Politicians in Paroxisms of Thought and Deliberation

Prince Charles, in a happy mood:


(photo credit: Christopher Furlong, Getty Images)

Soviet Communist Party boss Leonid Brezhnev, relaxing at his dacha on the Black Sea:



Again Brezhnev "building bridges" with the Russian Orthodox Church:



His predecessor Nikita Khruschev with Jayne Mansfield "at the Summit" (?) -



In 1971, Soviet Premier Alexey Kosygin had to endure something that he did not bargain for:



Lenin lives! (and watches you, as per "1984")



A Lenin Pie? -



Speaking about Lenin and Bolsheviks:




Back to Bush

The most photogenic President in history:










(image credit: AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)


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The Obama Machine:


(art credit: Sam VanOlffen)







Would you vote for the guy in the middle? -



Here is another interesting morph: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev - into last Russian Tzar, Nikolas II:




Steampunk'd WW2 Leaders

Sam VanOlffen sends us his new series (click to enlarge):












(art credit: Sam VanOlffen)

History in the making, in Yalta, 1945 (must be a real ice-breaker):


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In the meantime, Russian spies employed quite radical methods in Berlin:




Putin, Medvedev & Co.









This is got to be Photoshop, otherwise it's pretty frightening:



Good chemistry:





Here is a rarely-seen photo: during Ronald Reagan's visit to Moscow in 1988, there is a man standing on the left, with cameras (pretending to be a tourist). This is Vladimir Putin, just doing his job at the time.


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At the end of the day - satisfied handshake:


(image credit: Reuters/Alexander Zemlyanichenko)







Serious business:




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"No!" says the propaganda poster, "Yes!" says Dmitry Medvedev:



Dmitry Medvedev in his younger years:



There are no politicians in this picture, but this is what much of the politics is about: GOLD!


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Politicians Fighting!

Always fun, if you get tired of endless meetings and congresses:









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Political leaders in various note-worthy (but not always news-worthy) situations:



















Temptation! -



Photoshopped tyrants:



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