The socks of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, rubbed on the heels, are put up for an online auction at a price of 15 thousand rubles. “Selling socks, very comfortable, mileage 12 km. Model: fast walkers, air-cooled. Some minor cosmetic repairs are required, ”the announcement posted by the TV and radio company Zvezda reads.
President of Ukraine suspected of wearing holey socks
Photo: Press Service of the President of Ukraine
The President of Ukraine on Saturday, July 9, became a hero of social networks.
In the photo of the head of state, laying flowers at the monument to the victims of the Volyn tragedy in Warsaw, users found something that resembles a wear in a sock.
Despite the fact that some users are sure that this is not a hole, but a drawing on socks, Poroshenko with holey socks instantly became the hero of internet memes.
"Always drunk and leaky socks ..., ... a murderer ..." is one of the few harsh comments that users leave on social networks under a photo with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
Other bloggers wondered how many days the Ukrainian leader did not change this sock. Still others suggested that when he went to Warsaw for the NATO summit to negotiate on aid to Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko specially put on a torn sock to pity the alliance officials.
However, some users believe that a light pattern is applied on the black sock, which, if the image is not high enough resolution, can be mistaken for a hole.
Some users sarcastically noticed that for some reason patriotic Russians care about Poroshenko's holey socks more than holes in their country's budget.
Recall that in the spring, users also actively discussed Poroshenko's rumpled suit, in which he appeared at a meeting with Barack Obama.
Poroshenko's socks requiring cosmetic repairs ask for 15 thousand rubles
Russia does not pose an immediate threat to NATO. This was stated by the Secretary General of the organization Jens Stoltenberg, summing up the results of the discussion on Russia at the summit in Warsaw. The leaders agreed that relations with Moscow would be based on defense and dialogue. Stoltenberg also added that NATO and Russia are no longer strategic partners, but neither are they waging a cold war.
The final day of the summit in Warsaw. Ukraine and Afghanistan are on the agenda. Progress has been made in Afghanistan, Stoltenberg said, but there is still much work to be done. "Especially with regard to respect for human rights, electoral reform and the fight against corruption," he said.
According to the politician, stability in the country should be a priority for Afghanistan. "The Afghan security forces are now responsible for security throughout the country, protecting the Afghan people with dedication and courage," added the NATO secretary general.
The volume of non-US funding for Afghan forces is already close to the goal of a billion dollars. At the same time, Stoltenberg noted that the United States in Afghanistan will continue to participate in military operations.
"We agreed to extend the mission in Afghanistan for one more year. In 2017, the contingent will probably remain at the same level. This is about 12 thousand soldiers. We will announce the exact numbers later, the decision will be made in the fall. The United States will also retain its forces in Afghanistan. , they will participate in operations in addition to the NATO mission, "Stoltenberg said.
Discussed at the summit and Ukraine, or rather its ardent desire to get into NATO as soon as possible. Earlier, President Poroshenko wrote an article in the Wall Street Journal with the eloquent headline "Kiev and the North Atlantic Alliance are allies in the confrontation with Russia." Nevertheless, it was stated at the summit that the issue of Ukraine's membership in NATO is only at the level of discussion.
"We have been conducting an open door policy for many years and are opening these doors for the countries of eastern and southern Europe. The concept of creating a free democratic EU and NATO is not yet a complete process. Many countries are at the candidate stage or in the consideration phase. Georgia is a candidate for membership and is at an advanced stage. There are also candidates on the southern flank, "said Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski
Meanwhile, journalists joke that if Poroshenko so wants to join NATO, then he urgently needs to hire a stylist. The President of Ukraine will be remembered at the summit for his torn toe. The already sensational photo was taken during the ceremony of laying flowers at the monument to the victims of the Volyn massacre. The photo instantly spread across social networks.
This is not the first time that Poroshenko has demonstrated such negligence. In the spring, Internet users noticed that the president had put on a badly ironed jacket to meet with Obama. Many then joked that he did it on purpose in order to pity the United States and beg more money from the American administration.
On that day, the Ukrainian leader, together with the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, Nadezhda Savchenko, laid flowers at the monument to the victims of the Volyn tragedy in Warsaw. And at this moment on the picture the parted fabric of the black sock of the president of Ukraine became noticeable.
Many Russian publications immediately wrote about this, in particular, "Moskovsky Komsomolets", as well as Russian TV channels commented on the news.
On the Internet, of course, offered to chip in to the Ukrainian president on new socks.
"Always drunk and holey socks ..., ... murderer ...", Is one of the few harsh comments that users leave on social networks under a photo with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
Other bloggers wondered how many days the Ukrainian leader did not change this sock. Still others suggested that when he went to Warsaw for the NATO summit to negotiate on aid to Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko specially put on a torn sock to pity the alliance officials.
Other users believe that the black sock has a light pattern, which, if the image is not high enough resolution, could be mistaken for a hole. And some Russians sarcastically noticed that for some reason, patriotic Russians care about Poroshenko's leaky socks more than holes in their country's budget.
In Ukraine, no hole in Poroshenko's sock was noticed, reports RBC-Ukraine. The publication notes that in Russia they simply "found a reason to gloat."
But even if the torn sock is just another trolling of the Ukrainian president, it is still not Poroshenko's first such embarrassment. In the spring, he appeared in crumpled clothes and unshorn shoes at a meeting with US President Barack Obama, becoming the object of much ridicule.
However, Poroshenko always looks like a collective farmer at international meetings ...
Everyone also remembers how the press service of the Ukrainian president reported that Petro Poroshenko met with Barack Obama during the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington. Allegedly, the leaders of the two countries managed to discuss the situation in Donbass and Crimea, as well as issues of developing a strategic partnership. The public was even shown a picture in which Poroshenko and Obama shake hands.
