A video clip circulated by the media, Thursday, documented the moment of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s anger and loss of temper in the face of his deputy prime minister, Denis Manturov.
During a videoconference, Putin is shown listening excitedly to Manturov’s remarks, before… He yells at him in the 20th minute of the video Which was published for the meeting and garnered great views on YouTube, and it was transmitted by several pages on social platforms.
This incident confirms the tension that Putin is experiencing after the repeated setbacks of his forces in Ukraine, according to the newspaper “.Daily Beast“.
The Russian president’s reaction came when Manturov publicly corrected Putin after he complained that some companies had not yet secured contracts to build new planes this year, a task made extremely difficult by Western sanctions that have cut off many imports for Moscow over its February 24 invasion of Ukraine.
Footage from the meeting shows Manturov quickly replying that “investment projects” were underway, but Putin stopped him, saying it had “taken too long”.
He said, “There are no orders in some enterprises even for this year 2023,” to be corrected again by Manturov, who told him that “all companies” had orders for this year and that “the Ministry of Defense confirmed the number.”
While trying to keep his “cool,” Putin again insisted that he was right and Manturov was wrong.
Then Putin went on to say with signs of anger, “Let’s finish this matter, what is the point of arguing with you?” “The managers told me there are really no contracts, and you say everything is fine.”
Then he scolded him in front of the audience, saying to him: “Why do you play the role of a fool?” He demanded that he terminate the contracts within a month.
While the Russian state media published the confrontation, it did not indicate that the minister was right, and that there were already contracts for this year.
Putin used the meeting as an opportunity to declare that all “problems” related to the so-called “special military operation” against Ukraine will be resolved soon, at the same time, he claimed that the country had not suffered any repercussions as a result of the war.
THREAD: a short look at a scolding from Putin & what it tells us about modern Russia.
Today Putin slammed head of Ministry of Industry & Trade Denis Manturov for not signing any new contracts for aircraft in 2023.
Putin was pictured dramatically eye-rolling & paper shuffling. pic.twitter.com/vaCZogudBD
— Emma Burrows (@EJ_Burrows) January 11, 2023
And Putin claimed during the meeting, “None of what our enemy expected of us happened.. Of course, the credit goes primarily to the citizens of Russia, their composure, and our readiness for all challenges and work in difficult conditions.”
The Russian forces recorded several setbacks in Ukraine, beginning with their failure to occupy the capital, Kyiv, which forced the leadership in Moscow to change its objectives, before it decided, in the midst of the ongoing battles, to replace the commander of its forces in Ukraine again, and this time appointed General Valery Gerasimov as Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces. , replacing Sergey Surovikin, who took over only last November.
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that the switch took place due to an “increasing number of tasks” to be completed and the “need” for “closer interaction” between the components of the army.
