Tuesday Timesuck: A Collection of Songs About Vladimir Putin

April 26, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

If you’re looking for a truly different playlist that’s guaranteed to annoy your co-workers today, VICE Romania has assembled this collection of songs about Vladimir Putin expressing various levels of love and hate.

Here’s a sample. “In the Open Field” is a sort of power ballad (well, to start, anyway) that glorifies Russian military might. Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine are big fans.

https://youtu.be/a47F8eTVg_M

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