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"'''Putin – khuylo!'''" ({{lang-uk|Пу́тін — хуйло́}}, {{IPA-uk|ˈput⁽ʲ⁾in xʊjˈlɔ|IPA}}; {{lang-rus|Пу́тин — хуйло́ и быдло||ˈputʲɪn xʊjˈlo}}; commonly translated as "Putin is a dickhead")<ref name="guardian1">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/15/ukraine-minister-deshchytsia-abusive-putin-russia|publisher=]|date=June 15, 2014|title=Ukraine minister's abusive remarks about Putin spark diplomatic row|url-status=live|archive-date=June 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140615181958/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/15/ukraine-minister-deshchytsia-abusive-putin-russia}}</ref> is a Ukrainian- and Russian-language slogan deriding ] ]. It originated in ] in 2014 having grown from a ] first performed by ] ] and ] ultras in March 2014 on the onset of the ] and ]. The phrase has become very widespread throughout Ukraine among supporters of the Ukrainian government and, more generally, those who do not like Vladimir Putin in both Russian-speaking and Ukrainian-speaking areas of Ukraine.


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==Language and meaning==
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"'''Putin – khuylo!'''" or "'''Putin – khuilo!'''"{{efn|{{langx|ru|Путин — хуйло|Putin — khuylo}}, {{IPA|ru|ˈputʲɪn xʊjˈlo|IPA}}; {{langx|uk|Путін — хуйло|Putin — khuilo}}, {{IPA|uk|ˈput⁽ʲ⁾in xʊjˈlɔ|IPA}}; {{langx|be|Пуцін — хуйло|Putsin — khuylo}}, {{IPA|be|ˈput͡sʲin xujˈlɔ|IPA}}.}}<ref name="Guardian1">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/15/ukraine-minister-deshchytsia-abusive-putin-russia|work=]|date=15 June 2014|title=Ukraine minister's abusive remarks about Putin spark diplomatic row|url-status=live|archive-date=15 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140615181958/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/15/ukraine-minister-deshchytsia-abusive-putin-russia}}</ref> is a slogan deriding ] ], commonly translated as "Putin dickhead!"
The ] ('']'') {{wikt-lang|ru|хуйло́}} is variously transliterated as ''huilo'', ''huylo'', ''khuilo'', ''khuylo'', or ''xujlo''. Its core is {{wikt-lang|ru|хуй}} ('']''), literally "dick" in both Russian and Ukrainian. In combination with ''-lo'' it may be translated as "dickwad", "dickhead" or "prick". The words are identical in ], ], and ]. In ], the word does not exist, except in Polish, Slovak and some dialects of Czech that have ''chuj''; Polish transliterates {{lang|ru|хуйло}} as ''chujło''.


It originated in ] in 2014, having grown from a ] first performed by ] and ] ] in March 2014 at the onset of the ]. The phrase has become a ] and is widely spread in Ukraine amongst supporters of Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as those opposing Vladimir Putin in both Russia and Ukraine.
In May 2014, media outlets reported that the Russian profanity ''khuilo'' had been added to the ] as a synonym for ].<ref name="MR7">{{cite news|url=http://www.mr7.ru/articles/102682/|publisher=MR7|date=May 30, 2014|title=Статья Путин "huylo" появилась в американском словаре сленга|access-date=May 30, 2014|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714223144/http://www.mr7.ru/articles/102682/|url-status=live|language=ru}}</ref><ref name="Vlasti.net">{{cite news|url=http://vlasti.net/news/196095|publisher=Vlasti.net|date=June 17, 2014|title=Благодаря песне про Путина в английском языке появилось слово "huylo"|trans-title=Thanks to the chant about Putin, the word "huylo" appeared in English language|access-date=June 23, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714170841/http://vlasti.net/news/196095|archive-date=July 14, 2014|language=ru}}</ref><ref name="Ukrayinska Pravda">{{cite news|url=http://life.pravda.com.ua/person/2014/05/30/170203/|newspaper=Ukrayinska Pravda|date=May 30, 2014|title=Американський словник згадав Путіна, пояснюючи слово "huylo"|access-date=June 23, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714203940/http://life.pravda.com.ua/person/2014/05/30/170203/|archive-date=July 14, 2014|language=uk}}</ref><ref name="Gazeta.ru">{{cite news|work=Gazeta.ua|date=May 29, 2014|url= http://gazeta.ua/ru/articles/nelitereturna-leksika/_slovo-huylo-voshlo-v-slovar-anglijskogo-slenga-urban-dictionary/560941|title=Слово Huylo вошло в словарь английского сленга Urban Dictionary|access-date= May 29, 2014|language=ru}}</ref><ref name="BelGazeta">{{cite news|url=http://www.belgazeta.by/ru/news/life/29151|newspaper=]|date=June 2, 2014|title=Путин попал в американский словарь сленга|trans-title=Putin appeared in American slang dictionary|access-date=June 23, 2014|archive-date=2014-07-14|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714200823/http://www.belgazeta.by/ru/news/life/29151|language=ru}}</ref>


==Etymology==
The expression, for the reason of circumventing censorship, may be abbreviated as "{{lang|ru|птн х̆ло}}" (''ptn kh&#774;lo''). The letter {{lang|ru|х̆}} is an overlay of the Cyrillic letters {{lang|ru|х}}, {{lang|ru|у}} and {{lang|ru|й}}, a well-known joke about "a new Russian letter".<ref> (New Letters of Russian Alphabet), Sergey Muratov, ''Samizdat Magazine''</ref>{{Unreliable source?|reason=This is a self published link that doesn't have references to reliable sources, and is not published or released by a notable and reliable person, thus cannot be considered reliable. |date=December 2016}} Another abbreviation containing a similarly suggestive meaning is "{{lang|ru|ПТН ПНХ}}" (''PTN PNKh''), which stands for "{{lang|ru|<u>П</u>у<u>т</u>и<u>н</u>, <u>п</u>ошёл <u>н</u>а <u>х</u>уй}}" (''Putin, poshol na khuy'', which is similar to "Putin, go fuck yourself", which could be rendered in English as "PTN GFY").<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fakty.ictv.ua/ru/index/read-news/id/1514470|title=Украинцы не жалеют денег на именные номера "ПТН ПНХ" (фото) - Факти|date=8 May 2014|website=Fakty.ictv.ua|access-date=19 November 2017}}</ref>
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The ] ('']'') {{wikt-lang|ru|хуйло́}} is variously transliterated as ''huilo'', ''huylo'', ''khuilo'', ''khuylo'', or ''chujlo''. Also there are dialect variants {{wikt-lang|ru|хуи́ла}} (''huila''), {{wikt-lang|ru|хуи́бла}} (''huibla''). Its core is {{wikt-lang|ru|хуй}} ('']''), literally "penis", in both Russian and Ukrainian. Combined with the suffix ''],'' it is a personal insult. It can be translated as "dickhead", but its connotation is far more pejorative in those languages than in English.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cole |first1=Brendan |title='Putin Huylo' Meaning as Phrase Becomes Rallying Cry for Ukraine Support |url=https://www.newsweek.com/putin-huylo-khuylo-explained-russia-ukraine-putin-language-1702063 |access-date=8 July 2022 |publisher=Newsweek |date=29 April 2022}}</ref>


