Putin’s Always Watching in Russian Elevator Prank | The Moscow Times
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- A Russian prankster glued a massive portrait of President Vladimir Putin to the inside of a residential elevator. He then placed a camera in the elevator to record people’s reactions. Some of the reactions were incredulous, others were angry, but all were hilarious.
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that last guy just looked like he was already tired with life and this was just the cherry on the top of his bad day.
more like straight 20 years of bad days
Me everyday. Fuck autotharianism and right wing bruh
The Russian Ron Livingston.
he went straight home and applied for ukrainecorrps
@@Mishu-cd7xb i mean... he is from rusia, so... I wouldnt expect that
Man, it really says everything about Russia when their first instinct is to check for cameras behind the portrait 😂
Because noone would just put up a portrait of president in lift unless it's a prank.
I think its a interesting reaction but since this is a residential area, I think it makes sense. It wasn't there before but it is there suddenly so it becomes suspicious. i doubt they would think there's a camera if it was a place they don't frequent often.
Man, it really Sat's something about indoctrinated Westerners when the first thing out of their mouths is some nasty , Russiaphobic spite.
Wouldn't you check a few times if you suddenly find your apartment building's elevator with a portrait of that size?
@@elchicogore9517Honestly no, if someone put up a big portrait of Trump in my elevator I'd chuckle and pay no more mind to it.
0:58 that old lady is like “aw shit, here we go again”
LMAOOOOOOOOOO she must’ve gotten flashbacks to the old days
GTA SA tune comes in my mind!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
TIME IS RUNNING. REPENT YOUR SINS TO OUR GOD FATHER JESUS CHRIST AND HE WILL SAVE YOU AND HEAL YOU AND RESTORE YOU.
@@TheCog23 what is bro on about
Imagine the elevator malfunctions and you have to be there, stuck, with Putin staring at you for 30 minutes or more
lovely
Endless selfies yeeeyyy😄
Lol, jokes on you I'm into that shit 😂
Я бы просто развернула его к стене 😂
@@walmorder3140in soviet russia you get turned to the wall😂
1:26 it seems that when the elevator door was finally open, that guy's day was instantly ruined.
He looks like he was already having a shitty day, and that just made everything worse.
That guy looks like Trevor for some reason
@@armandoarmangoTheMangohe looks like Stanley Kubrick
So Russians don't like any kind of Swash Stikker then! Us British love them 😂😂😂
The girl supplicating was pretty funny, but for some reason the last guy was the funniest.
He literally froze there...some kbg flashback going on in his mind.
He was the funniest, because by such reaction he showed reaction like from Franz Kafka literature and books about dystopia.
@@michazukowski4287 😎 01:24 Enter the Stoic.
I liked the old lady who just walked away.
The last guy's hair was absolutely beautiful with those pretty waves. I liked his reaction. He held his reaction until he checked the back (for real cameras or machine guns) and then swore only after the guillotine doors could punish him for any potential insolence.
The whole prank was EXCELLENT.
Good to see people joking about it. A Trump one in the South would only get praise, maybe?
this is how my family would react, annoyed dad,suspicious mom & aunts, crazy sis, irritated brother..... my fav is the grandma with the dog, how she just laughed
She lived all of her young life in Soviet Union so she knows things...
That laugh was GOLDEN! Ho-ho hooo!
But Putin is nice
@@Danfosky- at lying?
@@craftahwhat's he lied about
1:50 was the day he left Russia for good😂
That was a smart move.
Unfortunately he will just bellyache and moan a bit.
@@TheDennys21yk you can leave Russia right? Most Ukrainians moved to Russia anyways
@@Jutgh-u9vLeast obvious kremlin bot. The idea that “most Ukrainians moved to Russia” is completely unfounded you have made it up to push an agenda.
@@Jutgh-u9vwhat you said makes absolutely 0 sense
Just the fact that this was plausible enough to be a successful prank makes this picture worth far more than a mere thousand words.
The Moscow Times is an Amsterdam-based english-language anti-Russian propaganda outlet
Oh my god, that extremely calm reaction of the last guy followed by off-screen wild swearing was hilarious.
I find it funny how people are worried about cameras in the portrait when there's two god damn cameras on plain sight.
Tony Storm helps to understand that for decades everyone was Spied upon. So u need to see the reaction to 2 eyes spying from a Russian perspective. It’s a form of sarcasm based in reality.
