“Words That Change the World” was given out to senior Kremlin employees and politicians because sure why not.

New Year's came early* for a select group of Kremlin workers and politicians, who received a copy of Russian President Vladimir Putin's best nuggets of wisdom as their end-of-year bonus.

*Russians get gifts on New Year's not Christmas because the Soviet Union.

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The 400-page book — titled Words That Changed The World — was culled from the last 12 years of Putin's public remarks and includes such bite-sized wisdom as “we will waste them in the outhouse” and "I drink kefir."

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Its editors combed through more than 150 speeches and interviews, according to the New York Times, choosing 19 as standouts to be included in the volume that's been compared to Mao's Little Red Book.

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And to whom do the good little boys and...let's be real, mostly boys of the Kremlin have to thank for this wondrous gift? No, not Ded Moroz, the Russian version of Santa seen here with Putin in 2008.

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