In May 2014, media outlets reported that the Russian profanity ''huilo'' had been added to the '']'' as a synonym for ].<ref name="MR7">{{cite news|url=http://www.mr7.ru/articles/102682/|publisher=MR7|date=30 May 2014|title=Статья Путин "huylo" появилась в американском словаре сленга|access-date=30 May 2014|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714223144/http://www.mr7.ru/articles/102682/|url-status=live|language=ru}}</ref><ref name="Vlasti.net">{{cite news|url=http://vlasti.net/news/196095|publisher=Vlasti.net|date=17 June 2014|title=Благодаря песне про Путина в английском языке появилось слово "huylo"|trans-title=Thanks to the chant about Putin, the word "huylo" appeared in English language|access-date=23 June 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714170841/http://vlasti.net/news/196095|archive-date=14 July 2014|language=ru}}</ref><ref name="Ukrainska Pravda">{{cite news|url=http://life.pravda.com.ua/person/2014/05/30/170203/|newspaper=Ukrainska Pravda|date=30 May 2014|title=Американський словник згадав Путіна, пояснюючи слово "huylo"|access-date=23 June 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714203940/http://life.pravda.com.ua/person/2014/05/30/170203/|archive-date=14 July 2014|language=uk}}</ref><ref name="Gazeta.ru">{{cite news|work=Gazeta.ua|date=29 May 2014|url=http://gazeta.ua/ru/articles/nelitereturna-leksika/_slovo-huylo-voshlo-v-slovar-anglijskogo-slenga-urban-dictionary/560941|title=Слово Huylo вошло в словарь английского сленга Urban Dictionary|access-date=29 May 2014|language=ru}}</ref><ref name="BelGazeta">{{cite news|url=http://www.belgazeta.by/ru/news/life/29151|newspaper=]|date=2 June 2014|title=Путин попал в американский словарь сленга|trans-title=Putin appeared in American slang dictionary|access-date=23 June 2014|archive-date=2014-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714200823/http://www.belgazeta.by/ru/news/life/29151|language=ru}}</ref>
==History==
The chant has its origins in "] Khuylo!", a football chant that was initiated by the ] of ] some time in 2010, during the height of a feud between two Ukrainian ]s, ], then-owner of "Metalist", and ], then-president of the ] who had strong historic and ] with ].<ref name=UkrPra01>{{cite news|url=http://life.pravda.com.ua/society/2014/05/19/168875/|script-title=ru:Украинские ультрас: глобальное перемирие|language=ru|publisher=Українська правда. Життя|date=May 19, 2014|access-date=June 21, 2014|archive-date=August 28, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140828213653/http://life.pravda.com.ua/society/2014/05/19/168875/}}</ref> The Kharkiv fans, who sided with their club president, chanted "Surkis Khuylo!" to express their dislike of the Football Federation president in vulgar and profane form.


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The first recorded public performance of the ''"Putin khuylo!"'' chant and the song that grew from it took place in March 2014 in Kharkiv when the local fans chanted it during their street march.<ref name="7234587PKSotP">{{in lang|uk}} , ] (11 December 2019)</ref> The recording was soon posted to ] where it went viral.<ref>{{cite web|url=//www.youtube.com/watch?v=447lXe1Y2tE|title=Это Харьков,детка! "Пу#ин х#йло!" ФК Металлист+Шахтер|date=March 30, 2014|publisher=YouTube|author=Anna T.}}</ref> Various groups of Ukrainian ] of all major Ukrainian clubs ] have been historically holding strong pro-Ukrainian, sometimes ], political views and on the onset of the ] and ] combined with Russia-incited anti-Ukrainian violence in the East and South of Ukraine, when the city of ], the football fans immediately and unequivocally sided with Ukraine in its conflict with Russia.<ref name=Taylor/><ref name="Ukraine crisis timeline BBC">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-26248275|title=Ukraine crisis timeline|work=]|date=July 5, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715040406/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-26248275|archive-date=July 15, 2014}}</ref> Soon the song that vulgarly derided Putin gained much wider popularity, spreading among other clubs, such as the fans of ] (]) and ] (]), who were formerly feuding but sang the song together.<ref name=Taylor>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/06/16/khuilo-the-offensive-term-that-has-attached-itself-to-putin/|title=‘Khuilo’: The offensive term that has attached itself to Putin|author=Adam Taylor|newspaper=Washington Post|date=June 16, 2014}}</ref><ref name=WSJ140524/> During the ],{{#tag:ref|Russia has denied supporting the pro-Russian militia forces of the ];<ref>{{cite news|agency=]|url=http://en.ria.ru/world/20140801/191588991/UN-Conclusions-Disprove-Claims-Against-Russia-Over-Ukrainian.html|date=August 1, 2014|access-date=August 6, 2014|title=UN Conclusions Disprove Claims Against Russia Over Ukrainian Crisis - Moscow|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140804105639/http://en.ria.ru/world/20140801/191588991/UN-Conclusions-Disprove-Claims-Against-Russia-Over-Ukrainian.html|archive-date=August 4, 2014}}</ref> but on 17 April 2014, Russian president ] admitted that Russian troops were active in ] during the ], claiming this facilitated self-determination for the peninsula.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=]|title=Putin’s remarks raise fears of future moves against Ukraine|author=Kathy Lally|date=April 17, 2014|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/putin-changes-course-admits-russian-troops-were-in-crimea-before-vote/2014/04/17/b3300a54-c617-11e3-bf7a-be01a9b69cf1_story.html|access-date=August 6, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://eng.kremlin.ru/news/7034|title=President of Russia|publisher=Eng.kremlin.ru|date=June 1, 2010|access-date=April 20, 2014|archive-date=July 15, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715020319/http://eng.kremlin.ru/news/7034}}</ref>|group=nb}} the ultras of various Ukrainian clubs set aside their ] and chanted the song in joint street marches.<ref name=UkrPra01/> The chant continued to grow in popularity and became "a nationwide cultural meme" according to '']''.<ref name=guardian2/> ] reported, "A shorthand, more modest version of the lyrics has even entered the popular discourse. If you want to express your views of Putin, all you need do is say 'la-la la-la la-la', and everything's quite clear."<ref name=WA140602/>


==Origin==
] identified the melody of the chant<ref name=1342200-echo>{{cite web|url=http://echo.msk.ru/programs/personalno/1342200-echo/|title=Особое мнение: Артемий Троицкий|language=ru|trans-title=Special opinion: Artemy Troitsky (An interview with Artemy Troitsky)|publisher=]|author=Ольга Бычкова|date=June 18, 2014|access-date=April 6, 2015|archive-date=July 14, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714205408/http://echo.msk.ru/programs/personalno/1342200-echo/}}</ref> as coming from the song "]", a hit for American singer ] in 1962.
The chant has its origins in "Surkis Khuylo!", a football chant initiated by the ] of ] some time in 2010, during the height of a feud between two Ukrainian ]s, ], then owner of "Metalist", and ], then president of the ] who had strong historic and ] with ].<ref name="UkrPra01">{{cite news|url=http://life.pravda.com.ua/society/2014/05/19/168875/|script-title=ru:Украинские ультрас: глобальное перемирие|language=ru|publisher=Українська правда. Життя|date=19 May 2014|access-date=21 June 2014|archive-date=28 August 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140828213653/http://life.pravda.com.ua/society/2014/05/19/168875/}}</ref>


