相当于俄罗斯MTV音乐奖的Muz TV音乐奖近日公布提名名单，让人意外的是俄罗斯总理普京竟然在“年度事件”提名者之列。Muz TV音乐奖将在本月底举行颁奖仪式，普京能否出席以及会否获奖还是未知数。

Vladimir Putin meets with young people at rap music competition in Moscow.

Vladimir Putin is poised¹ to（信誓旦旦，准备就绪） receive an award honoring his musical talents after making an improbable（不可信的，不太可能的） foray（突袭，侵略） into the world of hip² hop³ and rap.

Russia's home grown answer to MTV – Muz TV – said it had nominated the Russian prime minister for its "Event of the Year" award for his bizarre（奇异的） appearance last November on the televised final of a rap "battle for respect". The nomination⁴ is something of a surprise, since at the time the 57-year-old Mr. Putin looked awkward（笨拙的，尴尬的） and stood motionless among a crowd of teenagers as they writhed⁵（蠕动，扭曲） to a noisy rap song.

At another point, as a hip-hop groove⁶ played in the background, Mr. Putin delivered a speech that mixed teenage street slang with observations on the hip hop scene - about which he apparently⁷ knew little. Critics dismissed the move as a cynical⁸（愤世嫉俗的，冷嘲的） ploy⁹（策略，活动） to boost his already stellar ratings but Mr. Putin denied that, saying he wanted to reach out to young people to warn them of the dangers of drugs and vodka（伏特加） .

"It would be impossible to perform so-called low risk break dancing and still less high risk break dancing while on drugs," he told his teenage audience, without apparent irony¹⁰（讽刺，反语） .

The awards ceremony will take place in Moscow later this month, though it is unclear whether Mr. Putin will attend or indeed win.