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Dimachka ‘Thumbelina’ Medvedev Gets a Make-Over
Please buckle your seat belt, the drivers of this article — I am just passing on their sentiments — having clearly been hitting the crack pipe again. Before we begin, however, let us give a shout-out to our pint-sized-and-always-angry-at-his-teeny-weeny-shadow, Dimachka “Thumbelina” Medvedev.
Dimachka (the ‘chka’ at the end of the word is the diminutive of Dima and suggests either affinity for the little fellow or in this case, mocking sarcasm) is doing his best Indian PM look with his spiffy Nehru jacket. Amazon has them for $40 but I am sure Dima’s cost upwards of a few thousand. It’s not his money, though, but the wealth of the Russian nation he uses for his whims. Anyway, lest we lose ourselves in composing fashion wish lists — I just came across a cool Tang suit — let’s get back to the complaints coming out of Moscow.
Kremlin officials were out and about kicking up consternation over the fact that no one in the West was upset over the drone assault on the homes of Moscow’s thieving elite. Moscow’s behavior reminds me of the way a bully when finally smacked to the point of tears by the smaller kid expects someone to express sympathy for the hand-shaped welts on his fat face. Moscow’s feelings are hurt and it…