Vlad hair day: Putin is mocked for wearing his ear protectors upside down on shooting range visit 'to avoid ruffling his thinning hair' - as his beleaguered army is forced to fight off ANOTHER Ukrainian incursion Vladimir Putin was seen wearing ear protectors in a bizarre way They were placed over his chin, instead of his hair Critics said he did this to avoid ruffling his thinning hair By Perkin Amalaraj Published: 10:43, 22 August 2024 | Updated: 10:46, 22 August 2024 e-mail View comments Autocrat Vladimir Putin has been mocked for wearing his ear protectors upside down during a visit to a Chechen shooting range to avoid ruffling his thinning hair. The dictator was seen alongside Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov, a close political and military ally, at a shooting range during a surprise visit to the region which many believed was aimed at bolstering support amid Ukraine 's incursion on Russian soil. But unlike Kadyrov, who wore his ear protectors over his head, the Russian leader was seen wearing them over his chin.
Major Russian blogger Rustem Adagamov posted: '[Putin's] hairdresser has to style the sparse hairs so that it is not visible that the Russian president is already completely bald. 'And headphones will ruin all the beauty.' Autocrat Vladimir Putin (pictured, left) has been mocked for wearing his ear protectors upside down during a visit to a Chechen shooting range He was accused of doing this to avoid ruffling his thinning hair A man rides bicycle past the debris o.