VLADIMIR Putin is convinced he has become the “ultimate leader” after he was sworn in for his fifth presidential stint in Russia, a body language expert told The Sun.
The delusional tyrant showed worrying signs of “aggressive arousal” as he took to the stage of his sham inauguration ceremony with a nasty sneer on his face and threatening eye expressions.
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Putin began his next farce campaign as Russian president by walking through the gold plated walls of the Grand Kremlin Palace today.
He was welcomed to the podium by hand-picked dignitaries as they applauded the tyrant for another six years of leadership.
But despite the happy mood around the event Putin himself was described as being “unrelentingly chilling” throughout his speech, claims Judith James.
She told The Sun: “Unusually for Putin his speech itself was really authoritative and it increased in signals of personal anger.
“What was very chilling as the speech went on is that we began to see him inflating into his usual state of aggressive arousal and it looked personal.
Its that sneer that starts to appear on his face. This personal hatred. His cheeks will pull up in that sneer
Judith James
“He doesn’t look as though he is trying to look angry but we can see him with a lot of his micro-gestures, particularly in his facial expressions.
“Its that sneer that starts to appear on his face. This personal hatred. His cheeks will pull up in that sneer.
“We get that asymmetric rippling of the mouth that would show anger and his eye expressions pretty much throughout the speech was very threatening.
“There was no softness to his eye expression.”
A beaming Putin, 71, clearly proud of his work in convincing the Russian people he was the right man for the job, took centre stage, with a giant Russian flag draped behind him.
Judith said from the moment he entered through the huge golden doors to the Kremlin playground he was already signalling his happiness at the situation.
She said: “In his walk he looked very strong, he was taking a large stride and the usual one arm swinging.
“He looked to be in very good spirits about being the ultimate ruler now and that seemed to please him greatly.”
The short but snappy speech saw Putin reference his bloody war in Ukraine as he thanked his military for “fighting for our motherland”.
Putin has long fought to regain land in Crimea that he says was taken from Russia after Ukrainian independence in 1991.
Ever since, Putin has deemed the country made-up and manufactured – hence why he has brutally ripped through Ukraine with his army.
Labelling the last two years as “difficult” for Russia, Putin showed a rare sign of weakness before quickly stating he will be “successful” in his mission to take Ukraine.
The maniac also claimed he and his Kremlin cronies were defending Russian freedom, choice and the national interests despite being the ones who have constantly attacked, slaughtered and refused to cooperate with others during the war.
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Russia has been walking across an incredibly thin line in recent weeks as they continue to stand off with Nato countries about their bigoted behaviour.
Nato allies such as the UK, US, France and Germany have all slammed Putin for his attitude towards Ukraine.
They have also pledged to continue to support President Volodymyr Zelensky’s men through any means necessary if Russia breaks through the frontlines.
French President Emmanuel Macron angered Putin after saying he will send his troops across to Ukraine in a major signal of Nato defiance.
A raging Putin also chastised Lord David Cameron’s comments as “dangerous and worrying” after he said British missiles could be used to blitz Russian territory.
But just a day after Putin’s cronies accused Western leaders of being “scoundrels” and “infantile morons”, the leader seemed to offer an olive branch to his Nato foes.
He said in his speech: “We are not even refusing the dialogue with Western countries.”
Before asking if they will try to “look for ways to cooperate with” Russia.
It very much depends on this idea of being alpha authority and being the strongest animal through physical strength and not showing weakness.
Judith James
Judith said in her detailed analysis: “It looked as though his speech was possibly more for the rest of the world rather than for his own people.
“It was like you have now voted for me and this is what we will be saying to the rest of the world.
“Definitely signals of anger and authority coming across.
“When he makes speeches aimed at the rest of the world we get this slight bristling of the shoulders that almost looks like its part of that aggressive arousal.
“His body language as a leader, it’s rather like Trump, it very much depends on this idea of being alpha authority and being the strongest animal through physical strength and not showing weakness.
“That is very much what we got today.”
Putin’s inauguration speech
WAR IN UKRAINE
“I would like to thank the participants of the special military operation, I would like to thank everyone who is fighting for our motherland.
“The destiny of Russia will be determined by ourselves only.
“I see the deep understanding of our historic role to defend our choice, to defend our freedom, and to defend the national interests of Russia.