The first recorded public performance of the ''"Putin khuylo!"'' chant and the song that grew from it took place in March 2014 in ], when the local fans chanted it during their street march.<ref name="7234587PKSotP2">{{in lang|uk}} , ] (11 December 2019)</ref> The recording was soon posted to ]. Various groups of Ukrainian ] of major Ukrainian clubs with the exception of ] have historically held strong pro-Ukrainian political views. These football fans sided with Ukraine at the onset of the ] and ], as well as during the pro-Russian unrest in the east and south of Ukraine, when the city of ].<ref name="Taylor" /><ref name="Ukraine crisis timeline BBC">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-26248275|title=Ukraine crisis timeline|work=]|date=5 July 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715040406/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-26248275|archive-date=15 July 2014}}</ref>
In June 2015, the Russian ] started a criminal prosecution and investigation of activist Daria Poludova for using the song on the ] social network.<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627181920/http://www.novayagazeta.ru/news/1694800.html |date=2015-06-27 }}, by ], 26.06.2015</ref>


Soon, the song that vulgarly derided Putin gained wider popularity, spreading amongst other clubs, such as the fans of ] (]) and ] (]), who were formerly feuding but sang the song together.<ref name="Taylor">{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/06/16/khuilo-the-offensive-term-that-has-attached-itself-to-putin/|title='Khuilo': The offensive term that has attached itself to Putin|author=Adam Taylor|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=16 June 2014}}</ref><ref name="WSJ 2014-05-24" /> During the beginning of the ] in 2014, in which Russia ] from Ukraine and used ] to ] parts of the eastern ] region, the ultras of various Ukrainian clubs set aside their ] and chanted the song in joint street marches.<ref name="UkrPra01" /> The chant became "a nationwide cultural ]" according to '']''.<ref name="Guardian2" />
When Russian television channel ] aired one episode of the Ukrainian sitcom "]" in December 2019,<ref name="7234587PKSotP2">{{in lang|uk}} , ] (11 December 2019)</ref> a scene containing a joke that referenced the song, in which the fictional president played by ] asked "Putin hublo?" ({{Lang|ru|«Путин — хубло?»}}) when told that Putin wore a ] watch, was cut out of the episode.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/12/16/3-things-russia-censored-on-tv-last-week-a68634|title=3 Things Russia Censored on TV in the Past Week|date=2019-12-16|website=The Moscow Times|language=en|access-date=2019-12-20}}</ref> The omission occurred only within ] and the ], but not in the ] of the country.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://micetimes.asia/tnt-cut-from-the-tv-series-servant-of-the-people-with-zelenskys-joke-about-putin-hublo/|title=TNT cut from the TV series "servant of the people" with Zelensky's joke about "Putin — hublo"|last=paradox|date=2019-12-13|website=micetimes.asia|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-20}}</ref>


] identified the melody of the chant<ref name="1342200-echo">{{cite web|url=http://echo.msk.ru/programs/personalno/1342200-echo/|title=Особое мнение: Артемий Троицкий|language=ru|trans-title=Special opinion: Artemy Troitsky (An interview with Artemy Troitsky)|publisher=]|author=Ольга Бычкова|date=18 June 2014|access-date=6 April 2015|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714205408/http://echo.msk.ru/programs/personalno/1342200-echo/}}</ref> as coming from the song "]", popularised by American singer ] in 1962.
==In mainstream rock music==
Several Ukrainian mainstream ] bands included or adapted the chant into their music. A metal remix, released on April 21, 2014 by AstrogentA, added instrumentation and reworked the video of the March 30 protest chant to depict its spread throughout Ukrainian football clubs.<ref>{{YouTube|id=-n2D4giJDyU|title=путин - ху*ло. Украинская народная (рок-версия)}}</ref> The Ukrainian band ] received international attention following the May 6, 2014 release of a song and a ] titled "Putin ''Hello''!" Their song uses a ], substituting the objectionable word "khuylo" with the English word "Hello!" Alluding to the "Putin ''Khuylo''!" chant, the video features band players wearing Ukrainian football club colors and posing as ] marching and chanting "Putin Hello" as the ] of the song. The band members asserted, ], that the linking of their song to an offensive anti-Putin chant was a misunderstanding and insisted that the only people who found the chant objectionable were Russians unfamiliar with English.<ref name=Podrobnosti>{{cite news|url=http://podrobnosti.ua/kaleidoscope/2014/05/06/974698.html|title=Песня "Путин, hello" группы "Телери" взорвала интернет (видео)|work=]|date=May 6, 2014|location=Ukraine|access-date=June 18, 2014|archive-date=May 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506210017/http://podrobnosti.ua/kaleidoscope/2014/05/06/974698.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


In June 2015, the Russian ] started a criminal prosecution and investigation of activist Daria Poludova for using the song on ].<ref>{{Citation |title=Против активистки Дарьи Полюдовой возбудили дело за антипутинскую песню – Новости – Новая Газета |date=2015-06-26 |url=http://www.novayagazeta.ru/news/1694800.html |work=] |trans-title=Activist Darya Polyudovoy was sued for anti-Putin song |access-date=2023-12-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627181920/http://www.novayagazeta.ru/news/1694800.html |language=ru |archive-date=2015-06-27}}</ref> The case was dropped after Poludova's lawyer demanded a confrontation with the victim, Putin, as required by law.<ref>{{Citation |title=Дарью Полюдову отправили в колонию-поселение на три года за идею "федерализации Кубани" |date=2015-12-21 |url=https://www.newsru.com/russia/21dec2015/poludova.html |work=] |trans-title=Daria Polyudova was sent to a penal colony for three years for the idea of "federalization of Kuban" |access-date=2023-12-27 |language=ru}}</ref>
] aired a ] performance of the song by ] on May 29, 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ivona.bigmir.net/showbiz/stars/393110-V-efire-ukrainskogo-kanala-ispolnili-znamenityj-hit-o-Putine|script-title=ru:В эфире украинского канала исполнили знаменитый хит о Путине|trans-title=Ukrainian channel showed live performance of famous hit about Putin|publisher=Big Mir|date=June 16, 2014|access-date=June 17, 2014|archive-date=June 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140618055330/http://ivona.bigmir.net/showbiz/stars/393110-V-efire-ukrainskogo-kanala-ispolnili-znamenityj-hit-o-Putine|language=ru|url-status=dead}}</ref> The rock band ] performed the song at their concert on June 13, 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ivona.bigmir.net/showbiz/video_old/394196-Gruppa-Druga-R-ka-predstavila-rok-versiju-znamenitogo-hita-o-Putine|script-title=ru:Группа Друга Ріка представила рок-версию знаменитого хита о Путине|trans-title=Druga Rika Group presented a rock version of the famous hit about Putin|publisher=Big Mir|language=ru|date=June 16, 2014|access-date=June 17, 2014|archive-date=June 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140618054743/http://ivona.bigmir.net/showbiz/video_old/394196-Gruppa-Druga-R-ka-predstavila-rok-versiju-znamenitogo-hita-o-Putine|url-status=dead}}</ref> Other rock adaptations were made by ]<ref>{{YouTube|GRLC6vpnKxM|ПТН-ХЛО от "Мед Хедс". Мотофест "Тарасова Гора - 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://myradio.ua/news/druga-rka-mad-heads-i-kuzjma-skryabin-speli-na-koncertah-hit-pro-10213250.html|title="Друга Ріка", "Mad Heads" и Кузьма Скрябин спели на концертах хит про Путина|website=Myradio.ua|access-date=19 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307194934/http://myradio.ua/news/druga-rka-mad-heads-i-kuzjma-skryabin-speli-na-koncertah-hit-pro-10213250.html|archive-date=7 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> and ].<ref> Наша Ніва</ref> The '']'' reviewed nine video versions of the song and two other related songs.<ref name=KP711>{{cite news|last=Goncharova|first=Olena|title=Kharkiv, with new anti-Russian song, becomes capital of anti-Putin music (VIDEO)|url=http://www.kyivpost.com/guide/music/lifestyle-blog-soccer-fans-chant-putin-khuilo-makes-it-to-world-fame-353315.html|access-date=July 11, 2014|newspaper=Kyiv Post|date=July 11, 2014|archive-date=July 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711160227/http://www.kyivpost.com/guide/music/lifestyle-blog-soccer-fans-chant-putin-khuilo-makes-it-to-world-fame-353315.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


