Newsweek: Putin's Gifts to Ex-Soviet Leaders Spark 'Lord of the Rings' Jokes
Russian President Vladimir Putin's gifts to his allies sparked a barrage of jokes and comparisons to the Lord of the Rings series.
Putin, who has faced rebuke from the West over his unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, gifted rings to the leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), a coalition of former Soviet republics, in St. Petersburg on Monday, according to a report from The Moscow Times, an independent Russian news outlet.
During the summit, in which Putin reaffirmed cooperation between the member states despite some tensions, the Russian president gave the leaders a gold ring engraved with New Year's greetings, according to the Times.
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Putin Gives Eight Golden ‘Rings Of Power’ To CIS leaders At Summit
Putin Presents Rings to his Fellow CIS Leaders During Summit -- Moscow Times
Putin gives eight golden ‘rings of power’ to CIS leaders, keeping another for himself -- Meduza
Putin gives rings to heads of former Soviet Union states at summit -- FOX News
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Those ruskis are pretty cool sometimes
Wasn’t it the dwarves, not the Nazgûl that got eight rings?
No
Men 9
Dwarves 7
Elves 3
Orcs 8
Bummer. Eight dwarves would make such symbolic sense. It has been been a long time since I read the books.
Now the Orcs have 7..
11:40 why 8? I thought 7 was the dwarven lucky number or something?
https://www.icysedgwick.com/numbers-in-folklore/
Just released: China is making copies to put in bubblegum machines.
negative on Orcs 8
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