Vladimir Putin drives across Crimea bridge damaged in October blast

President Vladimir Putin on Monday (December 5) drove a Mercedes across the Crimean Bridge linking southern Russia to the annexed Crimean peninsula, less than two months since an explosion tore through one of the Kremlin chief's showcase infrastructure projects.

The 12-mile (19 km) road and rail bridge, which was personally opened by Putin in 2018, was bombed on October 8 in an attack Russia said was carried out by Ukraine.

Putin, accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin, was shown on state television behind the wheel of a Mercedes, asking questions about where the attack took place.

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[tdrs]

Didn’t he say he wanted to use his own cars like Lada and Moskvich instead of foreign ones?

[Rat-Salad]

Must have blocks under his feet to reach the pedals.😂

[ts]

Nice car Mr P! What’s the problem with Russian car manufacturers ?😂

[jamesirvine]

Not quite Hitler standing at the Eiffel tower

[rhubarbdedubarb]

Idk who tf is filming but they must be obscenely important

[lelouschelamperouche]

Sna my biglng tummng Bomba un bng do cinsdya pra msya

[ayoub.]

Remind me of Assad driving in Damascus in a propaganda video

[achilleze]

Is it true this is one of Putin's body doubles driving? apparently later in the day on TV he looked far more pudgy.

[EVILSCOTTSMAN]

Most likely a body double since he would be too damn paranoid to leave his country. Plus I heard he had a abit of a health crisis not long ago where he soiled himself

[bleachcoughdrops]

😂You telling me Putin drove across the bridge and nothing happened to him. I guarantee that America & Ukraine seen this but were to cowardly to take him out.

[rekstok]

Stunt double is an Android, it's taken over the world.

[liveuser]

Fun fact..Putin used to be a Cab Driver as a secondary job to being a KGB agent to gain extra funds due to the poverty in the early 90s(caused by Looting of Russian state assets by Russian, City of London and Wall Street Oligarchs)

[darkbean]

#1 most wanted war criminal, still on the loose

[orgovang]

Gratulacija, dá etá, harasó prezdent Putin!

[bigsmile]

So what you want but my god, the Russian work fast! The bridge is back within weeks!

[nw]

Putin is a goat
Don’t be fooled by the media

[renewklear]

They tried to put him driving a Soviet made car, but the country it was amde in no longer exists - is special sport version where put it in H make go fowards!

[lqtrecismcicmlam]

Well why not ? Crimea is a Republic now. 😉

[bandog]

130 tomahawk missiles were just fired into Kiev from the Black Sea from Russia's Navy 100% lost of all electrical power.

[Kayluv]

Vladimir putin needs to act like a better leader and rally his troops.. He’s not doing very good he should put on a uniform and visit the front lines.. Risky but would help the troops.. go russia🇷🇺