When Russian television channel ] aired one episode of the Ukrainian sitcom '']'' in December 2019,<ref name="7234587PKSotP2" /> a scene containing a joke that referenced the song, in which the fictional president played by ] asked "Putin khublo?" ({{Lang|ru|«Путин — хубло?»}}) when told that Putin wore a ] watch, was cut out of the episode.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/12/16/3-things-russia-censored-on-tv-last-week-a68634|title=3 Things Russia Censored on TV in the Past Week|date=2019-12-16|website=The Moscow Times|language=en|access-date=2019-12-20}}</ref> The omission occurred only within ] and the ], but not in the ] of Russia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://micetimes.asia/tnt-cut-from-the-tv-series-servant-of-the-people-with-zelenskys-joke-about-putin-hublo/|title=TNT cut from the TV series "servant of the people" with Zelensky's joke about "Putin — hublo"|last=paradox|date=2019-12-13|website=micetimes.asia|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-20}}</ref>
==References by notable Ukrainian politicians==
===Oleh Lyashko===
], a former<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-22|title=Voters reject many controversial candidates in parliamentary election {{!}} KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice|url=https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/voters-reject-many-controversial-candidates-at-parliamentary-election.html|access-date=2020-10-26|website=KyivPost}}</ref> Ukrainian ] and leader of the country's ], performed a song in May 2014 at a public rally during his ].<ref>{{cite web|url=//www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-XcoxjnEwHz4|title=Олег Ляшко заспівав новий український хіт|trans-title=Oleg Lyashko sang the new Ukrainian hit|publisher=]|access-date=June 15, 2014}}</ref>


==Use==
===Andrii Deshchytsia===
]


===In music===
] aired a footage showing ], then-acting ] of Ukraine,<ref name=guardian1/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/maxseddon/top-ukrainian-diplomat-calls-putin-a-dickhead|title=Top Ukrainian Diplomat Calls Putin A "Dickhead"|author=Max Seddon|publisher=]|access-date=June 17, 2014|archive-date=June 16, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140616073242/http://www.buzzfeed.com/maxseddon/top-ukrainian-diplomat-calls-putin-a-dickhead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newsbalt.ru/detail/?ID=31915|script-title=ru:Глава украинской дипломатии выступил на митинге|trans-title=Head of Ukrainian diplomacy spoke at the rally|date=June 15, 2014|access-date=June 15, 2014|language=ru|publisher=News Balt|archive-date=June 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140615221012/http://www.newsbalt.ru/detail/?ID=31915|url-status=live}}</ref> uttering the word ''"khuylo"'' in reference to the ] Putin during his plea with protesters in front of the ] on the evening of 14 June 2014 following the ] by the Russia-armed rebels. Deshchytsya pleaded the protesters to refrain from violence directed at the Embassy that would cause a ]. Deshchytsia stated: "He (Putin) is a khuylo, but - disperse, please!" Shortly afterward, ] ] nominated a different diplomat to lead the Foreign Affairs ministry.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://vesti.ua/politika/57158-poroshenko-predlozhil-kandidaturu-klimkina-na-post-glavy-mid|script-title=ru:Порошенко предложил уволить Дещицу с поста главы МИД|trans-title=Poroshenko proposed that Deshchytsa be removed from the post of Foreign Minister|date=June 18, 2014|access-date=June 19, 2014|language=ru|agency=]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715074314/http://vesti.ua/politika/57158-poroshenko-predlozhil-kandidaturu-klimkina-na-post-glavy-mid|archive-date=July 15, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> According to the Ukrainian media, the presidential plan to replace the minister was known prior to the incident,<ref name=nvua01>{{cite news|url=http://nvua.net/worldcup2014/Pesnyu-ukrainskogo-kommentatora-o-Putine-na-YouTube-posmotreli-uzhe-bolee-polumilliona-raz-1244.html|title=Песню украинского комментатора о Путине на YouTube посмотрели уже более полумиллиона раз|publisher=]|language=ru|date=June 23, 2014|access-date=June 23, 2014|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714140204/http://nvua.net/worldcup2014/Pesnyu-ukrainskogo-kommentatora-o-Putine-na-YouTube-posmotreli-uzhe-bolee-polumilliona-raz-1244.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> being proposed as part of a bigger reshuffle in the ]. Soon after, Poroshenko praised the work of Deshchytsia, who was then leaving his ministerial position, and the parliament gave the outgoing minister a standing ovation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ4SMY8xQUk|script-title=ru:Как депутаты увольняли Дещицу стоячей овацией|trans-title=How the deputies were dismissing Deshchyrsia with a standing ovation|date=June 19, 2014|access-date=June 19, 2014|language=uk|publisher=]}}</ref>
Several Ukrainian mainstream ] bands included or adapted the chant into their music. A metal remix, released in April 2014 by AstrogentA, added instrumentation and reworked the video of the March 30 protest chant to depict its spread throughout Ukrainian football clubs.<ref>{{YouTube|id=-n2D4giJDyU|title=путин - ху*ло. Украинская народная (рок-версия)}}</ref>


