CLASSIC: Putin's Strange New Law
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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🗓️ 31 March 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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The Russian government may soon pass an unusual law giving any former Russian president legal immunity -- not only from any crimes committed while in office, but for any acts before or after their presidency, as well. This lifetime immunity proposal has international spectators scratching their heads in confusion... and diving into conspiracy. Tune in to learn more in this week's oddly prescient Classic episode.
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| 0:00.0 | Fellow conspiracy realist, we are returning to you with a classic episode we recorded in December of 2020. |
| 0:08.7 | It's about one of our pal Dylan's favorite guys, Daddy Vlad, Vladimir P. |
| 0:16.3 | You know him. You love them. P.Js. |
| 0:18.7 | On the horse? No shirt? |
| 0:21.3 | The crowd goes wild. Crazy shirt. The crowd goes wild. |
| 0:22.1 | Crazy abs, man. |
| 0:23.8 | Masters of the universe, Ninja Turtles' abs on that guy. |
| 0:27.6 | So we are talking about the current leader of Russia of Vladimir Putin. |
| 0:32.3 | You know him. |
| 0:34.3 | You know him. |
| 0:35.5 | He has, back in 2020, we had a huge gallows guffaw of laughter when we learned that the Russian |
| 0:45.5 | government was going to pass an unusual law giving, quote, any former or current Russian |
| 0:53.2 | president illegal immunity for everything. |
| 0:58.4 | Just whomever that president might be. |
| 1:01.3 | Whoa. |
| 1:02.2 | That's a superpower if I've ever heard one. |
| 1:05.1 | It does remind me of the Supreme Court case. |
| 1:08.4 | What was it called Trump v. United States from 2024? Something about |
| 1:13.6 | official acts have immunity, but unofficial acts. No, no, no, those do not have immunity. |
| 1:20.0 | Yeah, because we're not Russia. And again, you know, yeah, right. We spend a lot of time |
| 1:26.8 | in this classic episode, if I recall correctly, emphasizing that the letter of the Russian law doesn't mention Daddy V by name. |
| 1:36.7 | It just says whomever they might be. |
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