Putler

{{Wiktionary|Putler}}

According to Russian linguist {{Not translated|Boris Sharifullin|ru|Шарифуллин, Борис Яхиевич}}, the word 'Putler' was coined in Russia.{{Cite journal|last=Sharifullin|first=Boris|year=2016|title=Ономастические Игры в Российских Информационно Психологических Войнах|trans-title=Onomastig Games in Russian Information Warfare|url=https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/onomasticheskie-igry-v-rossiyskih-informatsionno-psihologicheskih-voynah/viewer|journal=Ecology of Language and Communicative Practice|language=ru|publisher=Siberian Federal University|publication-place=Krasnoyarsk|volume=1|pages=4|issn=2311-3499|via=CyberLeninka}} According to French historian Marlène Laruelle, the word was coined by the Ukrainian press.{{Cite book|last=Laruelle|first=Marlene|title=Is Russia Fascist?|chapter-url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781501754159-002/html|chapter=Introduction: Russia and the Symbolic Landscape of Fascism|date=22 March 2021|publisher=Cornell University Press|pages=1–9|isbn=978-1-5017-5415-9|doi=10.1515/9781501754159-002|s2cid=243064016 |author-link=Marlène Laruelle}}

The word "Putler" became common among the opposition in Russia and in Ukraine.{{Cite journal|last=Gaufman|first=Elizaveta|year=2018|orig-year=2017|title=The Post-Trauma of the Great Patriotic War in Russia|url=https://www.digitalicons.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/DI18_3_Gaufman.pdf|journal=Studies in Russian, Eurasian and Central European New Media|issue=18|pages=36}} The use of the German-sounding slogan Putler Kaputt by Russians represents a change of language as a special play position, thus creating the effect that these words are being used by a foreign observer, while still using words that are understandable for Russians.{{Cite web|last=Fedorova|first=Ludmila|date=2 April 2014|title=Языковой ландшафт: город и толпа|trans-title=Linguistic Landscape: City and Crowd|url=https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/yazykovoy-landshaft-gorod-i-tolpa/viewer|access-date=29 March 2021|publisher=Russian State University for the Humanities|page=78|language=ru|via=CyberLeninka}}

The slogan attracted fame—and legal problems in Russia in 2009. A participant at a rally organized by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation on 31 January 2009 in Vladivostok carried a placard reading "Putler kaput!" The rally was directed against new customs duties on the import of used cars. The Vladivostok {{Not translated|Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation|lt=prosecutor's office|ru|Прокуратура Российской Федерации|qid=Q2387440}} issued a warning to the regional committee of the party regarding this placard.{{Cite web|date=3 April 2009|title=Путлер вне закона|trans-title=Putler is outlawed|url=https://expert.ru/2009/04/3/proc_put/|access-date=29 March 2021|website=Expert|language=ru}}{{Cite web|last=Potsar|first=Anna|date=21 December 2014|title=Главные слова и фразы жителей России в 2014 году|trans-title=The main words and phrases of the inhabitants of Russia in 2014|url=https://www.dp.ru/a/2014/12/19/Slovarnij_zapas__2014|access-date=29 March 2021|website=Delovoy Peterburg|language=ru}} The regional committee reacted by publishing the following text on its website:{{Cite news|last=Chernyshev|first=Alexey|date=3 April 2009|title=Фамилия Путлер признана экстремистской|language=ru|trans-title=Surname Putler recognized as extremist|work=Kommersant|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1148472|access-date=29 March 2021}}

{{Blockquote|text=The author of this slogan had in mind a specific person engaged in the auto business by the name of Putler, who came to an end due to the increase in duties on foreign cars: due to this circumstance, he lost his job, and hence the income with which he supported his large family. He, like thousands of other residents of the region, intends to leave Primorye, where it is simply impossible to live and work.}}

In April 2009, the slogan was officially banned.{{Cite web|date=6 April 2009|title=Vladivostok Officials Ban 'Putler Kaput' Slogan|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/Vladivostok_Officials_Ban_Putler_Kaput_Slogan/1603277.html|access-date=29 March 2021|website=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty}} According to the Primorsky Laboratory of Forensic Expertise of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, the slogan has "a pronounced emotional assessment of the personality or activities of Putin V.V. as a representative of state power and is offensive in nature."

The slogan "Putler Kaput" was also used during protests at opposition rallies in Moscow in connection with the 4 December 2011 State Duma elections and the 2012 presidential elections.{{Cite journal|last=Mikhalkova|first=Elena|year=2012|title=Дискурсивные особенности текстов плакатов на митингах оппозиции в Москве, проведенных в связи с выборами в Государственную думу РФ 4 декабря 2011 г. И выборами Президента РФ 4 марта 2012 г|trans-title=Aspects of Discourse, Found in the Texts of Posters at Meetings Held in Moscow Over the Elections to State Duma (4 December 2012) and Presidential Elections (4 March 2012)|url=https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/diskursivnye-osobennosti-tekstov-plakatov-na-mitingah-oppozitsii-v-moskve-provedennyh-v-svyazi-s-vyborami-v-gosudarstvennuyu-dumu-rf-4|journal=Политическая лингвистика|publication-place=Tyumen|volume=2|issue=40|pages=129|issn=1999-2629|via=CyberLeninka}}

File:Vova Putler la-la-la.JPG in Kyiv.{{Cite web|date=27 May 2014|title="Креативная" агитация перед выборами: Дарт Вейдер, Богиня, "пЫжиты по-новому" и "ла-ла-ла"|trans-title="Creative" campaigning before the elections: Darth Vader, the Goddess, "new ways" and "la-la-la"|url=https://tsn.ua/ru/foto/kreativnaya-agitaciya-pered-vyborami-dart-veyder-boginya-pyzhity-po-novomu-i-la-la-la-368145.html|access-date=9 August 2021|website=tsn.ua|publisher=1+1 Media Group|language=ru}} The caption says: "The tire was on fire and Vova Putler la-la-la".]]

