Russian politician faces punishment after putting noodles over his ears during Putin speech
A Russian politician who put noodles over his ears while watching a speech by Vladimir Putin is facing punishment from political leaders.
Mikahail Abdalkin, an MP from Samara in southern Russia shared a video of himself watching Putin’s state of the nation address with noodles hanging over his ears, a well-known Russian idiom for someone telling lies.
Russia’s Communist Party has pledged to punish Mr Abdalkin for his protest.
In the video, Mr Abdalkin stares at a screen from his desk as Putin delivered his annual address on Tuesday.
“I fully support. I agree with everything. Great speech,” Mr Abdalkin wrote in the caption for the video post.
Mikhail Abdalkin, deputy of Samara council (Russia), listened to Putin's address with noodles on his ears.
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) February 23, 2023
"Hang noodles on ears" - idiom meaning to mislead or fool a person. "Don't hang noodles on my ears!" - means don't fool me, don't lie to me. pic.twitter.com/UfKyqN8gWs
“Haven’t heard anything like that in 23 years. Pleasantly surprised.”
Earlier this week Putin delivered a two-hour speech in which he vowed a “victory” for Russia in Ukraine
Hundreds of people have been jailed in Russia and thousands of people have been fined in Russia for voicing opposition to Putin’s barbaric war.
Communist Party spokesman Alexander Yushchenko, said that it would look into the stunt and “won’t leave it without attention”.