A T-shirt with an image of President Vladimir Putin is seen on sale among other items at a souvenir shop in Saint Petersburg on January 29, 2020. — AFP pic
Painter and businessman Alexei Sergiyenko has been cashing in on Putin for years. In 2012, he opened an exhibition of work devoted exclusively to Putin titled: “President. A man with a good soul.”The walls of his studio were lined with pop-art pictures of Putin carrying a child on his shoulders or dressed as a Hollywood superhero stopping a meteorite from crashing into the Earth.
These kinds of flattering images of the president reinforce a portrait offered by the Kremlin of Putin as a father figure or saviour of the nation. “Putin is a strong leader. I respect him for that,” said Alexander Savenkov, an estate agent in his 40s who owns a Putin T-shirt, which he mostly wears abroad.
“I already have the impression that I’m living in North Korea. The ‘great Putin’ is everywhere: on TV, in the newspapers, his portraits in every official building and even on souvenirs. It’s too much,” he said.
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