This is a joke. In the USSR and in Russia, almost everyone read "1984."
@@edichkalimonoff878 I'd rather say everyone in Russia reads "We" by Michail Zamyatin, because 1984 is basically a ripoff of it, just like Buratino is a ripoff of Pinocchio.
that was just a joke)
@@marluxia8832No, people believed they put cameras everywhere, but they did not. That's the whole point. The idea is that the population believes it is watched without it actually being watched, in reality there were basically no cameras anywhere.
This is what pranks should be like, funny, harmless, and not obstructive(if you don't mind the cold eyes of Putin staring into your soul)
Harmless? He’s going to get these people killed.
Prank probably raised the blood pressure of every victim. Also their reactions being recorded probably puts them at risk from the actual dictatorship.
Yes but it also depends on how the people perceive it, what their mood is, there’s the chill ones and the crazy blokes
@@ItsChevnotJeff not sure they are harmless, as real faces are shown - potentially these people may have problems on their gov job if they have any.
They wont, Russia doesnt actually politically pursue people that way, thats propaganda @pompom6675
1:05 that old lady has been through it already, she’s having flashbacks to past regimes 😂
the actual proof that russians dont wanr his lider never😊
What mode? Is that what your propaganda told you? Better look at America and its vassal Europe, where the authorities don't care about their own people, pensioners are starving, instead of cheap gas they choose to sponsor the dictator of Ukraine
Она вспомнила молодость и была счастлива
@@dimadima9693 Нет, перед всем миром, который лечит диктатора
You don’t know the Russian elderly, the majority are very nostalgic of soviet days. It’s just that putting a gigantic portrait of nation’s leader in a small elevator is uncomfortable in itself
*Russians cursing and laughing at portrait
Guy holding nerve agent: Am I joke to you
they don't curse at the portrait , you don't understand russian mentality ....they curse the "situation"
And that's how Westerners believe there is a strong pro-western opposition in Russia or something.
No one cursed portrait. Its just unexpected and they already knew that it was a joke because you can't put Presidents or Rulers pictures around for no reason.
Просто никто не догадался как спиз**ть (украсть) портрет
honestly I have never laughed so hard in a while.
same here xDDDDDDDD am still laughin
I like that everyone is looking for cameras behind the picture
cameras behind the picture? really? 🤨 do you look under carpet, if there is tv screen? 🤔 there is camera right next to it in the corner totally visible, why would they need to check for second camera, and behind picture? do you even use your brain? 🥱
You dont understand. Read history.
Likely paranoia from the Soviet era. Stalin had a pretty terrible influence, even in the post-stalinist era.
Unlike you, people in Russia have brains! They look for a camera behind the picture because they understand the joke! There is a camera up in the corner in every elevator and they can't know that it was installed by the same person!!
@ivanbg9694 yep. Another thing could've been influence from stalinist ideologies of previous leaders.
Someones gotta do a Trump one in the US, now that would be good.
You don't want pee smell in the elevator
do it
A painting can only take so much spit and punches
Put it somewhere in NYC or Boston
@Herr Denker And then sue the building or the prankster for emotional damage
Russian sense of humour-love it
This prank hits different now.
More than the cocaine in Zelenskyj‘s nose?
I love how most of them checked for the camera behind the picture.
Same for europe, When you wanna say you dont support gays, need to check if someone listening:(. Or you Will lose you job
@@ОммнриГрошшо Do you know that saying "I don't support gays" is like saying "I don't support gravity"? homosexuality is not an opinion and it is not a choice, science has confirmed that it is a natural behavior, saying "I don't agree" means not agreeing with the entire scientific community
@@annaadami4666So I don't agree with the entire scientific community, I could never accept the idea that 2 guys getting together is something normal.
@annaadami4666 Let's start with some references. Clearly you don't know much about science to say this.
Old habits die hard.
When Russians have a better sense of humor than Americans...
TheLatinGQ it’s not better, it’s just different.
Great to be bilingual (or fluent) 👍🏼
The people in this video have disappeared under mysterious circumstances.
LOL, you think it's supposed to be worse?))
Но это не точно .
@@LuisSierra42 yea, they go out from elevetor. Big brain time, westard!
1:28 wtf is the funniest among all 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
He's had enough of this shit.
i'm from Russia. Video is perfect😂😂
0:44 That girl was so funny.
anyone's got their @?
