President candidate's macho pics by state media

[Rogue Trader]

Putin emerges from the Black Sea with two suspiciously unmossy ancient Greek urns last week

Looking like he means business, Putin visits a monastery in Karelia in north-west Russia this week

In a classic of the genre, Putin poses during a fishing trip on the Yenisei river in Siberia in 2007

Russia's prime minister chose not to drop the all-action image while on holiday in the south of Siberia in 2009

As comfortable in water as on horseback, Putin demonstrates his butterfly technique in a lake in Siberia's Tuva region in 2009

You can also add co-piloting a jet to Putin's remarkable portfolio of skills, as this photo of him flying over forests in Ryazan region demonstrates

Doing his bit for endangered species, Putin attaches a satellite transmitter to a tiger during a visit to the Ussuriysky forest reserve in 2008

Putin inspects his catch during an expedition to the Ubsunur Hollow biosphere preserve in Siberia

Easy rider: Putin takes to a Harley Davidson Lehman trike after a meeting in 2010 with motorcyclists at a camp near Sevastopol in the Crimea peninsula

And finally, an undated snap of Putin carrying a hunting rifle on a trip to the Tuva republic

 

[Rogue Trader]

Our 146th's effort :*:

 

[Alamaking]

Putin can be 007 James Bond older version....

 

[KNNBCCB]

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[Maximilian Chua-Heng]

Putin is the real deal.

Thumbing Russia at will.

Respect!

 

[Rogue Trader]

Putin is the real deal.

Thumbing Russia at will.

Respect!

haven't been reading the news recently?

Vladimir Putin's Greek urns claim earns ridicule

Russian PM 'discovers' two amphorae in shallow waters on the floor of the Black Sea in latest stage of televised heroics

Vladimir Putin carries his archaelogical trophies which - despite their cleanliness - were purported to have languished at the bottom of the Black Sea for centuries. Photograph: Alexei Druzhinin/AP

When a scuba-diving Vladimir Putin found two ancient Greek urns on the floor of the Black Sea this week, it seemed a startling discovery. In his latest spurt of televised heroics, the Russian prime minister raised a triumphant thumb as he circled the pair of amphorae in shallow waters off the Taman peninsula near Ukraine.
The find came to "everyone's utter surprise", claimed the slavishly devotional Russia Today and other state-controlled TV channels. Once on dry land, Putin posed in his wetsuit with a jug in each hand.
But independent media and Russia's lively blogosphere are now ridiculing the incident, in a sign of increasing weariness of Putin's macho photo ops – such as bare-chested fishing, piloting a "water bomber" over forest fires and diving to the bottom of lake Baikal in a mini-submarine.
Critics said Putin's pots were suspiciously unmossy and were probably planted specially for him to discover.
"Diving in the Taman gulf, the Russian prime minister immediately found two amphorae that had been waiting for him since the 6th century AD at a depth of two metres," wrote the Novaya Gazeta newspaper in an editorial dripping with sarcasm. "He was lucky: in the same place, over the last two years archaeologists and divers of the Russian Academy of Sciences managed to find only a few pottery shards."
Putin's visit was meant to highlight the work of Russian scientists exploring the remains of an ancient Greek city, Phanagoria, sometimes called "Russia's Atlantis". The site is not far from Sochi, the Black Sea resort that will host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, and authorities hope to develop its tourism potential.
Yet critics saw the dive as another farcical stunt designed to boost Putin's image before elections in December and March.
"We have become witnesses of a remake of The Diamond Hand and the famous fishing scene at the white cliff," said radio host Anton Orekh, referring to a scene from a Soviet film in which a diver attaches fish to an angler's hook in order to simulate a plentiful catch.

 

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haha..this pic is classic...

 

[streetsmart73]

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hi there


1. putin dives, hunts and of course looking macho!
2. sheepishland's very own: one fat black arsehole that appears like getting out of the ganges in his loincloth.
3. aiyoh!
4. i really don't know what to say.

 

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Putin is holding a rifle but our President is busy cooking Briyanis...

 

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Ha..Ha..Ha.. I can't stop laughing.. This pic by Bro KNNBCCB can be the Picture of the Year at SBF... Good pic Bro.. Well Done..

 

[Confuseous]

Why TT is taking part in EP...

http://thetwophilo.wordpress.com/2011/08/17/the-curious-case-of-tony-tan/

 

[KNNBCCB]

haha..this pic is classic...

Ha..Ha..Ha.. I can't stop laughing.. This pic by Bro KNNBCCB can be the Picture of the Year at SBF... Good pic Bro.. Well Done..

Bro... Too bad dun have real one...:o

Wat a waste...:o

 

[Cestbon]

Please la don't compare Putin with Sg president.
Russia is very lucky to have Putin putting Russia back in good shape. Where Previous 2 Russia President really make Russia in hell.

 

[Maximilian Chua-Heng]

Russia is a very vast country.

Hats off to him for staying in power for so long, democratically or not is another story.

haven't been reading the news recently?