Comrade Poutine is a man mentioned by Gina Boyd when trying to encourage Hibiki. As she describes her great leader's "do your best" attitude an image is shown of him shirtless with his arm around a bear.
Inspiration[]
His name is a play on the surname of Vladimir Putin, the Prime Minister (1999-2000,2008-2012) and President (1999-2008. 2012+) of Russia who is well-known for posing shirtless outdoors in nature.
The bear is a play on the "Russian Bear" a widespread national symbol.
Second reference[]
There is a second reference Gina makes to him in a later episode too.