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Charles Wade-Palmer & Graeme Murray

Aldi £2.99 steak resembling Vladimir Putin leaves people in fits of laughter

An Aldi steak which looks like Vladimir Putin's face has left people in fits of laughter.

Matt Gordon said his friends found the sight hilarious after spotting it in the budget supermarket chain.

He failed to buy the edible Russian president for fear of what might happen to him, he added.

The steak was in the east aisle at Aldi in Croydon, south London, when spotted by musician Matt.

But an image resurfaced on Tuesday on Twitter account No Context Brits, which was widely shared as war erupted between Ukraine and Russia.

The Daily Star reports people's reaction as one person quipped: "It's on the top shelf. He's playing a high steaks game."

Vladimir Putin is the president of Russia (AFP via Getty Images)

Another joked: "That's a rare find. Well done."

Matt told The Sun in 2019: "I was looking for something to eat for my tea and walked past the meat section when I was stopped in my tracks.

"I couldn’t believe it. I had to keep going back. The resemblance was amazing. My Aberdeen Angus sizzle steak looked just like Vladimir Putin. I walked past it a couple of times and each time it looked more and more like Putin."

The photo was again shared by No Context Brits prompting hilarity and a stream of comments.

Russian President Vladimir Putin giving a speech on Tuesday (Russian Presidential Press Offic)

"Why did you have to share that? It's Putin me off me tea."

A second chipped in: "I know Russia spies, but this is getting silly."

This comes as a former Russian minister insists Putin has not lost his mind and still wants to avoid sparking a nuclear war.

Andrei V Kozyrev who was employer as Russia's foreign minister between 1990 and 1996, claims there are three reasons as to why the country's president ordered an invasion of Ukraine.

For all the talk of Putin going insane as he suffers from an alleged terminal illness, the Kremlin believing its own propaganda is more likely to have inspired waging war, Kozyrev says.

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