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At the beginning of May 1992, the family of the mayor of Saint Petersburg, Anatoly Sobchak, and the family of the current president of Russia, Vladimir Putin arrived on holiday to Finland at the invitation of a privately held company and '''recorded it on tape'''. The tape included the families doing things such as talking, fishing, eating, and playing sports and was about 12 minutes long.
At the beginning of May 1992, the family of the mayor of Saint Petersburg, Anatoly Sobchak, and the family of the current president of Russia, Vladimir Putin arrived on holiday to Finland at the invitation of a privately held company and '''recorded it on tape'''. The tape included the families doing things such as talking, fishing, eating, and playing sports and was about 12 minutes long.
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==Background==
==Background==
There is little known about the exact details of this video. It is unknown on who was videotaping, and why this event was recorded. The video also does not appear to to contain anything sensitive other than the footage of Putin and his family behaving informally.
There is little known about the exact details of this video. It is unknown on who was videotaping, and why this event was recorded. The video also does not appear to contain anything sensitive other than the footage of Putin and his family behaving informally.


==Availability==
==Availability==
The information about this tape was found on some online shopping website trading for ฿100 (241500 USD). The seller claims that he bought the physical videotape, in early 2015 and digitized it. Now, he sells the electronic copy of it online. Other than some screenshots and information on the tape, little else is known about it.
The information about this tape was found on some online shopping website trading for ฿100 (241500 USD). The seller claims that he bought the physical videotape, in early 2015 and digitized it. Now, he sells the electronic copy of it online. On December 28th, 2021, a 43 second clip of the home video was uploaded to YouTube by user Kuq, after discovering it on a Russian forum.<ref>[https://old.reddit.com/r/lostmedia/comments/rqot0k/found_snippet_vladimir_putin_home_video_lost/ Reddit lost explaining how they found the clip] Retrieved on 28 Dec 2021.]</ref>
 
On September 24th 2023, Finland's national public broadcasting company Yle released an article about the home video. In the article, they claim to have purchased a VHS cassette of the video and confirmed its authenticity.<ref>[https://yle.fi/a/74-20051353 Home video shows apprehensive Putin in sweatpants – Yle publishes images from secret trip to Finland] Retrieved on 20 Oct 2023.]</ref> The article includes around 4 minutes of video, but it is unclear if this is the full video. Yle also acknowledges that they cut the video down slightly, and claim to have done so because "the original footage is typically shaky amateur video."
 
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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[[Category:Lost recordings of real incidents]]
[[Category:Lost recordings of real incidents]]
[[Category:Completely lost media]]
[[Category:Partially found media]]

Latest revision as of 20:04, 20 October 2023

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Vladimir Putin (on the left)

Status: Partially Found

At the beginning of May 1992, the family of the mayor of Saint Petersburg, Anatoly Sobchak, and the family of the current president of Russia, Vladimir Putin arrived on holiday to Finland at the invitation of a privately held company and recorded it on tape. The tape included the families doing things such as talking, fishing, eating, and playing sports and was about 12 minutes long.

How the tape was acquired by non-family members in the first place is unknown, but previous holders of the video initially evaluated the value of the recorded videotape (1 to 5): " Uniqueness of the material - 5 points; The recording level participants' discrediting - 2 points; Social significance of the material - 5 points; Importance of the material to the world - 5 points. Overall - 4.25 points. "

Background

There is little known about the exact details of this video. It is unknown on who was videotaping, and why this event was recorded. The video also does not appear to contain anything sensitive other than the footage of Putin and his family behaving informally.

Availability

The information about this tape was found on some online shopping website trading for ฿100 (241500 USD). The seller claims that he bought the physical videotape, in early 2015 and digitized it. Now, he sells the electronic copy of it online. On December 28th, 2021, a 43 second clip of the home video was uploaded to YouTube by user Kuq, after discovering it on a Russian forum.[1]

On September 24th 2023, Finland's national public broadcasting company Yle released an article about the home video. In the article, they claim to have purchased a VHS cassette of the video and confirmed its authenticity.[2] The article includes around 4 minutes of video, but it is unclear if this is the full video. Yle also acknowledges that they cut the video down slightly, and claim to have done so because "the original footage is typically shaky amateur video."

Clip of the home video.

Gallery

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