Vladimir Putin has been accused of using the same people to play different roles in his presidential photo ops after an eagle-eyed journalist noticed one woman appearing in several pictures with the Russian president.
According to Newsweek, the mystery of the blonde woman was first highlighted by Tadeusz Giczan, a Belarusian journalist based in the UK.
Giczan posted three photos in which the blonde woman appears in the crowd next to Putin. She’s dressed as a soldier in the first and a sailor in the second picture. In the third, she appears as part of a religious ceremony behind Putin.
A soldier, a sailor, a devout Christian. God moves in a mysterious way pic.twitter.com/zCDrUgXMIE— Tadeusz Giczan (@TadeuszGiczan) December 31, 2022
Head of the FSB common people department;) pic.twitter.com/9qZmSqp0fMRelated stories
— Tadeusz Giczan (@TadeuszGiczan) December 31, 2022
CNN correspondent Clarissa Ward also noted that several common faces appear in photos taken at different events. She raised questions about the woman’s identity, wondering whether she was a bodyguard or an actor.
This is fascinating. Who is she? A bodyguard? An actor? There are several other faces who appear in both photos on the right. https://t.co/cVZyLvya2g— Clarissa Ward (@clarissaward) December 31, 2022
He said the blonde woman and other people in the pictures were likely a part of Putin’s Presidential Protection Office.
However, journalist Raphael Grably, Associate Editor at BFM Business, identified the woman as Svetlana Radchenko, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation.
Herehttps://t.co/QfEKasYB5s pic.twitter.com/TAneQwTCmJ— Raphael Grably (@GrablyR) December 31, 2022
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