Gone fishing: Russia's Putin bares chest on Siberian lake trip

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

#WORLD NEWS AUGUST 5, 2017 / 10:53 AM / 19 MINUTES AGO

Gone fishing: Russia's Putin bares chest on Siberian lake trip

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin stripped to his waist to brave the cold waters of a mountain lake as part of a three-day fishing and hunting trip in the Siberian wilderness, the Kremlin said.

Putin, 64, is renowned for his strong-man publicity stunts, which have contributed to his sky-high popularity ratings. The trip comes eight months before Russia's presidential election next March and, though he has yet to announce his candidacy, Putin is widely expected to run and to win comfortably.

The hunting and fishing expedition took place on Aug. 1-3 in the republic of Tyva in southern Siberia, on the Mongolian border, some 3,700 km (2,300 miles) east of Moscow.

Pictures and video footage released by the Kremlin on Saturday showed Putin - who is also a keen practitioner of martial arts and ice hockey - spear-fishing, swimming and sunbathing alongside Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-putin-fishing-idUSKBN1AL06I

[pangaia]

1. I just hope you know who doesn't get any ideas.

because SOMEBODY here with a nasty sense of humor will post something like.

<<<< BREAKING BREAKING>>>>>

And I, fool that I can be, will click on it, and be presented with a 16mb photo...

and my day will be ruined..

[dhol82]

2. Looks like he will be needing a man-bra soon.

[SHRED]

3. While his people suffer

[Squinch]

4. Creepy, creepy man.

[delisen]

5. The Fetish of the Exposed Male Nipple

Look Mom I caught a fish!!!

[procon]

6. The Trump equivalent photo would be the elderly 71 year old man

in his bathrobe and fuzzy slippers, sprawled in bed and pigging out on a big bucket of Popeye's deep fried catfish while listening to the soothing words from the talking fellatio puppets at Fox news.

[Blue Owl]

7. Donnie's got a new screensaver image

n/t