🤫 Vladimir Putin gestures for silence, signaling to Elena Ilyukhina, a prominent executive in the oil industry, to be quiet and show respect during the Russian national anthem. Elena is one of the most powerful figures at Gazprom, Russia's largest oil company and one of the world's largest. However, that didn't stop Putin from quieting her down during the Russian anthem as the country's flag was raised in St. Petersburg
The UN uses activists to 'pressure' heads of state. This is a strategy to legitimize unelected individuals and put them on equal footing with national leaders. It's a not-so-subtle way of weakening the sovereignty of nations