In May 2014, the Ukrainian band {{Ill|Teleri (band)|uk|Телері (гурт)}} released a song and a ] titled "Putin ''Hello''!" Their song uses a ], substituting the objectionable word "khuylo" with the English word "Hello!" Alluding to the "Putin ''huylo''!" chant, the video features band players wearing Ukrainian football club colors and posing as ] marching and chanting "Putin Hello" as the ] of the song. The band members asserted, ], that the linking of their song to an offensive anti-Putin chant was a misunderstanding and insisted that the only people who found the chant objectionable were Russians unfamiliar with English.<ref name="Podrobnosti">{{cite news|url=http://podrobnosti.ua/kaleidoscope/2014/05/06/974698.html|title=Песня "Путин, hello" группы "Телери" взорвала интернет (видео)|work=]|date=6 May 2014|location=Ukraine|access-date=18 June 2014|archive-date=6 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506210017/http://podrobnosti.ua/kaleidoscope/2014/05/06/974698.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
Deshchytsia's use of the wording caused widespread discontent among the Russian leadership.<ref name=guardian1/> However, ], the ], wrote on ] that minister Deshchytsia's use of the chant had been "seeking to defuse a dangerous situation", calling Deshchytsia "a skilled diplomat and credit to Ukraine."<ref name=guardian1/>


] aired a ] performance of the song by Lemonchiki Project in May 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ivona.bigmir.net/showbiz/stars/393110-V-efire-ukrainskogo-kanala-ispolnili-znamenityj-hit-o-Putine|script-title=ru:В эфире украинского канала исполнили знаменитый хит о Путине|trans-title=Ukrainian channel showed live performance of famous hit about Putin|publisher=Big Mir|date=16 June 2014|access-date=17 June 2014|archive-date=18 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140618055330/http://ivona.bigmir.net/showbiz/stars/393110-V-efire-ukrainskogo-kanala-ispolnili-znamenityj-hit-o-Putine|language=ru}}</ref> The rock band ] performed the song at their concert in June 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ivona.bigmir.net/showbiz/video_old/394196-Gruppa-Druga-R-ka-predstavila-rok-versiju-znamenitogo-hita-o-Putine|script-title=ru:Группа Друга Ріка представила рок-версию знаменитого хита о Путине|trans-title=Druga Rika Group presented a rock version of the famous hit about Putin|publisher=Big Mir|language=ru|date=16 June 2014|access-date=17 June 2014|archive-date=18 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140618054743/http://ivona.bigmir.net/showbiz/video_old/394196-Gruppa-Druga-R-ka-predstavila-rok-versiju-znamenitogo-hita-o-Putine}}</ref> Other rock adaptations were made by ]<ref>{{YouTube|GRLC6vpnKxM|ПТН-ХЛО от "Мед Хедс". Мотофест "Тарасова Гора - 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://myradio.ua/news/druga-rka-mad-heads-i-kuzjma-skryabin-speli-na-koncertah-hit-pro-10213250.html|title="Друга Ріка", "Mad Heads" и Кузьма Скрябин спели на концертах хит про Путина|website=Myradio.ua|access-date=19 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307194934/http://myradio.ua/news/druga-rka-mad-heads-i-kuzjma-skryabin-speli-na-koncertah-hit-pro-10213250.html|archive-date=7 March 2016}}</ref> and ].<ref> Наша Ніва</ref> The '']'' reviewed nine video versions of the song and two other related songs.<ref name="KP 2014-07-11">{{cite news|last=Goncharova|first=Olena|title=Kharkiv, with new anti-Russian song, becomes capital of anti-Putin music (VIDEO)|url=http://www.kyivpost.com/guide/music/lifestyle-blog-soccer-fans-chant-putin-khuilo-makes-it-to-world-fame-353315.html|access-date=11 July 2014|newspaper=Kyiv Post|date=11 July 2014|archive-date=11 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711160227/http://www.kyivpost.com/guide/music/lifestyle-blog-soccer-fans-chant-putin-khuilo-makes-it-to-world-fame-353315.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Arsen Avakov===
On July 2, 2014, ] who was a Ukrainian ], one of the country's major ], published a ] post with a photo he took that showed a bus stop near ] covered by a ''"Putin Khuilo!"'' graffiti.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/arsen.avakov.1/posts/661914183898691|title=Arsen Avakov|website=Facebook.com|access-date=19 November 2017}}</ref> The minister post included his comment to the picture saying: "A private opinion some place near Slovyansk. Aligning myself."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ru.tsn.ua/ukrayina/avakov-solidaren-s-mneniem-chto-putin-h-ylo-374651.html|title=Аваков "солидарен" с мнением, что "Путин - х*йло"|date=2 July 2014|website=Ru.tsn.ua|access-date=19 November 2017}}</ref> A week later, on July 9, 2014, Avakov met the troops of the ]. After the traditional drill exchange of ''"]!"'' greeting followed by the customary ''"To Heroes, Glory!"'' response, Avakov exclaimed ''"Putin!"'' to which the troops responded ''"khuylo!"''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ru.tsn.ua/politika/voennye-v-slavyanske-vstretili-avakova-prizyvom-putin-h-ylo-video-376161.html|title=Военные в Славянске встретили Авакова призывом "Путин - х*йло" (видео)|date=10 July 2014|website=Ru.tsn.ua|access-date=19 November 2017}}</ref> The minister was clearly happy with the response and gave a ''"Vol'no!"'' ("at ease!") ].


===In sport===
==International reception==
In October 2014, Belarusians joined visiting Ukrainians in a performance of the chant by "nearly the entire stadium" at a ] qualifying match in ], ] resulting in more than 100 Ukrainian and 30 Belarusian football fans being detained and questioned, reportedly on suspicion of using "obscene language".<ref name=BBC141010 /> Seven, all Ukrainian, were sentenced to five days in jail for obscene language, while one was given 10 day sentence for allegedly wearing a swastika.<ref>, BBC News, 10 October 2014</ref> In October 2014, Belarusians joined visiting Ukrainians in a performance of the chant by "nearly the entire stadium" at a ] qualifying match in ], ], resulting in more than 100 Ukrainian and 30 Belarusian football fans being detained and interrogated, reportedly on suspicion of using "obscene language".<ref name="BBC 2014-10-10" /> Seven, all Ukrainian, were sentenced to five days in jail for obscene language, whilst one was given a 10-day sentence for allegedly wearing a ].<ref>, BBC News, 10 October 2014</ref>

=== In art ===
In December 2022, a statue giving a visual interpretation of "Putin khuylo" was erected in the English town of ],<ref>, Independent, 16 December 2022</ref> but by 5 February 2023 it had been removed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brassington |first=Jamie |date=2023-02-05 |title=Welcome to Bell End - Meet those loving life on one of the 'rudest' street names |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/welcome-bell-end-meet-those-26141615 |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=BirminghamLive |language=en}}</ref>

