Vladimir Putin and Masha, 1988.
Posted on 03/21/2009 4:10:18 PM PDT by JoeProBono
More Than Meets the Eye? President Ronald Reagan greets a boy while in Red Square with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, far right, in Moscow in 1988. Pete Souza, the current chief White House photographer, took the photo when he held the same position under Reagan. Souza said the man with the camera is Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin posing as a tourist during his days as a Soviet spy.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.aol.com ...
Yup.
True enough, but a lot can happen to a nose ; P Put me down as a yes vote, based on the jaw line, and ear.
Tatt
Vladimir Putin and Masha, 1988.
Wow! Are you the little boy?
It’s a much better match than any of the imitators of the long dead Osama Bin Laden that have been put out since December, 2001.
Good guess!
I would say that it is close, but not him.
Meh...I say probably not. He might be one of Vlad’s colleagues, but he’s not Vlad. The nose is wrong and boy, is the hair wrong.
The guy in the photo with Reagan has better hair than the young Putin with the child, who is already showing a receding hairline. Also the young Putin has the sloped nose of the older Putin photo.
the ear lobes look different
There’s a resemblance, but I don’t believe the guy is Putin.
Looks like George Will.
I would tend to think it IS Putin, not only for the similarity in facial appearance (allowing for age, it is pretty damn close), but also for the fact that the old Soviet Union was notorious for casting KGB agents and informants in the role of ‘ordinary’ Soviet citizens, a practice that goes all the way back to the original ‘Potemkin Village’.
Yeah, and that looks like an old Soviet ‘Zenit-B’ SLR camera slung around Pooty-Poot’s neck.
Could be John Gault.
Those are what I noticed, also the jaw and the area under his chin, and the hairline, allowing for his hair loss, that is.
In addition, how would an ordinary tourist gain close access to a sitting US president, unless he had connections within the Soviet government?
You have a good eye for spies
Can’t be him, the hair is totally different.
I hadn't thought of that, but you have a point. There would have been no 'passing tourists' that close to Reagan. Anyone that close would have been a Soviet goobermint plant, therefore most likely KGB.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.