Her @ is hawk tuah sigma pro max
0:43 she worship him
You forgot to put "❌" over the flag in your pfp. This way it looks like you support them.
@@pocolocoJOJO wtf dude
This really tells everything...and aged just nicely.
"I'm so smart!"
It doesn't tell everything. Anyone would react the same if their leader's portrait is placed in an elevator.
@kensukefan47 good for you!
nothing new really, what they're doing now is nothing compared to the CW era and before.
It tells nothing, Americans would be absolutely exasperated with a picture of Trump in their elevator
Media:russians love vladimir putin
Russians:
(Its not my joke)
Русские любят Путина по факту, да и мы татары тоже.
Татарин Казанский штош под этим видео в комментариях я за день встретила больше поддерживающих путина,чем за последние года три в жизни (их было от силы двое)
@@alyonaprikhodko5538 окружение формирует человека. У вас, я так понял, окружение крайне либеральное.
Татарин Казанский Моё окружение довольно разнообразно,но у них у всех есть масса претензий к этому режиму
@@alyonaprikhodko5538 а у какого государства у людей нет претензий к своей власти? Было построено разве где-то государство без коррупции, без нищеты, без бездомных? Путин мне нравится именно тем, что он и его режим вывели самое большое кол-во россиян из нищеты за всю историю России.
This makes me love Russian people so much. Peace from USA
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@@Anton-kl5xq 🇺🇸🤝🇷🇺
Didn't age well
Can you confirm it today?
@@boniedwa they don’t hate Russian people they hate Russian government specially their leader even Russians are very innocent
0:44 that was funny! :)))
BJ.
They were both so hot
@@johncuervo3019 no
john cuervo hell no
Hell yes brother I love European women@@johncuervo3019
Good god I watched this at 12 30pm and was laughing hysterically, even got cramps in my whole body
Dear Moscow Times: this is one of the funniest things I've seen in awhile! 😹😂 MORE, PLEASE!!
😎 I came, I saw, I liked, shared, and SUBBED! 😏😉
Q: where shall I put this portrait?
A: Putin the elevator .. 😄
Pun
PunPatrol here, you are under arrest
@@LuisSierra42Gu-lag brother.
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 omg 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 soooo funeeeeéeeeee
1:31 Trevor Phillips after year in Russia.
Underrated comment
69 likes 😂😂
Omg, Russians are funny! I had no idea. 🤣
Russians have got best sense of humour, unpredictable and straight forward. Say as it is basically :)) or read between lines
Really? do you know any other cultures?;)
Russians are warm, friendly people. I lived there for three years and miss the country so much.
Gonna go there in July and visit it with my friends! :)
@@freeunderratedmusic4273 No u wont)
It would’ve been funnier if they put speakers of putins voice in the elevator 😂
I like how the old lady noped her way off stage like an old bugs bunny cartoon
1:26 is exactly how i would react lol
Me too
Check your genes for Russian
Countdown to someone pulling this same prank in the U.S. with a portrait of Trump in 3... 2... 1...
It would be interesting to see how people in different parts of the US react.
aileen burke it wouldn’t make much sense in us. “Portrait of the leader” has much deeper meaning in Russia, where every single governmental office has to have one displayed somewhere in a super visible place. Lol just like North Korea.
One wouldn’t understand how these people are actually rofling and loling at this))) translation doesn’t do justice.
Have to be bilingual or fluent to understand how ridiculously funny this actually is 🤣👍🏼
aileen burke Americans don’t have as much restraint as Russians, you know that portrait would be destroyed 😂
Эндрю Ян победил вашего людей. Вмешательства выборы в президент уже закончился.
Извините я победил вашего людей, которые вмешательства выборы в президент 2020 уже закончился ------- Эндрю Ян
The last person at the end 😂 😂
Lovin the girl's sense of humor who kneeled down sarcastically 😂😂😂
That's hilarious. You should have spoken to them via a speaker too! 😂👍🏻
This is one of the FUNNIEST VIDEOS I have enjoyed in RUclips !!! You should do more !!! 👍🏻😂🤣👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Blessings and love to the ppl of Russia and the Ukraine.
