Putin draws bizarre smiley face on electric whiteboard in Moscow

Vladimir Putin, who is reeling from last weekend’s mutiny, visited a hi-tech exhibition in Moscow and drew a sketch of a SpongeBob-like smiley head on an electronic board. The Russian leader on Thursday was seen walking up to the white electronic board with some maths equations written on it, took a pen and drew the sketch of a head with wavy hair and massive ears not dissimilar to SpongeBob after a Russian company executive asked him to leave a photograph. Mr Putin did not explain what the drawing was about. The executive reminded Mr Putin of a Siberian school visit ten years earlier when the Russian leader ended up leaving an odd drawing on the electronic board. When asked by the students what it was, Mr Putin said: “It’s a cat - from the rear.” Russian executives on Thursday reminded Mr Putin of that story, saying that board in 2013 was foreign-made but now Russia now has its own facilities to produce interactive electronic boards for schools unlike a decade earlier. #putin #russia #moscow Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just £1 for 3 months. Start your free trial now: Get the latest headlines: and are websites of The Telegraph, the UK’s best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.