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Putin's Plan (Russian:план Путина,romanized: Plan Putina) is an informal reference for a political and economic programme ofRussian presidentVladimir Putin. Neither Putin nor his team officially released any comprehensive programme.[1]
Slogans supporting "Putin's Plan" were a staple of theelection campaign of theUnited Russia in the2007 parliamentary election and the2008 presidential election.
Putin himself stated that the term is nothing but a pre-election slogan based on the excerpts from 7 years of hisState of the Nation address to theFederal Assembly related to the long-term development of various spheres in the life of the country.[2]
The term "Putin's Plan" was introduced by the chairman of the Supreme Council of United RussiaBoris Gryzlov. Conceptual framework of "Putin's Plan" was first revealed by Director General of APEC D. Orlov in May 2007.[1]
In the electoral programme of the party "United Russia" in the parliamentary elections in 2007, "Putin's Plan" is stated as follows:[3]
Almost immediately the expression was reinterpreted based on the Russian slang meaning of the term "план" for "marijuana", i.e., reading it as "Putin'sWeed". A little-known band "Корейские LЁDчики" fromVladivostok gained in its popularity with the songsPutin andPutin's "Plan").[4]
The Moscow section of theUnion of Right Forces sent a written request toFederal Drug Control Service of Russia to check whether "Putin's Plan" is a narcotic or psychotropic substance and carried out a rally against legalisation ofcontrolled substances during which they gave out badges with various pun texts, such as "Putin's High Rating is Due to Putin's Plan."[5]
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