“Putin is a d*ckhead!” – 12 years ago on March 30, 2014, the famous song-slogan was performed for the first time – video

The song remains relevant. A day in history — exactly 12 years ago, fans of Kharkiv’s “Metalist” sang the legendary chant that ultimately defined Putin’s place in history — no matter what he did before or after.

“Putin — kh*ilo!” (Ukr. путін — х*йло; euphemized version — Khutin Puylo) – is a slogan-song in Ukrainian and Russian, that mocks the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin. It emerged among young Russian-speaking Ukrainian patriots from eastern Ukraine during the conflict with pro-Russian forces in March — April 2014.

The song was first performed on March 30, 2014, by fans of the Ukrainian football clubs “Metalist” and “Shakhtar” against the backdrop of the Russian annexation of Crimea.

Regarding the “la-la-la” renditions, Rutgers University (USA) political science professor Alexander Motyl commented as follows:

“If you want to express your views about Putin, all you need to do is say “la-la-la-la-la-la”, and everything will be absolutely clear.”

As a result of the Russian-Ukrainian war, this phrase became widely known, receiving numerous adaptations and variations and becoming an internet meme. It became popular among opponents of Putin’s policies not only in Ukraine but also beyond its borders, including Russian oppositionists. This “national cultural meme” received huge resonance in the world press and was widely used not only within the country but also by many foreign performers, especially at protest actions.

The song about Putin began to spread in all spheres of life: in politics, religion, sports, the information sphere, media, and folk art. Among philologists, this meme is considered a slang neologism and obscenity in the Ukrainian language, originating from Russian vulgar slang.

Memes associated with the phrase “Putin – kh*ilo” are also associated with other memes:

“PTN PNKh” – an abbreviation for “PuTin, Pishov Na Khuy”. This meme was introduced into use back in March 2014, even a little earlier than “Putin – kh*ilo”, after on March 7, the TV channel “TVi” posted on its Facebook page a photo of a billboard “PTN PNKh” installed on the Kyiv-Boryspil highway. Since then, this inscription is often found in Ukraine on clothing, car numbers, pedestrian crossings, in music, and during laser shows. In Poland, they even released stamps with the inscription “PTN PNKh”. This meme can be used as a synonym and euphemism for “Putin-kh?ylo”.

“Putin – P*dor: la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la”. Like “Putin – kh*ilo”, this meme was introduced into use in March 2014 by Ukrainian football fans.

“Putin Pidrahuy!” – a Ukrainian-Russian meme introduced into use on May 6, 2013, in the city of Saratov, Russia, by lawyer Mikhail Shapovalov during a protest in support of the “Bolotnaya case” prisoners.

“Irod-Khutin” was introduced into use in January 2015 during the celebration of Christmas in Poltava. During the Christmas nativity scene, Irod-Khutin tried to ruin the holiday and destroy the infant Christ, but he failed. Angels defeated the dark forces and expelled Khutin.

To avoid using coarse language, the use of abbreviations and proverbs (euphemisms) became popular:

“PTN KhLO”.

“PTN X̆LO”.

“PTN PNKh KhLO” – an abbreviation for “putin – pishov na kh*y, Khuylo!”.

Maxim “Cowboy”, leader of the ultras group of Kharkiv football fans “Free Land Ultras”, claims that the song’s text is a remake of an old chant by “Metalist” fans about the former president of the FFU Hryhoriy Surkis:

“This is an old chant of Kharkiv’s ‘Metalist’ from the times of Surkis’s feud with Yaroslavsky (president of FC ‘Dynamo’ and former owner of ‘Metalist’). Only instead of Putin, it was Surkis, Yaroslavsky didn’t like him”.

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