the real slipping of something

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svetlana14

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"The Russians have accounted for about a billion pounds worth of residential property in London. We have now woken up. Dirty money is being seen for what it is, which is a poison to democracy. It's taken the real slipping of Putin's mask, an act of aggression so appalling. The UK appears to have completely lost its moral compass. " What does the phrase "the real slipping of Putin's mask" mean? Thank you.
 
It means that the mask of normality/responsibility/respectability has slipped, showing his true face of aggression. His mask has "really slipped".
 
svetlana, you've been a member long enough to know that we need the source and author of any text you quote.

You're lucky to have received a reply without giving us that information.
 
emsr2d2 has just had a break in Spain. She has temperarily forgotten how to be as crabby as the rest of us. It will pass.

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