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Proof: Years After His Death, Vladimir Zhirinovsky Lives Rent-Free in Russians’ Heads

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-07T16:02:21Z","headline":"Years After His Death, Vladimir Zhirinovsky Lives Rent-Free in Russians’ Heads","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"moscowtimes","url":"https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/07/years-after-his-death-vladimir-zhirinovsky-lives-rent-free-in-russians-heads-a93903","v":1}

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f46062e4d8c4866f76c7f99b4dd2ae1b24750a605ecc8cf6db8719496117f81a

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970360, mined 2026-10-07 16:13 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-07 16:10 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-07 16:11 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-f46062e4d8c4.json prints f46062e4d8c4866f76c7f99b4dd2ae1b24750a605ecc8cf6db8719496117f81a. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-f46062e4d8c4.json and headline-f46062e4d8c4.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-f46062e4d8c4.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 5 min after it was first seen.