However, as Bogdan Yaremenko, the former consul general of Ukraine in Istanbul and Edinburgh, noted, the White House for some reason did not know anything about full-fledged negotiations between the heads of the United States and Ukraine. Discuss latest events Poroshenko could have a business breakfast with US Vice President Joseph Biden. But the President of Ukraine met with Obama before a working dinner, when the American leader greeted all the heads of foreign delegations. For such a short time Poroshenko could only have spilled a few sentences with Obama, Yaremenko notes in his
Russia does not pose an immediate threat to NATO. This was stated by the Secretary General of the organization Jens Stoltenberg, summing up the results at the summit in Warsaw. The leaders agreed that relations with Moscow would be based on defense and dialogue. Stoltenberg also added that NATO and Russia are no longer strategic partners, but neither are they waging a cold war.
The final day of the summit in Warsaw. Ukraine and Afghanistan are on the agenda. Progress has been made in Afghanistan, Stoltenberg said, but there is still much work to be done. "Especially with regard to respect for human rights, electoral reform and the fight against corruption," he said.
According to the politician, stability in the country should be a priority for Afghanistan. "The Afghan security forces are now responsible for security throughout the country, protecting the Afghan people with dedication and courage," added the NATO secretary general.
The volume of non-US funding for Afghan forces is already close to the goal of a billion dollars. At the same time, Stoltenberg noted that the United States in Afghanistan will continue to participate in military operations.
"We agreed to extend the mission in Afghanistan for one more year. In 2017, the contingent will probably remain at the same level. This is about 12 thousand soldiers. We will announce the exact numbers later, the decision will be made in the fall. The United States will also retain its forces in Afghanistan. , they will participate in operations in addition to the NATO mission, "Stoltenberg said.
Discussed at the summit and Ukraine, or rather its ardent desire as quickly as possible. Earlier, President Poroshenko wrote an article in the Wall Street Journal with the eloquent headline "Kiev and the North Atlantic Alliance are allies in the confrontation with Russia." Nevertheless, it was stated at the summit that the issue of Ukraine's membership in NATO is only at the level of discussion.
"We have been conducting an open door policy for many years and are opening these doors for the countries of eastern and southern Europe. The concept of creating a free democratic EU and NATO is not yet a complete process. Many countries are at the candidate stage or in the consideration phase. Georgia is a candidate for membership and is at an advanced stage. There are also candidates on the southern flank, "said Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski
Meanwhile, journalists joke that if Poroshenko so wants to join NATO, then he urgently needs to hire a stylist. The President of Ukraine will be remembered at the summit. The already sensational photo was taken during the ceremony of laying flowers at the monument to the victims of the Volyn massacre. The photo instantly spread across social networks.
This is not the first time that Poroshenko has demonstrated such negligence. In the spring, Internet users noticed that the president had put on a badly ironed jacket to meet with Obama. Many then joked that he did it on purpose in order to pity the United States and beg more money from the American administration.
09.07.2016, 12:15
In the spotlight
Without Tabu explains why you shouldn't laugh at Poroshenko's torn socks.
On Friday, July 8, the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko at the monument to the victims of the Volyn massacre (this is how the events in Volyn in 1943 are called in Poland, stubbornly ignoring the victims from the Ukrainian side).
The touching photos of the kneeling president had a great resonance, however, from the plane of Ukrainian-Polish relations, which have noticeably cooled down recently, the story quickly turned into a scandalous plane.
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The publications of the occupying country were actively involved and on Friday evening - Saturday morning a solid array of materials was born, the main leitmotif of which, as expected, conveyed the idea that Ukraine's affairs are bad, and a torn sock became a clear confirmation of the crisis in the country.
United front
Many even remembered that this was not Poroshenko's first “fail”. So, at a meeting with President Obama in the spring of this year, he was in a crumpled suit, making Russian ordinary people pretty amused (naturally, within the framework of the legislation of the Russian Federation).
Once - an accident, the second ...
Torn socks and the crumpled suit of the President of Ukraine in their minds easily outweighed Jimmy Choo for $ 750, shod by Dmitry Medvedev in violation of protocol (loafers for official meetings are bad manners) and agitating Runet for about a week, became an important shell in hybrid warfare.
Dmitry Medvedev's press service worked against his patron, although it is probably worth saying that the prime minister worked against himself
However, as is known, hybrid war there may be several fronts, somewhere the status quo cannot be changed, but somewhere a breakthrough is quite possible. Therefore, let's consider appearance Poroshenko as a technology. On Friday, in a shared photo of the NATO summit participants, the head of the belligerent country was given the centerpiece, he was the focus of everyone's attention and the addressee of many speeches.
Of course, this is the president of a belligerent country, literally single-handedly restraining Russian aggression. What should the president of a country that has been attacked look like? Certainly not properly dressed. And the torn socks and the wrinkled suit are just about that.
As you know, Ukrainian politicians love foreign political strategists, it is they who build their image for the West (which is quite logical, domestic - for the domestic market, foreign - for the external). The work of American PR masters is distinguished by attention to detail and subtle non-verbal cues. These are the symbols of Poroshenko's "fail".
Thus, a torn sock is likely worth more than Jimmy Choo loafers, because, as you know, the services of Western PR specialists are not cheap. This is for you .
Poroshenko can have as many offshores and Roshen stores on square meter metropolitan land. Perhaps he is even richer than Dmitry Medvedev (which is likely). Ukrainians can talk as much as they want about the corruption schemes of President number five, and in Russia they can ridicule Poroshenko as much as they want on social networks (the opinion of Russians does not care even in Russia itself), but for the West, this slovenliness forms the image of a brave president of a proud country who does not think about himself , and gives all his strength to the struggle.