I just love it how everyone is thinking the same thing and checking the back of the picture for signs of surveillance equipment
in fact, they are just checking how it was attached. I understand this, because I am Russian myself and would have done exactly the same in such a situation
The woman who bows to Putin is amazing. She is beautiful and has such a great sense of humour. What can I tell? Love at first sight.
Simping Ain't Easy
You have no manners
1:24. Больше он в лифт ни ногой 😂
Bolshe on v lift ni nogoi
I mean if they're THIS open about their detest for Putin openly... imagine in total private life... Also hope none of them went to jail.
Bro it's fine russia isn't a dictatorship calm down
you didn't understand that they said not a single word about putin, only reacted to whole situation and to the person who did it
Bro calm down, yall think Russia is a mega dystopian dictatorship. It ain't. It's the same as the US the people are free and oppressed at the same time. And only difference is that if there is an opposing party, the US would sue and jail the people to the point of life sentences or crippling debt (which could just be equivalent to death) while in Russia putin just sends a sniper. I'd say Russia is more humane.
If you did this in America with Trump or Kamala's pic in a public place, you'd see much worse so cut your bs.
Dude the fact that you think someone will go to jail for saying an f-word about Putin sums up the dumbest perceptions and stereotypes.
Let's get clear, I'm not some pro-putin guy and I'm not even talking about the fact, that this video is from decade ago. But even now after the beginning of war, all those "descreditation" laws and shit are targeted at the critique of war and that's it.
Putin is not someone you can't criticize for God's sake... Just on the pure formal level he tries to support an "image" of free speech, so you could've voted against him this year (not to say really oppositional parties were presented as an option), so you can officially criticize Putin whatever you want, however not his political course.
But even so.. I had arguments with a lot of putinists and one of them pretty seriously threatened to write denunciation on me and guess what... Two months later... Still didn't get the fine
Just in order to make your perception clearer
Equivalent of putting Borris Johnson up in a London lift. This is hilarious 😂😂😂
BJ wouldn't last past the first rider.
1:21 , he is the best - no comment , no Statement , no argument , but a silent judgment
That girl was like, "bow before the supreme leader" 😂😂😂 she knew how to play the game
Love to see these unfiltered reactions, it gives me hope for the russian people. Thanks, Moscow Times, for continuing to do journalism in russia against all odds.
Best wishes from Germany.
This shows how russians truly feel about him.
Correct but why a majority still supported still bother me
They support him but putting a portrait in the elevator is a bit over the top patriotic, what’s next in the toilets?
@justiceriser8970 majority support ?
@@UncleJ-m1v yes majority and why is RUclips deleting my reply
@@UncleJ-m1v wow RUclips doesn’t want me to say Russians love their leader
The way they all check behind it as if a FSB agent or something is there is hilarious
В реальной жизни реакция людей звучала бы так: «…».
I love how everyone's initial reaction seems to be "What the f**k?" 😳
I'll admit, those reactions are hilarious
thats hilarious xD and to be honest: I was sure more people would like it, especially the older ones ("more people" not everybody!) but most them were just looking for cameras xD
There are plenty of Putin portraits all over Russia, like for example in our schools. But NOBODY expects a giant Putin picture in their fucking elevator lmao. The very idea of that is absolutely hilarious to us.
@@w7bUxhwRYUo8Lv That's standard for public schools--elevators is a new one.
But I thought he has a 95% approval rating and always gets at least 150% of the vote?
obviously a lie. the country is like, a circus.
russian propaganda doesn't exist though right ? crazy russians.
@@jahrastaeasygaming2372 ядернiй нахрюк.
does this video tell you otherwise?
@@yyyy12344 kinda yes.
@user-sg4ov7ng4h lol u are so clueless about what u see
The lady trying to get a selfie bowing in front of the picture of Putin was hilarious. 😆
*_You can watch this endlessly because it's so funny, especially at the end_*
You can see the older folks thinking: Новый Босс такой же, как Старый Босс.
Yeah, try the same with macron in france, i guarantee you that the portrait will not last more than 5 hours.
Girl at 0:45 is definitely a keeper 😅
What made her a keeper? 🤨
@@llama_rahmasense of humor
@@llama_rahma some women has always a negative attitudes. This girl lights up the ones near her. That's why.
Bro that granny ones gotta be the funniest 😂😂
Everyone was just looking for cameras behind the portrait 😂😂
All these people are now in prison
Haha, think they have walked into a horror movie
Just to be clear the "moscow times" is based out of Amsterdam.