The popularity of this pejorative increased in 2014. It was nominated for the "Word of the Year 2014" competition{{Cite journal|last=Shmeleva|first=Elena|year=2015|title=Интернет-коммуникация: новые тенденции в русском словообразовании|trans-title=Internet Communication: New Trends in Russian Word Formation|url=https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/internet-kommunikatsiya-novye-tendentsii-v-russkom-slovoobrazovanii|journal=Верхневолжский филологический вестник|language=ru|issue=2|pages=46–52 |issn=2499-9679|via=CyberLeninka}} after the annexation of Crimea by Russia, which some politicians, publicists and journalists compared with the Anschluss of Austria in 1938, after which Nazi Germany unleashed the Second World War.{{Cite news|last=McCoy|first=Terrence|date=23 April 2014|title=Here's 'Putler:' The mash-up image of Putin and Hitler sweeping Ukraine|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/04/23/heres-putler-the-mash-up-image-of-putin-and-hitler-sweeping-ukraine/|access-date=29 March 2021|issn=0190-8286}} The Washington Post cited a number of such statements and published photographs of Ukrainian protesters holding posters with the text "Putler — hands off Ukraine" and "Putler Kaput!" and caricatured drawings connecting the recognizable facial features of Vladimir Putin and Adolf Hitler. Several Russian linguists regarded this publication as deliberately shaping a negative image of Putin among readers.{{Cite journal|last=Morozova|first=Oksana|year=2014|title=Формирование образа России в условиях политической напряженности (на материале американской прессы)|trans-title=Creating the Image of Russia in Political Tension Conditions (Based on American Press)|url=https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/formirovanie-obraza-rossii-v-usloviyah-politicheskoy-napryazhennosti-na-materiale-amerikanskoy-pressy|journal=Известия Саратовского университета. Новая серия. Серия Филология. Журналистика|language=ru|publisher=Saratov State University|volume=14|issue=4|pages=113|issn=1817-7115|via=CyberLeninka}}{{efn|The phrase that forms the attitude towards Putin was, in particular, the saying "They call it 'Putler'. And yes, it looks a little creepy", in which the word "creepy" is intended to increase the reader's emotional response}}

Courthouse News Service notes that the nickname “Putler” is part of Ukrainian propaganda.{{Cite web |last=Burdeau |first=Cain |date=2022-04-26 |title=Russia warns of World War III, West boosts arms to Ukraine |url=https://www.courthousenews.com/russia-warns-of-world-war-iii-west-boosts-arms-to-ukraine/ |website=Courthouse News Service}}

According to journalist Rodger Jones, the "Putler" reference was "prominent" during the protests in 2014 in front of the Russian embassy in Washington.{{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Rodger|date=3 March 2014|title=Putin is 'Putler' to parts of Eastern Europe|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/2014/03/03/putin-is-putler-to-parts-of-eastern-europe/|access-date=29 March 2021|website=The Dallas Morning News}}

In July 2014, after the appearance of photos from the FIFA World Cup, where Vladimir Putin and German сhancellor Angela Merkel were sitting next to each other, watching its final match, comments appeared on this photo on social networks, which read "Thank you, Mrs. Putler" ({{Langx|de|Danke, Frau Putler}}). According to The Guardian, the authors of these comments were Ukrainians who were dissatisfied with the position taken by the сhancellor regarding the Russo-Ukrainian War.{{Cite book|last=Tsagolova|first=V.|year=2016|editor-last=Chudinov|editor-first=Anatoly|title=Прецедентные трансформы (на материале образа А. Меркель в СМИ)|trans-title=Precedent Transforms (based on the image of Angela Merkel in mass media)|url=http://politlinguist.ru/materials/conf/2016.pdf#page=208|access-date=29 March 2021|website=politlinguist.ru|page=208|language=ru|publication-place=Yekaterinburg|isbn=978-5-7186-0796-3}}

The word "Putler" has frequently been used in academic and journalistic works when comparing insulting language used against Russians and Ukrainians. The word is generally used in combination with negative verbs, such as "attack" and "shits".{{Cite book|last1=Knoblock|first1=Natalia|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1141994486|title=Language of conflict : discourses of the Ukrainian crisis|last2=Beliaeva|first2=Natalia|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|year=2020|isbn=978-1-350-09863-3|location=London, UK|pages=84|chapter=Blended names in the discussions of the Ukrainian crisis|oclc=1141994486}}

References to "Putler" have been a common sight at international demonstrations against the actions of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.{{cite web|last=Rodrigues|first=Charlene|title=In Pictures: Protesters worldwide rally against Russia's invasion of Ukraine|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/world/russia-invasion-ukraine-world-reaction-b2022595.html|work=The Independent|access-date=4 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224212124/https://www.independent.co.uk/world/russia-invasion-ukraine-world-reaction-b2022595.html|archive-date=24 February 2022|language=English|date=24 February 2022}}

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• Neo-Stalinism
• Putin khuylo!
• Putinism
• Rashism
• Comparisons between Israel and Nazi Germany, a similar political rhetoric used in Israeli-Palestinian conflict

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