This was Vladimir Putin’s first outing for the reason that Wagner group’s aborted coup.

Russian President Vladimir Putin drew a cartoon smiley face on a whiteboard whereas visiting tech exhibition in Moscow – his first outing for the reason that aborted Wagner coup. A video exhibiting Mr Putin drawing the face with huge ears has sparked a flurry of feedback on social media, with some customers mocking the Mr Putin. Russian information company Tass reported that the President visited the occasion to take a look at the most recent in touchscreen know-how displayed by the agency NexTouch, as per a Newsweek report.

The clip on Twitter reveals Mr Putin approaching a whiteboard on the exhibition with some maths equation written on it and drawing the bizarre smiley head, which many customers stated resembled SpongeBob SquarePants.

🇷🇺✍️ El presidente de Rusia, Vladímir #Putin, dejó un autógrafo en una pantalla interactiva de producción rusa durante una visita a la exposición de la Agencia para Iniciativas Estratégicas (ASI) celebrada en Moscú. La industrializacion I+D es la salida soberana para las naciones pic.twitter.com/BYiQqzrZuv

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The sketch confirmed a head with wavy hair and big ears. Mr Putin created the artwork after the corporate government requested him to go away and autograph, as per Tass.

No Russian official has formally commented on the drawing, the Newsweek report said.

Mr Putin additionally put his identify below the sketch. The individuals gathered round welcomed the sketch with an applause, which was met with a glance of satisfaction on the Russian President’s face, the outlet additional stated.

“Putin’s been watching SpongeBob SquarePants hasn’t he,” one consumer commented on Twitter. One journalist, Jason Corcoran, tweeted that Mr Putin was “doing his best to show it’s business as usual” following the mutiny in opposition to his authority staged by Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin.

The Telegraph reported that Mr Putin’s outing was a uncommon meet-and-greet – a uncommon attraction offensive – geared toward projecting assist for his rule.

The 70-year-old additionally greeted a crowd of supporters on Wednesday night in Dagestan, throughout which Mr Putin clicked selfies with a lady.