=== In the US press ===

* '']''<ref name="The Washington Post">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/ukrainian-diplomat-uses-swearword-for-putin/2014/06/15/53500721-b8fe-47af-b1c1-2fa0682cbd7c_story.html|newspaper=]|date=14 June 2014|title=Ukrainian diplomat uses swear word for Putin, delighting protesters and angering Moscow|url-status=live|archive-date=11 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911154911/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/ukrainian-diplomat-uses-swearword-for-putin/2014/06/15/53500721-b8fe-47af-b1c1-2fa0682cbd7c_story.html}}</ref>
* '']''<ref name="The Wall Street Journal">{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303480304579581901110128642 |url-access=subscription |work=]|date=May 24, 2014|title=Soccer Foes Join Forces on the Front Lines of Ukraine Crisis}}</ref>
* '']''<ref name="The Atlantic">{{cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/06/putin-khuilo-ukraine-obscene-patriotic-rallying-cry/372991/|work=]|date=June 18, 2014|title='Putin Khuilo!' Ukraine's Obscene, Patriotic Rallying Cry}}</ref>
* '']''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://time.com/2964352/vladimir-putin-huilo-star/ |title=A Star With a Not-So-Nice Nickname for Putin Won't Have to Change |date=7 July 2014 |access-date=22 September 2014 |archive-date=16 September 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916221217/http://time.com/2964352/vladimir-putin-huilo-star/ }}</ref>
* '']''<ref name="Business Insider"> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024023628/http://www.businessinsider.com/andriy-deshchytsia-putin-curse-word-head-2014-6 |date=24 October 2014 }}, ''], 16.06.14''</ref>
* '']''<ref name="Bloomberg News"> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028212454/http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-06-16/why-diplomats-curse-about-ukraine |date=28 October 2014 }}, ''], 16.06.14''</ref>
* '']''<ref name="International Business Times"> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025193841/http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ukraine-foreign-minister-calls-russias-vladimir-putin-dickhead-1452741 |date=25 October 2014 }}, ''], 15.06.14''</ref>
* '']''<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221094350/http://www.newsweek.com/forty-two-football-fans-arrested-after-anti-putin-song-breaks-out-belarus-ukraine-276538 |date=21 February 2015 }} by Damien Sharkov, 10.10.14</ref>

===In politics===

====Oleh Lyashko====
], a former<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-22|title=Voters reject many controversial candidates in parliamentary election {{!}} KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice|url=https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/voters-reject-many-controversial-candidates-at-parliamentary-election.html|access-date=2020-10-26|website=KyivPost}}</ref> Ukrainian ] and leader of the country's ], performed the song in May 2014 at a public rally during his ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-XcoxjnEwHz4|title=Олег Ляшко заспівав новий український хіт|trans-title=Oleg Lyashko sang the new Ukrainian hit|publisher=]|access-date=15 June 2014}}</ref>

====Andrii Deshchytsia====
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] aired a footage showing ], a then ] of Ukraine,<ref name="Guardian1" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/maxseddon/top-ukrainian-diplomat-calls-putin-a-dickhead|title=Top Ukrainian Diplomat Calls Putin A "Dickhead"|author=Max Seddon|publisher=]|access-date=17 June 2014|archive-date=16 June 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140616073242/http://www.buzzfeed.com/maxseddon/top-ukrainian-diplomat-calls-putin-a-dickhead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newsbalt.ru/detail/?ID=31915|script-title=ru:Глава украинской дипломатии выступил на митинге|trans-title=Head of Ukrainian diplomacy spoke at the rally|date=15 June 2014|access-date=15 June 2014|language=ru|publisher=News Balt|archive-date=15 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140615221012/http://www.newsbalt.ru/detail/?ID=31915|url-status=live}}</ref> uttering the word ''"khuylo"'' in reference to the ] Putin during his plea with protesters in front of the ] on the evening of June 14, 2014, following the ] by Russian-armed rebels. Deshchytsya pleaded the protesters to refrain from violence directed at the Embassy that would cause a ]. Deshchytsia stated: "He (Putin) is a khuylo, but — disperse, please!".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://vesti.ua/politika/57158-poroshenko-predlozhil-kandidaturu-klimkina-na-post-glavy-mid|script-title=ru:Порошенко предложил уволить Дещицу с поста главы МИД|trans-title=Poroshenko proposed that Deshchytsa be removed from the post of Foreign Minister|date=18 June 2014|access-date=19 June 2014|language=ru|agency=]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715074314/http://vesti.ua/politika/57158-poroshenko-predlozhil-kandidaturu-klimkina-na-post-glavy-mid|archive-date=15 July 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

Shortly afterward, ] ] nominated a different diplomat to lead the Foreign Affairs ministry.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://vesti.ua/politika/57158-poroshenko-predlozhil-kandidaturu-klimkina-na-post-glavy-mid|script-title=ru:Порошенко предложил уволить Дещицу с поста главы МИД|trans-title=Poroshenko proposed that Deshchytsa be removed from the post of Foreign Minister|date=18 June 2014|access-date=19 June 2014|language=ru|agency=]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715074314/http://vesti.ua/politika/57158-poroshenko-predlozhil-kandidaturu-klimkina-na-post-glavy-mid|archive-date=15 July 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> According to the Ukrainian media, the presidential plan to replace the minister was known prior to the incident,<ref name="nvua01">{{cite web|url=http://nvua.net/worldcup2014/Pesnyu-ukrainskogo-kommentatora-o-Putine-na-YouTube-posmotreli-uzhe-bolee-polumilliona-raz-1244.html|title=Песню украинского комментатора о Путине на YouTube посмотрели уже более полумиллиона раз|website=nvua.net|language=ru|date=23 June 2014|access-date=23 June 2014|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714140204/http://nvua.net/worldcup2014/Pesnyu-ukrainskogo-kommentatora-o-Putine-na-YouTube-posmotreli-uzhe-bolee-polumilliona-raz-1244.html}}</ref> being proposed as part of a bigger reshuffle in the ]. Soon after, Poroshenko praised the work of Deshchytsia, who was then leaving his ministerial position, and the parliament gave the outgoing minister a standing ovation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ4SMY8xQUk|script-title=ru:Как депутаты увольняли Дещицу стоячей овацией|trans-title=How the deputies were dismissing Deshchyrsia with a standing ovation|date=19 June 2014|access-date=19 June 2014|language=uk|publisher=]}}</ref>

Deshchytsia's use of the wording caused widespread discontent amongst the Russian leadership.<ref name="Guardian1" /> However, ], the ], wrote on ] that minister Deshchytsia's use of the chant had been "seeking to defuse a dangerous situation", calling Deshchytsia "a skilled diplomat and credit to Ukraine."<ref name="Guardian1" />

====Arsen Avakov====
In July 2014, ] who was the Ukrainian ], one of the country's major ], published a ] post with a photo he took that showed a bus stop near ] covered by a ''"Putin Khuilo!"'' graffiti.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/arsen.avakov.1/posts/661914183898691|title=Arsen Avakov|via=Facebook |access-date=19 November 2017}}</ref> The minister's post included his comment with the picture saying: "A private opinion some place near Sloviansk. Aligning myself."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ru.tsn.ua/ukrayina/avakov-solidaren-s-mneniem-chto-putin-h-ylo-374651.html|title=Аваков "солидарен" с мнением, что "Путин - х*йло"|date=2 July 2014|website=Ru.tsn.ua|access-date=19 November 2017}}</ref>
=== Russian invasion of Ukraine ===
The phrase became popular again during the ]. Ukrainian brewer Yuri Zastavny began preparing glass bottles to be used for anti-Russian ]s with the English-lettered label "Putin Huylo".<ref>{{cite news |title=Ukrainian brewery owner making bombs instead of beer |publisher=Fox News |url=https://video.foxnews.com/v/6299169689001 |access-date=28 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pravda Brewery team is hand-bottling today |date=26 February 2022 <!-- date inferred; on 2022-02-28 website says "2 days ago" --> |website=Yuri Zastavny on Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CacjXmHosRx/ |via=Instagram |access-date=28 February 2022}}</ref>