Yes, it is of course impossible to have a newspaper writing truthfully about what happens in russia while being located inside russia where putler can kill you in whatever way he likes.
8 of the journalists in Novaya Gazeta were killed before they gave up being located inside russia.
Moved from Moskau to Amsterdam in 2022 I think, right?
lol. You and I know this. The people that don't know this, won't listen. They're here to eat it up. And wash it down with some Kool-Aid, lol.
😂 i love the girl who bowed, very funny
Thank you. Even though this is already 4 years old, it's still great to see the reactions. I imagine the current reactions here in Germany.
What would happen if we hung a picture of this size of our current German Chancellor or even our disastrous Economics Minister in a lift?
I don't think many people would use this lift, just the imagination alone that it would get stuck somewhere between the floors?
I believe many would rather stay here with Putin. Servus from Bavaria.
This is the funniest thing I've seen in a long time
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
This aged like milk out in the good ol sunshine
In Norway it is a tradition to have a picture of the royal family in the outhouse at the cabin or in the summer house toilet… tourists can’t figure out if it’s a diss or a homage😅
@ In modern countries with monarchies, the royal family only have symbolic power, and are more about tradition, perhaps national identity and ambassadors in a way. I’m not surprised they celebrate the King’s birthday as a tradition or just for fun. In Norway it’s a flag day, but most people forget about it or don’t care, but some do. Schools and public places will fly a flag for the King or Queen and people might ask, “why are they flagging today” and someone might remember😅
Grandma decided to take the stairs!
I loved this! Hope to see more. It was hilarious.
Oh boiz the gulag has welcomed some guests 😂
Last guy was wondering whether or not he should even turn his back to it
Part 2: The beginning of the zombie apocalypse. Putin's portrait in every elevator in US
They’d all be destroyed/ stolen within a few days
It is nobody like putin in russia,lol, hahahaha
I was laughing so hard i pissed in my pants😂😂😂.
Says alots about how much love/hate ordinary Russian have for Vlad😅
... oh it is from 2020 ! The prankster should do it again today, that would be interesting.
Today this prank can cost the people 5 years sentence in prison
That is complete nonsense.
O gosh this is so hilarious 😂
I feel like the last guy was the most human reaction, you can just read his tense body language, maybe he caught a glimpse of the two cameras in the corner, but doesn’t want to turn himself fully towards them. Feeling as if he’s being watched.
Bring that in Serbia, 99% will kiss the picture :-)
They hated him even then, imagine now that they can't even afford butter
All those whom didn't bow down fell out Windows soon after
Old lady at 1:21 lived through USSR and wasn't surprised seeing a picture of Putin in the elevator.
All of these people later had tragic accidents that took their lives.
People commenting on the inappropriate size and place of Putin’s portrait, which is expected.
87% support of Putin says it all!
Personally I think it's contrived. Russian people don't hate him. It's only in the West that he's demonised.
bruh
a) voting system is corrupted
b) the only good choice apart from Putin which people had has been taken away from them
(I won't mention much, don't want to get blocked)
How often do you see portraits of people in elevators? They would’ve had the same reaction even if it was Zhirinovsky
It would be interesting to see their reactions now compared to several years ago.
As you can see, Russians totally love Putin lol
I do not think their reactions are such because they hate or love Putin, i think most just think this is not an appropriate place for this portrait and the fact they are searching for camera tells that people are aware that this is some kind of prank
@ It's because they lived through they KGB days, they still haven't lost the mindset of "Big Brother is always watching!"
bro stop making stuff up
@@fisher3317 у вас многие вещи демонизируют. На деле никогда не было "1984". А вот сейчас он в России наступает, к сожалению.
@@youmad7068 yes, at least someone with a mind
Everyone loves the boss
🙊🙈🙉
They are like "wtf Soviet Russia time again?"
😂😂
RUclips is the best teacher
A speaker that say's something with Putin's voice would be hilarious too, plus the photo xd
Great president of a great country! Try the same thing with your own president in your own country!
Seems like those citizens don’t agree with you.
My god, It's real xD
IN GERMANY WE NEED ANGELA MERKEL IN THE ELEVATOR
Not nearly the same thing.
0:44 and 1:18 were great!🤣 How did i just now find out about this?
1:41 the way he looks around like Putin is hiding behind the picture😂