relations at Georgia College) states:

I use this one in class. Turns out they were taken during the same event.

Reuters corroborates this:

Vladimir Putin (L), chairman of the External Relations Committee of Saint Petersburg, takes part in a ceremony to open an electronics store in St. Petersburg in this April 29, 1993 file photo. Putin triumphed in Russia's presidential election on March 4, 2012 and, tears rolling down his cheeks, called his victory a turning point that had prevented the country falling into the hands of enemies. REUTERS/Pavel Markin/Files

Edit: Here is a picture of Putin from August 20, 1991 (31 years ago). Here is the source. Per there:

Vladimir Putin, chairman of the External Relations Committee of Saint Petersburg, looks on at Mariinsky Palace in St. Petersburg in this August 20, 1991 file photo. Putin triumphed in Russia's presidential election on March 4, 2012 and, tears rolling down his cheeks, called his victory a turning point that had prevented the country falling into the hands of enemies. REUTERS/Sergey Kompaniychenko/Files

FlowB1 on February 22nd, 2023 at 16:00 UTC »

Looks like a Simpsons character