Ukrainian hackers disabled electric vehicle ]s in Russia so that instead of providing a charge, the stations display a scrolling message that includes the phrase.<ref name="Vice2022">{{cite web |last1=Gordon |first1=Aaron |title=Russian Electric Vehicle Chargers Hacked, Tell Users 'PUTIN IS A DICKHEAD' |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/akvya5/russian-electric-vehicle-chargers-hacked-tell-users-putin-is-a-dickhead |publisher=Vice.com |access-date=March 1, 2022 |date=February 28, 2022 |quote=AutoEnterprise's Facebook page re-posted a video taken by an Instagram user from the M11 motorway showing the disabled chargers. The chargers show an error message reading in English "CALL SERVICE NO PLUGS AVAILABLE" before new screens show additional messages in Russian: 'GLORY TO UKRAINE / GLORY TO THE HEROES / PUTIN IS A DICKHEAD / DEATH TO THE ENEMY.'}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Goodin |first1=Dan |title=After Ukraine recruits an "IT Army," dozens of Russian sites go dark |url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/02/after-ukraine-recruits-an-it-army-dozens-of-russian-sites-go-dark/ |publisher=Ars Technica |access-date=March 1, 2022 |date=February 28, 2022 |quote=Instead of recharging vehicles, the stations displayed a message that said, among other things: 'GLORY TO UKRAINE / GLORY TO THE HEROES / PUTIN IS A DICKHEAD / DEATH TO THE ENEMY.'}}</ref>


==Gallery== ==Gallery==
<gallery widths="180px" heights="120px" perrow="6"> <gallery mode="nolines" heights="120">
File:Putin khuilo at NSC Olimpiyskiy.webm|The song is performed by a crowd in ] in Kyiv before ] concert File:Putin khuilo at NSC Olimpiyskiy.webm|The song is performed by a crowd in ] in Kyiv before a ] concert, June 2014.
File:ПТН-ХЛО.JPG|] "ПТН-ХЛО", abbreviation of the phrase, on a Ukrainian car File:ПТН-ХЛО.JPG|A ] "ПТН-ХЛО", an abbreviation of the phrase, on a car in Ukraine, June 2014
File:ПТН ХЛО-label on car - Poland 2014.jpg|Label on car in Poland File:ПТН ХЛО-label on car - Poland 2014.jpg|alt=Label on car in Poland|A label with ] on a car in Poland, July 2014
File:Путін - хуйло.png|Musical notation template for the song File:Путін - хуйло.png|Musical notation template for the song
File:Anti-Putin graffiti in Luhansk, April 2014.jpg|Inscription on the garages in Luhansk: ''Luhansk is Ukraine, and Putin - huylo!'' File:Anti-Putin graffiti in Luhansk, April 2014.jpg|An inscription on garages in Luhansk: ''Luhansk is Ukraine, and Putin - huylo!'' April 2014
File:Rosseti elektrotransport.jpg|On a hacked EV recharge station in Russia, "Putin khuylo! Death to the enemies!", 28 February 2022
File:Путин Пе.ух.jpg
</gallery> </gallery>


== See also == == See also ==
* ], a similar slogan targeting ] * ], a similar slogan targeting ]
* ], a similar slogan targeting ]
* ], a political euphemism for "fuck ]"
* ]
* ] * ]
* ]
* ]
* '']'' ("fuck war!"), a phrase used to protest the ] and the Russian invasion of Ukraine


==Notes== ==Notes==
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<ref name=BBC141010>{{cite news |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-29567246 |title= Belarus: 100 fans held for Putin song at Euro 2016 game |work= BBC News |date= 10 October 2014 }}</ref> <ref name="BBC 2014-10-10">{{cite news |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-29567246 |title= Belarus: 100 fans held for Putin song at Euro 2016 game |publisher= BBC News |date= 10 October 2014 }}</ref>


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Slogan deriding Vladimir Putin

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"Putin huylo!" (Путін — хуйло!) chant
"Putin huylo!" (Путін — хуйло!) graffiti in the Ukrainian national colours, Luhansk, May 2014

"Putin – khuylo!" or "Putin – khuilo!" is a slogan deriding Russian President Vladimir Putin, commonly translated as "Putin dickhead!"

It originated in Ukraine in 2014, having grown from a football chant first performed by FC Metalist Kharkiv and FC Shakhtar Donetsk ultras in March 2014 at the onset of the Russo-Ukrainian War. The phrase has become a protest song and is widely spread in Ukraine amongst supporters of Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as those opposing Vladimir Putin in both Russia and Ukraine.

Etymology

"ПТН X̆ЛО" (PTN KhLO) made of stickers "Do not buy Russian goods!". Brovary, Kyiv Oblast, June 2014

The obscene term (mat) хуйло́ is variously transliterated as huilo, huylo, khuilo, khuylo, or chujlo. Also there are dialect variants хуи́ла (huila), хуи́бла (huibla). Its core is хуй (huy), literally "penis", in both Russian and Ukrainian. Combined with the suffix -lo, it is a personal insult. It can be translated as "dickhead", but its connotation is far more pejorative in those languages than in English.

In May 2014, media outlets reported that the Russian profanity huilo had been added to the Urban Dictionary as a synonym for Vladimir Putin.

Marker graffiti "ПТН ПНХ" (PTN PNKh). "ПНХ" stands for пошёл на́ хуй (poshól ná khuy), "go fuck yourself", so the graffiti can be translated as PTN GFY, "Putin go fuck yourself"). Novosibirsk Akademgorodok, Russia, July 2022.

Origin

The chant has its origins in "Surkis Khuylo!", a football chant initiated by the ultras of FC Metalist Kharkiv some time in 2010, during the height of a feud between two Ukrainian oligarchs, Oleksandr Yaroslavsky, then owner of "Metalist", and Hryhoriy Surkis, then president of the Football Federation of Ukraine who had strong historic and family ties with FC Dynamo Kyiv.

The first recorded public performance of the "Putin khuylo!" chant and the song that grew from it took place in March 2014 in Kharkiv, when the local fans chanted it during their street march. The recording was soon posted to YouTube. Various groups of Ukrainian ultras of major Ukrainian clubs with the exception of FC Sevastopol have historically held strong pro-Ukrainian political views. These football fans sided with Ukraine at the onset of the Russian annexation of Crimea and military intervention, as well as during the pro-Russian unrest in the east and south of Ukraine, when the city of Kharkiv was in turmoil.

Soon, the song that vulgarly derided Putin gained wider popularity, spreading amongst other clubs, such as the fans of Shakhtar Donetsk (Donetsk) and Dynamo Kyiv (Kyiv), who were formerly feuding but sang the song together. During the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War in 2014, in which Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine and used proxy forces to occupy parts of the eastern Donbas region, the ultras of various Ukrainian clubs set aside their rivalries and chanted the song in joint street marches. The chant became "a nationwide cultural meme" according to The Guardian.

