An apparently trivial detail from Vladimir Putin’s office revealed the continuation of the Kremlin’s practice of broadcasting pre-recorded video materials with the Russian president as being recent.
An apparently trivial detail from Vladimir Putin’s office revealed a new lie of the Kremlin, which has made a habit of publishing pre-recorded video recordings as if they were recent, a phenomenon that has already become known as “canned”.
In this case, it is about the disappearance of the Christmas tree from the Russian leader’s office in “recent” recordings, marking the 16th such confirmed manipulation in 2025.
Here’s the tree…
The decorated tree, about two meters high, was first seen in Vladimir Putin’s office on December 9, during the president’s meeting with the head of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Gennady Krasnikov.
It immediately caught the attention of pro-Kremlin media, being appreciated for the abundance of decorations and for the red and gold globes that adorned its branches.
The presence of the tree was also visible in other frames, such as the meeting with the president of the Constitutional Court, Valery Zorkin, or in the meeting held in the same office, dedicated to the situation in the “special military operation” area, where the tree partially blocked the TV through which the military were receiving reports.
The placement of the tree could also be deduced from the moving of the chairs, which usually sit in the corner of the office, but were relocated to make room for the tree.
…There’s no tree
The situation changed, however, after Vladimir Putin’s visit to Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, between December 11 and 12.
Upon return, on December 15 and 16, during meetings with Vladimir Yakushev, the secretary of the General Council of the “United Russia” party, and with Kazbek Kokov, the head of Kabardino-Balkaria, the tree was completely missing, and the position of the chairs and the filming angles, although carefully chosen by the Kremlin’s press service, betrayed the fact that the recordings presented to the public as being “recent” were in fact pre-recorded long before, notes svoboda.org.
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