“We will go through this difficult time and will be successful.”
WESTERN HOPES
“We are not even refusing the dialogue with Western countries.
“We will see if they continue to halt the development of our country and continue to put pressure on our country, or look for ways to cooperate with us.”
FINAL WORDS
“I will do everything possible, everything within my abilities to justify your trust.
“We are a single and great nation and together we will overcome all obstacles and implement and realise everything that we dream of.
“Together we will win.”
Putin’s final words of the speech saw a more familiar snarling leader appear.
He told the rows of loyal dignities watching on that he will implement and realise everything Russia has ever dreamt of as a nation in the next six years.
Potentially signalling not only the end of the Ukraine war with a devastating win for Russia but also a much deeper European issue.
The widow of former Putin critic Alexei Navalny criticised Putin moments before he was sworn in.
Yulia Navalnaya called Putin a liar, a thief and a murderer.
She also labelled the war in Ukraine as “bloody and senseless”.
Putin was officially sworn in as Russian president as he placed his hand on the Russian Constitution and vowed to defend it with all he has.
Inside Putin’s 2024 election farce
His landslide victory back in March saw him win 87 per cent of the vote in a move that will take him near to a quarter-of-a-century rule until at least 2030.
The fifth spell in power sees Putin act as the Kremlin’s longest-serving leader since Joseph Stalin.
Putin cruised to an easy, predetermined victory as he was re-elected with a record percentage after facing token challengers and suppressing opposition voters.
The brazen ruler gave a “victory speech” at the time of his win – thanking Russians for their “trust” and “support” and once again threatened the West with World War 3.
He was congratulated by North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, China’s Xi Jinping and Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi – far from stellar company to keep.
Putin can and most likely will run again when his term runs out in 2030 if all is well.
Despite the unbelievably high winning percentage, all wasn’t perfect for an already paranoid Putin.
Over 75 citizens were arrested as Russians protested against the farce elections.
The leaders biggest critic Alexei Navalny had asked Russians before his suspicious death to show up to spoil their ballots or vote for another candidate.
His widow Yulia echoed his calls in brave “noon against Putin” protests, joining throngs of protestors in Berlin herself and writing her dead husband’s name on the ballot.
Across the election weekend, Putin was enraged to see some brave Russians destroying ballots with ink and even throwing petrol bombs at voting booths.
In Russian embassies across the world where Putin’s rule is weaker, people were able to rise up even more defiantly when going to vote.
They turned out in huge numbers and some brandished banners reading messages like “He is not a president” and “This is not an election”.
A blood-red sign in Georgia read: “Enough Putin. Lies, War, Repressions.”
And a huge effigy in Berlin showed the despot in a bathtub, painted in Ukrainian colours, washing himself with blood.
How does Putin keep winning?
ALL of the serious challengers to Putin’s throne bizarrely get wiped out before voting even begins.
Anyone who could challenge him has either been imprisoned, exiled or killed amid the harshest crackdown on opposition in Russia since Soviet times.
Navalny, his biggest critic and opposition leader, was killed in highly suspicious circumstances just before the election got underway this year.
There are also several other deep flaws in the polling process.
Beyond the fact that voters get virtually no choice on who to pick, independent monitoring of elections are also extremely limited.
The last process involved an electronic voting system easily open to abuse that brought in eight million votes for Putin.
There has been either silence or condemnation from the West in the past.
Leaders have sent lukewarm congratulations to Putin for his victories but this time around the polls were criticised by several nations as neither free nor fair.
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron blasted the results stating: “These Russian elections starkly underline the depth of repression under President Putin’s regime, which seeks to silence any opposition to his illegal war.”
UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps accused Putin of behaving like “a modern-day Stalin” and “stealing” the election.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also accused Putin of attempting to rule “forever”.
He fumed: “It is clear to everyone in the world that this figure, as it has already often happened in the course of history, is simply sick for power and is doing everything to rule forever.
“There is no legitimacy in this imitation of elections and there cannot be.”
The EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell also branded the elections false. “This election has been based on repression and intimidation,” he said.
A White House spokesman also declared after the 2024 result: “The elections are obviously not free nor fair given how Mr. Putin has imprisoned political opponents and prevented others from running against him.”
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