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Vladimir Putin is regularly seeking to portray his physical fitness

18 April,2011 06:51 pm

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin donned skates for an ice hockey training session in the latest series of stunts which help to keep his approval ratings high.Putin, a black belt in judo, is regularly seeking to portray his physical fitness. He took part in a 40-minute session with two teenage ice hockey teams, emerging from a Moscow rink sweating and breathing heavily. My legs went apart at once and I decided this sport was not for me, but now I like it very much, he said.