• The dude’s trying to soften his reputation in the U.S. And how better to do that than to play up all those bizarre photos and videos of him doing things like riding shirtless on horses, or firing a rifle, talking to Leonardo DiCaprio about tigers, or hugging a polar bear. The Russian prime minister (who wants to be president again) is a guy who inspires real headlines like “Armed, Half-Naked Putin Excites Gays, Gun-Owners.” He already has an image in the West to build upon! So Putin recently did an interview with an Outdoor Life blogger who had a mancrush on the dude. No, they didn’t really talk about foreign policy. source

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