Artemy Troitsky identified the melody of the chant as coming from the song "Speedy Gonzales", popularised by American singer Pat Boone in 1962.

In June 2015, the Russian Federal Security Service started a criminal prosecution and investigation of activist Daria Poludova for using the song on VK. The case was dropped after Poludova's lawyer demanded a confrontation with the victim, Putin, as required by law.

When Russian television channel TNT aired one episode of the Ukrainian sitcom Servant of the People in December 2019, a scene containing a joke that referenced the song, in which the fictional president played by Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked "Putin khublo?" («Путин — хубло?») when told that Putin wore a Hublot watch, was cut out of the episode. The omission occurred only within central Russia and the Moscow region, but not in the eastern regions of Russia.

Use

In music

Several Ukrainian mainstream rock music bands included or adapted the chant into their music. A metal remix, released in April 2014 by AstrogentA, added instrumentation and reworked the video of the March 30 protest chant to depict its spread throughout Ukrainian football clubs.

In May 2014, the Ukrainian band Teleri (band) [uk] released a song and a video titled "Putin Hello!" Their song uses a double entendre, substituting the objectionable word "khuylo" with the English word "Hello!" Alluding to the "Putin huylo!" chant, the video features band players wearing Ukrainian football club colors and posing as ultras marching and chanting "Putin Hello" as the refrain of the song. The band members asserted, tongue-in-cheek, that the linking of their song to an offensive anti-Putin chant was a misunderstanding and insisted that the only people who found the chant objectionable were Russians unfamiliar with English.

Hromadske.TV aired a live performance of the song by Lemonchiki Project in May 2014. The rock band Druha Rika performed the song at their concert in June 2014. Other rock adaptations were made by Mad Heads and Haydamaky. The Kyiv Post reviewed nine video versions of the song and two other related songs.

In sport

In October 2014, Belarusians joined visiting Ukrainians in a performance of the chant by "nearly the entire stadium" at a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match in Barysaw, Belarus, resulting in more than 100 Ukrainian and 30 Belarusian football fans being detained and interrogated, reportedly on suspicion of using "obscene language". Seven, all Ukrainian, were sentenced to five days in jail for obscene language, whilst one was given a 10-day sentence for allegedly wearing a swastika.

In art

In December 2022, a statue giving a visual interpretation of "Putin khuylo" was erected in the English town of Rowley Regis, but by 5 February 2023 it had been removed.

In the US press

In politics

Oleh Lyashko

Oleh Lyashko, a former Ukrainian MP and leader of the country's Radical Party, performed the song in May 2014 at a public rally during his 2014 presidential campaign.

Andrii Deshchytsia

Ukrainian diplomat Andrii Deshchytsia

Hromadske.TV aired a footage showing Andrii Deshchytsia, a then Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, uttering the word "khuylo" in reference to the Russian President Putin during his plea with protesters in front of the Russian Embassy in Kyiv on the evening of June 14, 2014, following the shoot-down of a Ukrainian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 by Russian-armed rebels. Deshchytsya pleaded the protesters to refrain from violence directed at the Embassy that would cause a bigger diplomatic scandal. Deshchytsia stated: "He (Putin) is a khuylo, but — disperse, please!".

Shortly afterward, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko nominated a different diplomat to lead the Foreign Affairs ministry. According to the Ukrainian media, the presidential plan to replace the minister was known prior to the incident, being proposed as part of a bigger reshuffle in the Ukrainian government. Soon after, Poroshenko praised the work of Deshchytsia, who was then leaving his ministerial position, and the parliament gave the outgoing minister a standing ovation.

Deshchytsia's use of the wording caused widespread discontent amongst the Russian leadership. However, Geoffrey Pyatt, the US ambassador to Ukraine, wrote on Twitter that minister Deshchytsia's use of the chant had been "seeking to defuse a dangerous situation", calling Deshchytsia "a skilled diplomat and credit to Ukraine."

Arsen Avakov

In July 2014, Arsen Avakov who was the Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs, one of the country's major security agencies, published a Facebook post with a photo he took that showed a bus stop near Sloviansk covered by a "Putin Khuilo!" graffiti. The minister's post included his comment with the picture saying: "A private opinion some place near Sloviansk. Aligning myself."

Russian invasion of Ukraine

The phrase became popular again during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian brewer Yuri Zastavny began preparing glass bottles to be used for anti-Russian Molotov cocktails with the English-lettered label "Putin Huylo".

Ukrainian hackers disabled electric vehicle charging stations in Russia so that instead of providing a charge, the stations display a scrolling message that includes the phrase.

Gallery

  • The song is performed by a crowd in Olympic Stadium in Kyiv before a Okean Elzy concert, June 2014.
  • A vanity plate "ПТН-ХЛО", an abbreviation of the phrase, on a car in Ukraine, June 2014 A vanity plate "ПТН-ХЛО", an abbreviation of the phrase, on a car in Ukraine, June 2014
  • Label on car in Poland A label with disemvoweling on a car in Poland, July 2014
  • Musical notation template for the song Musical notation template for the song
  • An inscription on garages in Luhansk: Luhansk is Ukraine, and Putin - huylo! April 2014 An inscription on garages in Luhansk: Luhansk is Ukraine, and Putin - huylo! April 2014
  • On a hacked EV recharge station in Russia, "Putin khuylo! Death to the enemies!", 28 February 2022 On a hacked EV recharge station in Russia, "Putin khuylo! Death to the enemies!", 28 February 2022

See also

Notes

  1. Russian: Путин — хуйло, romanizedPutin — khuylo, IPA: [ˈputʲɪn xʊjˈlo]; Ukrainian: Путін — хуйло, romanizedPutin — khuilo, IPA: [ˈput⁽ʲ⁾in xʊjˈlɔ]; Belarusian: Пуцін — хуйло, romanizedPutsin — khuylo, IPA: [ˈput͡sʲin xujˈlɔ].

Further reading

  • Christian Diemer. Mutterlandpop. Lokale Markierung und Entgrenzung musikalischer. Darbietungen auf ukrainischen Feiertagen // Speaking in Tongues: Pop lokal global / Dietrich Helms, Thomas Phleps. — Transcript Verlag, 2015. — PP. 78–80. — 219 p. — (Beiträge zur Popularmusikforschung, Vol. 42). — ISBN 9783839432242. — ISBN 3839432243.
    • Frédéric Döhl, Klaus Nathaus. Annäherungen an einen flüchtigen Gegenstand. Neue Literatur zur Geschichte der Musik aus Journalistik, Historiographie und Musikwissenschaft // Neue Politische Literatur. — 2017. — Bd. 62, Nr. 3. — S. 491.
  • Taras Kuzio. Ukraine: Democratization, Corruption, and the New Russian Imperialism: Democratization, Corruption, and the New Russian Imperialism. — ABC-CLIO, 2015. — С. 112. — 641 с. — (Praeger Security International). — ISBN 9781440835032. — ISBN 1440835039.
  • Oksana Havryliv. Verbale Aggression: das Spektrum der Funktionen // Linguistik Online. — 2017. — 25 Aprils (Bd. 82, H. 3). — S. 27–47. — ISSN 1615-3014. — DOI:10.13092/lo.82.3713.

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