Picture: Putin Pretending To Be Tourist During Reagan’s 1988 Visit To Moscow

by Chris Jones on March 16, 2009 · 47 comments

This is an amazing picture. See the guy with the camera around his neck standing behind the boy? That’s current Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin pretending to be a tourist when we know today that he was a KGB agent.

According to the photographer the Secret Service was under no illusions at the time however, and acknowledged the so-called “tourists” were KGB.

reaganputin thumb Picture: Putin Pretending To Be Tourist During Reagan’s 1988 Visit To Moscow

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  • http://theyahoo.com Joba

    Illusions.

  • Jacob Maloy

    This reminds me of the famous photo of a young Bill Clinton with John F. Kennedy….

  • bebo

    Allusions means “references made to other things”, the word you want is illusions, which means “things which are not really there or not as they seem”.

  • http://www.thehotjoints.com/ Chris Jones

    Good catch — thanks

  • http://sirjorge.com/blogx sir jorge

    wow, now that’s a good photo

  • theRealRandini

    Whoa!
    Hold it!
    This is obviously photoshopped….

    Reagan was never THAT young!

  • http://wwww.moneyphilosophy.com Jonny

    Great photo. Putin was pretty smooth. It’s amazing how things work out… I wonder what’s going to happen next?

  • http://www.thehotjoints.com/ Chris Jones

    I know, it’s weird how things work out.

  • Clams

    That’s definitaly not Putin, I’m positive. The bridge of his nose is more curved, he has a stronger jawline and a weaker chin. And I’m fairly sure he’s not that tall. It must be some other blonde agent/tourist, that man looks nothing like him. It would have been interesting though. Plus, wasn’t Putin stationed in Germany then?

  • my nameis

    That’s NOT Putin.

  • dailykos

    Could be Elvis!

  • http://cribley.org cribley

    A few reference images:

    http://imgur.com/RDI5.png

  • ajrw

    I’m pretty sure that’s Stephen Harper.

  • Jason Alexander

    I am glad they did not catch Putin trying to pick pocket Reagan. Well the guy does look a little like Putin but not close enough. Also notice he is smilimg, Putin never does except when he hears about the death of one of his political oponents.

  • Dan

    Christ, you people! It seems like you cant post a picture ANYWHERE on the internet without some retard posting OMG PHOTOSHOP.

    This is a well-known picture, and like he mentioned in the post.. the CIA acknowledged that it was him.

  • Brian

    Only one person said OMG PHOTOSHOP, and they were just making a joke about Reagan. Everyone else was just debating whether the tourist/agent was Putin or somebody else.

  • http://devicegadget.ru Gadget

    JEEZ
    the guy does’nt even looks like Putin

  • boogerz

    Your nose changes as you age. It does look like him. Probably is. Who cares? Either way its a great photo of Reagan, which is all that matters.

    To “clams” who said the nose, jaw, face, etc. was so different… It’s called aging. Maybe he looked that way cuz a few moments later, The Gipper knocked his ass down and told them all “There’s plenty more where that came stateside, biatches”.

  • http://www.algundiatodoestoseratuyo.blogspot.com/ Leandrok

    Can you recognize the kid? It´s Maria Sharapova!

  • Putin

    And wait to see what has become of the boy reaching for Reagan!! Wa ha ha ha!! (scary laugh)
    :P

  • danilo

    it’s daniel craig, the 007… for sure…

  • http://none LDSilver

    “Mr. Gorbachev, TEAR – DOWN – THIS – WALL!”

  • Agent005

    The man on the left is not Putin. That’s my uncle.

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  • RINGWORM

    It’s unka Jed!

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  • http://groups.google.com/group/learn-to-how-to-love Bluekid

    2009.3.20

    ha ha …. as Brian said they were just making a joke about Reagan. um….you know this is the point.

    i’d love this picture coz Reagan’s hand coming out to the kid with smiling face. it’s very…. very good act. but the little boy wasn’t looking at his eyes as he shook hands, frankly.

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  • Obama Sucks !

    @@ JUST want to say(( Obama ))is a shady liar!! ohh and the pic is sweet-@@

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  • http://stumble chriz

    not bad……… it is his opportunity to meet known poeple

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  • Bowen

    That’s definitely Putin. Crazy fucking Russians….

  • Jim

    There are pictures of Putin from the 1980′s. His hairline was already well receded by then. Not him.

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  • oberst

    that only vaguely resembles vladimir putin.

  • http://www.eventsetter.com/ Upcoming Events

    He’s obviously trying very hard to look like a tourist, especially with the camera hanging around the front. What else could you expect in 1988 in Moscow, but a bunch of KGB agents pretending to be tourists.

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  • http://www.nedirbilgi.com/ nedir bilgi

    The man on the left is not Putin. That’s my grandfather.

  • http://devicebox.ru/ DeviceBox

    Hmmm, it’s interesting photo. Is it really Putin?

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  • http://www.gbilgi.com nasıl yapılır

    Could be Elvis!

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