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Putin takes inaugural ride in Russian-made limousine(picture)
https://www.reuters.com/ ^ | 5/7/18

Posted on 05/09/2018 6:44:29 PM PDT by BBell

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin traveled to his inauguration on Monday for a new six-year term in a Russian-made limousine, ditching his old stretch Mercedes to send a patriotic message of self-sufficiency amid increased tensions with the West.

Putin, in power since 2000, wants Russia to reduce its dependence on imported goods and technology, a drive that has gathered pace since Russia was hit by Western sanctions.

Some guests broke into applause at the sight of the car conveying Putin the short distance from his office to the Kremlin hall for the inauguration, Russian news agencies said.

“It’s cooler than (U.S. President Donald) Trump’s,” one guest was quoted as saying by the RIA news agency.

Putin has in the past publicly driven Russian-made cars in front of television cameras in an effort to nurture patriotism and support the domestic auto industry.

Monday marked the first public outing of the new limousine, part of the “Kortezh” series of cars which is also expected to include a sedan, minivan and offroad vehicle.

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KEYWORDS: inaugural; limousine; putin; russian
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To: BBell

21 posted on 05/09/2018 7:36:38 PM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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To: BBell

Russian made? Looks like a modified Chrysler 300.


22 posted on 05/09/2018 7:37:56 PM PDT by al_c (LIBERAL - Laughable Iconsiderate Blaming Entitled Ranting Anti-christian Loudmouth)
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To: BBell
The bottom one looks like the old Dodge Magnum


23 posted on 05/09/2018 7:43:51 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Paladin2

It’s Kortezh The Killer.


24 posted on 05/09/2018 7:43:58 PM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Idiocracy is here, and it votes democrat.)
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To: DarthVader

Coming from Darth Vader that is a compliment.


25 posted on 05/09/2018 7:44:40 PM PDT by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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To: al_c

Russian made? Looks like a modified Chrysler 300.

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Everybody borrows from everybody else. My 2018 Navigaotr looks a lot like a 2018 GMC. Vlad’s guys are just doing what everybody else does. His new ride looks pretty cool. Got to keep up with the Trumps.


26 posted on 05/09/2018 7:46:58 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: al_c; GreenHornet; RightGeek
A Chrysler 300. The Poor mans Bentley.


27 posted on 05/09/2018 7:48:06 PM PDT by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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To: GreenHornet

At one angle it looked like a 1970 Dodge.


28 posted on 05/09/2018 7:51:14 PM PDT by luvbach1 (I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
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To: BBell

Rolls Royce Dawn?

https://www.zigwheels.com/newcars/Rolls-Royce/Dawn


29 posted on 05/09/2018 8:22:47 PM PDT by matthew fuller (Thank God for Donald J. Trump- El Presidente Por La Vida !!)
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To: T-Bone Texan

https://images.hgmsites.net/lrg/2017-russian-presidential-limo-kortezh-spy-shots—image-via-s-baldauf-sb-medien_100596885_l.jpg


30 posted on 05/09/2018 8:24:47 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: butlerweave

Looks like the Green Hornets Black Beauty—does it fire rockets? Maybe. Bulletproof, good bet.


31 posted on 05/09/2018 8:29:55 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: xp38

As I recall the Russkies used one well into the ‘70s that looked like a Packard.


32 posted on 05/09/2018 8:32:33 PM PDT by gogeo
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To: matthew fuller

I had never heard of a crore before. Interesting concept.


33 posted on 05/09/2018 8:33:45 PM PDT by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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To: lizma2

Didn’t I see that limo in a Max Headroom cartoon?


34 posted on 05/09/2018 8:35:40 PM PDT by gogeo
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To: BBell

Nice. Very nice.


35 posted on 05/09/2018 8:41:57 PM PDT by GOPJ (MSNBC - when only shallow (more-money-than-brains) bimbos spewing breathless gossip will do...)
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p07

Those old Zil's had a Checker cab coolness...

36 posted on 05/09/2018 8:51:33 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: gogeo

The Soviets were building their own limos from clear back in Stalin’s time. Look up ZIM, ZIS, & ZIL marques. Mostly knockoffs of 1930’s era Packards.

Stalin donated his personal ZIS limo to the Nork dictator Kim Il Sung. It was captured by U.S. forces following the Inchon counterattack & is on display in the U.S. to this day.

There was a fleet of ZIS limos; Stalin rode in them in a simultaneous motorcade like a rolling shell game, such was his paranoia about assassination. Even the Czar had had two identical Imperial trains riding the Trans-Siberian Railway with his exact location unknown.

“In America, you wait for train. In Russia, train lays in wait for you.”


37 posted on 05/09/2018 8:57:36 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: xp38

I think you mean Kia should sue them.


38 posted on 05/09/2018 9:24:52 PM PDT by antidisestablishment ( Xenophobia is the only sane response to multiculturalismÂ’s irrational cultural exuberance)
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To: elcid1970

I saw that car at the County Fair around 1960. The same story too. It didn’t look too bad but did appear a bit dated in design.


39 posted on 05/10/2018 4:53:30 AM PDT by yarddog
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To: Snickering Hound

Checker profile, ~~56 Packard front.


40 posted on 05/10/2018 12:01:47 PM PDT by gogeo
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