>From: "Zoya Gubernskaya" <******@yandex.ru>
>Reply-To: ******@yandex.ru
>To: itschris13 at hotmail.com
>Subject: Re: Fwd: With my compliments
>Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 15:20:57 +0300 (MSK)
>
>Sexy Putin storms into Russian pop charts
> MOSCOW, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Few ex-KGB spies have been immortalised.
>But Russian President Vladimir Putin, already sure of his place in history,
>is fast becoming a pop icon -- thanks to a racy all-girl band.
> "And now I want a man like Putin," croons a saucy female voice on
>Russian radio.
> Her sticky pop tune -- called "A Man Like Putin" -- can be heard
>blasting from Moscow's shops and cars. It suggests a remarkable high point
>in the president's career -- the country's top bureaucrat might soon turn
>into its chief sex symbol.
> In the song, the lead singer of the band Singing Together is fed up
>with Russia's violent and vodka-guzzling men and chirps about the usually
>stern-looking president:
> "And now I want a man like Putin who doesn't drink. A man like Putin
>who wouldn't hurt me..."
> Putin, also celebrated in books and T-shirts, has enjoyed spectacular
>popularity since becoming president in 2000 for his tough approach to
>restoring law and order after a decade of political and economic turmoil.
> Putin is married and the father of two daughters.
> His image got a fresh boost with his forceful handling of a Moscow
>hostage crisis despite the deaths of 119 hostages in the raid by security
>forces that ended the drama.
> Below is the full text of the song:
> My boyfriend is in trouble again,
> He got into a fight and got stoned on something,
> I am sick of him and so I told him, get out of here,
> And now I want a man like Putin.
>
> A man like Putin, full of energy,
> A man like Putin who doesn't drink,
> A man like Putin who wouldn't hurt me,
> A man like Putin who wouldn't run away from me.
>
> I saw him in the news yesterday,
> He was saying the world was at the crossroads,
> It's easy with a man like him at home or out and about,
> And now I want a man like Putin.
>
>
>
>
> >Are people really listening to this song?
> >
> >
> >>From: "Lenard Leeds" <lleeds at post.com>
> >>To: "Chris Doss" <itschris13 at hotmail.com>
> >>Subject: With my compliments
> >>Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 20:09:31 -0500
> >>
> >>Ìîé ïàðåíü ñíîâà âëèï â äóðíûå äåëà,
> >>Ïîäðàëñÿ, íàãëîòàëñÿ êàêîé-òî ìóòè
> >>Îí òàê ìåíÿ äîñòàë, ÷òî ÿ åãî ïðîãíàëà
> >>È ÿ òåïåðü õî÷ó òàêîãî êàê Ïóòèí
> >>
> >>Òàêîãî êàê Ïóòèí, ïîëíîãî ñèë
> >>Òàêîãî êàê Ïóòèí, ÷òîáû íå ïèë,
> >>Òàêîãî êàê Ïóòèí, ÷òîá íå îáèæàë,
> >>Òàêîãî êàê Ïóòèí, ÷òîá íå óáåæàë
> >>
> >>ß âèäåëà åãî â÷åðà â íîâîñòÿõ.
> >>Îí ãîâîðèë î òîì, ÷òî ìèð íà ðàñïóòüå,
> >>Ñ òàêèì êàê îí ëåãêî è äîìà è â ãîñòÿõ
> >>È ÿ õî÷ó òåïåðü òàêîãî êàê Ïóòèí
> >>
> >>Òàêîãî êàê Ïóòèí, ïîëíîãî ñèë
> >>Òàêîãî êàê Ïóòèí, ÷òîáû íå ïèë,
> >>Òàêîãî êàê Ïóòèí, ÷òîá íå îáèæàë,
> >>Òàêîãî êàê Ïóòèí, ÷òîá íå óáåæàë
> >>
> >
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>Best regards,
>
>Zoya Gubernskaya
>zoyagu at yandex.ru
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